| Ethelbert | |
| Official Name: | Municipality of Ethelbert |
| 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: | 1,136.94 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 607 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CST |
| Utc Offset1: | -6 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | -5 |
The Municipality of Ethelbert is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba.
See also: Rural Municipality of Ethelbert and Ethelbert, Manitoba. The RM was incorporated on January 1, 2015 via the amalgamation of the RM of Ethelbert and the Town of Ethelbert.[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, Ethelbert had a population of 648 living in 290 of its 366 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 607. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[1]