Deloraine – Winchester | |
Official Name: | Municipality of Deloraine – Winchester |
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 (amalgamated) |
Established Date1: | January 1, 2015 |
Area Total Km2: | 728.13 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 1,478 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | CST |
Utc Offset1: | -6 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | -5 |
The Municipality of Deloraine – Winchester is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba.
See also: Rural Municipality of Winchester and Deloraine, Manitoba. The RM was incorporated on January 1, 2015 via the amalgamation of the RM of Winchester and the Town of Deloraine.[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, Deloraine-Winchester had a population of 1,478 living in 673 of its 929 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 1,489. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[1]