Rural Municipality of Whitehead

Rural Municipality of Whitehead
Rural municipality
Location of the RM of Whitehead in Manitoba
Coordinates: 49°47′53″N100°15′27″W / 49.79806°N 100.25750°W / 49.79806; -100.25750
Country	Canada
Province	Manitoba
Region	Westman
Area
• Land	577.60 km2 (223.01 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [1]
• Total	1,679
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area codes	204 and 431
Website	rmofwhitehead.ca

Whitehead is a rural municipality (RM) in the province of Manitoba in Western Canada. It is west of Brandon and the principle communities within its boundaries are Kemnay and Alexander.

It became a municipality on 22 December 1883 and was named for Joseph Whitehead, a railway contractor who was active in the area during the 1880s.

Communities

• Alexander
• Ashbury
• Beresford
• Kemnay
• Villette
• Roseland

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Whitehead had a population of 1,679 living in 612 of its 645 total private dwellings, a change of 1.7% from its 2016 population of 1,651. With a land area of 577.6 km² (223.0 sq mi), it had a population density of 2.9/km² (7.5/sq mi) in 2021. ^[1]

References

1. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Manitoba". Statistics Canada. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2022.

• Manitoba Historical Society: Rural Municipality of Whitehead
• Geographic Names of Manitoba (pg. 294) - the Millennium Bureau of Canada
• Map of Whitehead R.M. at Statcan