Municipality of Rhineland
Rhineland | |
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| Municipality of Rhineland | |
 Location of the RM of Rhineland in Manitoba | |
| Coordinates: 49°07′59″N 97°35′39″W / 49.13306°N 97.59417°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Manitoba |
| Incorporated (amalgamated) | January 1, 2015[2] |
| Population (2016) | |
| • Total | 5,945[1] |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
The Municipality of Rhineland is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba. The RM had a population of 5,945 as of the 2016 Canada Census.[1] The average age in the municipality is 31.
History
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Further information: Rural Municipality of Rhineland; Gretna, Manitoba; and Plum Coulee |
The municipality was incorporated on January 1, 2015, via the amalgamation of the Rural Municipality of Rhineland and the towns of Gretna and Plum Coulee.[2] It was formed as a requirement of The Municipal Amalgamations Act, which required municipalities with a population less than 1,000 to amalgamate with one or more neighbouring municipalities by 2015.[3] The Government of Manitoba initiated the amalgamations for municipalities to meet the 1997 minimum population requirement of 1,000 to incorporate a municipality.[4]
Communities
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Rhineland had a population of 5,819 living in 1,641 of its 1,748 total private dwellings, a change of -2.1% from its 2016 population of 5,945. With a land area of 958.48 km2 (370.07 sq mi), it had a population density of 6.1/km2 (15.7/sq mi) in 2021.[5]
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