Municipality of Harrison Park

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Harrison Park
Municipality of Harrison Park
CAN MB Harrison Park.svg
Location of the RM of Harrison Park in Manitoba
Coordinates: 50°27′50″N100°04′37″W / 50.464°N 100.077°W / 50.464; -100.077
CountryCanada
Province Manitoba
Region Westman
Incorporated
(amalgamated)
January 1, 2015 [1]
Area
  Total
964.55 km2 (372.41 sq mi)
Population
 (2021) [2]
  Total
1,852
  Density1.9/km2 (5.0/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-6 (CST)
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Website harrisonpark.ca

The Municipality of Harrison Park is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba that incorporated on January 1, 2015 via the amalgamation of the RMs of Harrison and Park. [1] It was formed as a requirement of The Municipal Amalgamations Act, which required that municipalities with a population less than 1,000 amalgamate with one or more neighbouring municipalities by 2015. [3] The Government of Manitoba initiated these amalgamations in order for municipalities to meet the 1997 minimum population requirement of 1,000 to incorporate a municipality. [4]

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Harrison Park is located south of Riding Mountain National Park.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Harrison Park had a population of 1,852 living in 910 of its 1,769 total private dwellings, a change of

References

  1. 1 2 "The Municipal Amalgamations Act (C.C.S.M. c. M235): Rural Municipality of Harrison and Rural Municipality of Park Amalgamation Regulation" (PDF). Government of Manitoba. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
  2. "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". Statistics Canada . Retrieved March 29, 2023.
  3. "The Municipal Amalgamations Act (C.C.S.M. c. M235)". Government of Manitoba. October 2, 2014. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
  4. "Speech from the Throne: At the Opening of the Second Session of the 40th Legislature of the Province of Manitoba". Government of Manitoba. November 19, 2012. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
  5. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Manitoba". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 20, 2022.