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 |
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 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.
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]