| Gilbert Plains | |
| Official Name: | Gilbert Plains Municipality |
| Settlement Type: | Rural municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Manitoba |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Established Title: | Incorporated (amalgamated) |
| Established Date: | January 1, 2015 |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 1,051.23 |
| Population Total: | 1,470 |
| Population As Of: | 2016 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CST |
| Utc Offset1: | -6 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | -5 |
Gilbert Plains Municipality is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba.
See also: Rural Municipality of Gilbert Plains and Gilbert Plains, Manitoba. The RM was incorporated on January 1, 2015, via the amalgamation of the RM of Gilbert Plains and the Town of Gilbert Plains.[1] It was formed as a requirement of The Municipal Amalgamations Act, which required that municipalities with a population less than 1,000 amalgamate with one or more neighbouring municipalities by 2015.[2] The Government of Manitoba initiated these amalgamations in order for municipalities to meet the 1997 minimum population requirement of 1,000 to incorporate a municipality.[3]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Gilbert Plains had a population of 1,420 living in 634 of its 741 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 1,470. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[4]