Rural Municipality of Riding Mountain West

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Riding Mountain West
Rural municipality
Rural Municipality of Riding Mountain West
CAN MB Riding Mountain West.svg
Location of the RM of Riding Mountain West in Manitoba
Coordinates: 50°50′05″N101°05′46″W / 50.83472°N 101.09611°W / 50.83472; -101.09611 Coordinates: 50°50′05″N101°05′46″W / 50.83472°N 101.09611°W / 50.83472; -101.09611
CountryCanada
Province Manitoba
Incorporated
(amalgamated)		January 1, 2015 [1]
Government
 •  Reeve Grant Boryskavich [2]
Area
 • Land1,622.55 km2 (626.47 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total1,390
Time zone UTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Websitewww.rmwest.ca

The Rural Municipality of Riding Mountain West is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It is located in Manitoba's Parkland region, between Riding Mountain National Park near the province's western border with Saskatchewan.

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History

The Rural Municipality of Riding Mountain West was incorporated on January 1, 2015, via the amalgamation of the RMs of Shellmouth-Boulton and Silver Creek. [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. The RM of Shellmouth–Boulton was created through an earlier amalgamation of the RMs of Boulton and Shellmouth in 1999. [4]

Communities

Constituent communities of Riding Mountain West include: [5]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Riding Mountain West had a population of 1,442 living in 663 of its 987 total private dwellings, a change of

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References

  1. 1 2 "The Municipal Amalgamations Act (C.C.S.M. c. M235): Rural Municipality of Shellmouth-Boulton and Rural Municipality of Silver Creek Amalgamation Regulation" (PDF). Government of Manitoba. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Governance | rmwest.ca". Archived from the original on August 5, 2021. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
  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. ↑ "Manitoba Communities: Riding Mountain West (Rural Municipality)". www.mhs.mb.ca. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
  6. ↑ "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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