Boissevain-Morton | |
Official Name: | Municipality of Boissevain-Morton |
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: | 1,102.38 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 2,309 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | CST |
Utc Offset1: | -6 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | -5 |
The Municipality of Boissevain-Morton is a rural municipality (RM) in the Westman Region of the Canadian province of Manitoba.
The RM was incorporated on January 1, 2015, via the amalgamation of the RM of Morton and the Town of Boissevain.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Boissevain-Morton had a population of 2,309 living in 982 of its 1,141 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 2,353. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[1]
The International Peace Garden is located on the southern boundary of the RM, the Canada–United States border opposite Rolette County, North Dakota. Much of Turtle Mountain Provincial Park lies in the southwest corner of the RM.