| McCreary | |
| Official Name: | Municipality of McCreary |
| Settlement Type: | Rural municipality |
| Nickname: | The Ski and Maple Syrup Capital of Manitoba[1] |
| Coordinates: | 50.7494°N -99.485°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Manitoba |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Parkland |
| Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
| Subdivision Name3: | No. 17 |
| Established Title: | Incorporated (amalgamated) |
| Established Date: | January 1, 2015 |
| Leader Title: | Reeve |
| Leader Name: | Mike Gawaziuk |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 527.77 |
| Elevation M: | 302 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 748 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CST |
| Utc Offset1: | -6 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | -5 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | R0J 1B0 |
The Municipality of McCreary is a rural municipality (RM) in the Parkland Region of Manitoba, Canada.
Geographically located between Riding Mountain National Park and Lake Manitoba, the majority of the municipal lands are within the drainage basin of the Turtle River.[3]
It is the self-proclaimed "Ski and Maple Syrup Capital of Manitoba."[4]
See also: Rural Municipality of McCreary and McCreary, Manitoba. The RM was incorporated on January 1, 2015 via the amalgamation of the RM of McCreary and the Village of McCreary.[5] 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.[6] 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.[7]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, McCreary had a population of 748 living in 345 of its 396 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 892. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[2]