Rural Municipality of Dufferin explained

Dufferin
Official Name:Rural Municipality of Dufferin
Settlement Type:Rural municipality
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Canada
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Manitoba
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Name2:Pembina Valley
Leader Title:Reeve
Leader Title1:Councillors
Leader Title2:Office location
Established Title1:Incorporated
Established Date1:November 1, 1890
Area Total Km2:916.11
Population Total:2,543
Population As Of:2021
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:CST
Utc Offset1:-6
Timezone1 Dst:CDT
Utc Offset1 Dst:-5

Dufferin is a rural municipality in the Pembina Valley Region of the province of Manitoba in Western Canada. The separately administered town of Carman lies near its centre.

The R.M. was named after Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava who was Governor General of Canada (1872–78). The now rural municipality was described as a new settlement in 1874.

Communities

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Dufferin had a population of 2,543 living in 761 of its 806 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 2,435. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[1]

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Notes and References

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