North Norfolk | |
Official Name: | Municipality of North Norfolk |
Settlement Type: | Rural municipality |
Coordinates: | 49.9308°N -98.8356°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 |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | CST |
Utc Offset1: | -6 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | -5 |
The Municipality of North Norfolk (French: Municipalité de North Norfolk) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba.
See also: Rural Municipality of North Norfolk and MacGregor, Manitoba. It was incorporated on January 1, 2015 via the amalgamation of the RM of North Norfolk and the Town of MacGregor.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, North Norfolk had a population of 3,915 living in 1,352 of its 1,433 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 3,853. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[4]