Municipality of Rhineland

Rhineland
Rhineland
Rural municipality
	Municipality of Rhineland
	Location of the RM of Rhineland in Manitoba
	Coordinates: 49°07′59″N97°35′39″W / 49.13306°N 97.59417°W Coordinates: 49°07′59″N97°35′39″W / 49.13306°N 97.59417°W
Country	Canada
Province	Manitoba
Incorporated; (amalgamated)	January 1, 2015
Population (2016)
• Total	5,945
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)

Last updated May 09, 2023

The Municipality of Rhineland is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba. The RM had a population of 5,945 as of the 2016 Canada Census.^[2] The average age in the municipality is 31.

History

The municipality was incorporated on January 1, 2015, via the amalgamation of the Rural Municipality of Rhineland and the towns of Gretna and Plum Coulee.^[1] It was formed as a requirement of The Municipal Amalgamations Act, which required municipalities with a population less than 1,000 to amalgamate with one or more neighbouring municipalities by 2015.^[3] The Government of Manitoba initiated the amalgamations for municipalities to meet the 1997 minimum population requirement of 1,000 to incorporate a municipality.^[4]

Communities

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Rhineland had a population of 5,819 living in 1,641 of its 1,748 total private dwellings, a change of

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References

1 2 "The Municipal Amalgamations Act (C.C.S.M. c. M235): Town of Plum Coulee, Rural Municipality of Rhineland and Town of Gretna Amalgamation Regulation" (PDF). Government of Manitoba. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
1 2 "Census Profile, 2016". Statistics Canada. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
↑ "The Municipal Amalgamations Act (C.C.S.M. c. M235)". Government of Manitoba. October 2, 2014. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
↑ "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.
↑ "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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[2015amalg-1] 1 2 "The Municipal Amalgamations Act (C.C.S.M. c. M235): Town of Plum Coulee, Rural Municipality of Rhineland and Town of Gretna Amalgamation Regulation" (PDF). Government of Manitoba. Retrieved October 4, 2014.

[cc-2] 1 2 "Census Profile, 2016". Statistics Canada. Retrieved July 26, 2021.

[MAA-3] "The Municipal Amalgamations Act (C.C.S.M. c. M235)". Government of Manitoba. October 2, 2014. Retrieved October 4, 2014.

[Speech-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.

[2021census-5] "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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