| Minitonas–Bowsman | |
| Official Name: | Municipality of Minitonas–Bowsman |
| Settlement Type: | Rural municipality |
| Coordinates: | 52.1433°N -100.9772°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Manitoba |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Established Title: | Incorporated (amalgamated) |
| Established Date: | January 1, 2015 |
| Leader Title: | Reeve |
| Leader Name: | Walter Pacamaniuk[1] |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 1,199.17 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] [3] |
| Population Total: | 1,587 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CST |
| Utc Offset1: | -6 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | -5 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal codes |
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The Municipality of Minitonas–Bowsman is a rural municipality (RM) in the Parkland Region of Manitoba, Canada. More precisely, it is located in the Swan Valley area.[4] [5]
See also: Rural Municipality of Minitonas, Minitonas and Village of Bowsman. The RM was incorporated on January 1, 2015 via the amalgamation of the RM of Minitonas, the Town of Minitonas and the Village of Bowsman.[6] 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.[7] 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.[8]
Constituent communities of the Municipality of Minitonas–Bowsman include:[9]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Minitonas–Bowsman had a population of 1,587 living in 691 of its 758 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 1,653. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[2]