Rural Municipality of Cartier

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Cartier
Rural municipality
Rural Municipality of Cartier
CAN MB Cartier.svg
Location of Cartier in Manitoba
Coordinates: 49°53′10″N97°42′43″W / 49.886°N 97.712°W / 49.886; -97.712
Country Canada
Province Manitoba
Region Central Plains and Winnipeg Metro
IncorporatedFebruary 21, 1914
Named after George-Étienne Cartier
Government
 • ReeveChrista Vann Mitchell [1]
Area
 • Total
552.94 km2 (213.49 sq mi)
Elevation
239 m (784 ft)
Population
 (2021) [2]
 • Total
3,344
 • Density6.048/km2 (15.66/sq mi)
Time zone UTC−6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−5 (CDT)
Postal Code
R4K
Area codes 204, 431
Website rm-cartier.mb.ca

Rural Municipality of Cartier is a rural municipality in the Central Plains and Metro Regions of Manitoba, Canada. The municipality is bordered on the west by the RM of Portage la Prairie, to the east by the RM of Headingley, and to the north by the Assiniboine River. It is mainly flat rich farmland. Its main town is Elie.

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It is named after Sir George-Étienne Cartier who was a leader in bringing Quebec into Confederation. Until 1914, it was part of the larger municipality of St. François Xavier.

Water

The Cartier Regional Water Co-op manages the water supply in the rural municipality as well as other nearby RMs such as Headingley, Rosser, and Macdonald. The Cartier Water Treatment Plant brings in water from the Assiniboine River where it is cleaned of silt and debris and other toxins and distributed within the RM and also sent out to other nearby communities. [3]

Communities

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Cartier had a population of 3,344 living in 811 of its 850 total private dwellings, a change of

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Reeve and Council".
  2. ↑ "2021 Census Profile - RM of Cartier". Statistics Canada . Retrieved March 30, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Cartier Regional Water Co-op: Public Water System: Annual Report 2018" (PDF). cwrc.ca. March 28, 2019. pp. 3–4, 7–8.
  4. ↑ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Manitoba". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 20, 2022.
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