Swan Valley West | |
Official Name: | Municipality of Swan Valley West |
Settlement Type: | Rural municipality |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Swan Valley West in Manitoba |
Coordinates: | 51.9978°N -101.3944°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Manitoba |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Parkland |
Established Title: | Incorporated (amalgamated) |
Established Date: | January 1, 2015 |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 1,716.84 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 2,759 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | CST |
Utc Offset1: | -6 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | -5 |
The Municipality of Swan Valley West (MSVW) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Parkland Region of Manitoba, Canada. It is located in the far western portion of Manitoba, along the provincial border with Saskatchewan.
The town of Swan River is located within the RM, but is a separate urban municipality.
See also: Rural Municipality of Swan River and Benito, Manitoba. The Municipality of Swan Valley West was incorporated on January 1, 2015, via the amalgamation of the RM of Swan River and the village of Benito.[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, Swan Valley West had a population of 2,759 living in 1,116 of its 1,232 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 2,829. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[1]