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