Rural Municipality of Lac du Bonnet

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Lac Du Bonnet
Rural municipality
Rural Municipality of Lac Du Bonnet
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Aerial view of RM Lac du Bonnet
CAN MB Lac du Bonnet.svg
Location of the Rural Municipality of Lac du Bonnet in Manitoba
Coordinates: 50°14′18″N96°04′32″W / 50.23833°N 96.07556°W / 50.23833; -96.07556
CountryCanada
Province Manitoba
Region Eastman
Census division 1
Incorporated1917
Government
   Reeve Loren Schinkel
Area
  Land1,097.61 km2 (423.79 sq mi)
Population
 (2021) [1]
  Total3,563
  Density2.8/km2 (7/sq mi)
Website rmoflacdubonnet.com

Lac du Bonnet is a rural municipality in the province of Manitoba in Western Canada, situated between the Nopiming Provincial Park to the northeast and Whiteshell Provincial Park to the southeast.

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The separately-administered town of Lac du Bonnet lies within the borders of the municipality. It also mostly encircles the Pinawa local government district in the municipality's southeast part. A large portion of the municipality includes waters of the Winnipeg River and its tributaries. [2]

The RM contains the southern part of Manitoba's Brightstone Sand Hills Provincial Forest and the northern part of Agassiz Provincial Forest, although most of these forests lie in other RMs.

Communities

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lac du Bonnet had a population of 3,563 living in 1,459 of its 2,757 total private dwellings, a change of

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References

  1. 1 2 "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Manitoba". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 20, 2022.
  2. "History of the Rural Municipality of Lac du Bonnet". www.rmoflacdubonnet.com. Retrieved August 7, 2021.