Rural Municipality of Mountain

Mountain
Mountain
Rural municipality
	Rural Municipality of Mountain
	Location of the Rural Municipality of Mountain in Manitoba
	Coordinates: 52°16′27″N100°36′30″W / 52.27417°N 100.60833°W Coordinates: 52°16′27″N100°36′30″W / 52.27417°N 100.60833°W
Country	Canada
Province	Manitoba
Region	Parkland
Incorporated as an LGD	January 1, 1945
Incorporated as an RM	January 1, 1997
Government
• Reeve	Robert Hanson
Area
• Land	2,607.77 km2 (1,006.87 sq mi)
Population (2016)
• Total	978
Website	rmofmountain.com

Last updated May 07, 2023

The Rural Municipality of Mountain is a rural municipality (RM) in the Parkland Region of Manitoba, western Canada.

Its 2,607 square kilometres (1,007 sq mi) is split geographically into two large sections—Mountain (North) at 52°34′48″N101°00′54″W / 52.58000°N 101.01500°W / 52.58000; -101.01500 , and Mountain (South) at 51°58′21″N100°23′31″W / 51.97250°N 100.39194°W / 51.97250; -100.39194 —separated by approximately 10 km (6.2 mi) at the northeast corner of Municipality of Minitonas – Bowsman.^[1]

The municipality, which was named for the nearby Porcupine and Duck Mountains,^[2] sits along the east side of both the Porcupine Provincial Forest in the north and the Duck Mountain Provincial Forest in the south.^[1]

Its largest communities are the local urban districts of Pine River, Birch River, and Mafeking.^[1]

Communities

The constituent communities of the Rural Municipality of Mountain include the following.^[1]^[3]^[2]

Mountain (South):^[1]

Cowan
Pine River
Pulp River

Mountain (North):^[1]

Demographics

North part

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the north portion of the RM of Mountain had a population of 537 living in 257 of its 297 total private dwellings, a change of

South part

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the south portion of the RM of Mountain had a population of 443 living in 187 of its 250 total private dwellings, a change of

Combined

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the RM of Mountain had a combined population of 980 living in 444 of its 547 total private dwellings, a change of

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References

1 2 3 4 5 6 "History". RM of Mountain. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
1 2 "Manitoba Communities: Mountain (Rural Municipality)". www.mhs.mb.ca. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
↑ "Home". RM of Mountain. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
1 2 3 "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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[:0-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 "History". RM of Mountain. Retrieved August 5, 2021.

[:1-2] 1 2 "Manitoba Communities: Mountain (Rural Municipality)". www.mhs.mb.ca. Retrieved August 5, 2021.

[3] "Home". RM of Mountain. Retrieved August 5, 2021.

[2021census-4] 1 2 3 "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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