Dufferin | |
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Rural Municipality of Dufferin | |
Coordinates: 49°31′55″N98°04′12″W / 49.53194°N 98.07000°W Coordinates: 49°31′55″N98°04′12″W / 49.53194°N 98.07000°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Manitoba |
Incorporated | November 1, 1890 |
Area | |
• Total | 916.11 km2 (353.71 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 2,543 |
• Density | 2.8/km2 (7.2/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Dufferin is a rural municipality in the province of Manitoba in Western Canada. The separately administered town of Carman lies near its centre.
The R.M. was named after Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava who was Governor General of Canada (1872–78). The now rural municipality was described as a new settlement in 1874.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Dufferin had a population of 2,543 living in 761 of its 806 total private dwellings, a change of 4.4% from its 2016 population of 2,435. With a land area of 916.11 km2 (353.71 sq mi), it had a population density of 2.8/km2 (7.2/sq mi) in 2021. [1]
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