Municipality of Harrison Park explained

Harrison Park
Official Name:Municipality of Harrison Park
Settlement Type:Rural municipality
Coordinates:50.464°N -100.077°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
Area Total Km2:964.55
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:1,852
Population As Of:2021
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:CST
Utc Offset1:-6
Timezone1 Dst:CDT
Utc Offset1 Dst:-5

The Municipality of Harrison Park is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba that incorporated on January 1, 2015 via the amalgamation of the RMs of Harrison and Park.[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]

Harrison Park is located south of Riding Mountain National Park.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Harrison Park had a population of 1,852 living in 910 of its 1,769 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 1,617. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population . . March 29, 2023.
  2. Web site: The Municipal Amalgamations Act (C.C.S.M. c. M235): Rural Municipality of Harrison and Rural Municipality of Park Amalgamation Regulation . Government of Manitoba . . October 4, 2014.
  3. Web site: The Municipal Amalgamations Act (C.C.S.M. c. M235) . Government of Manitoba . October 2, 2014 . October 4, 2014.
  4. Web site: Speech from the Throne: At the Opening of the Second Session of the 40th Legislature of the Province of Manitoba . Government of Manitoba . November 19, 2012 . October 4, 2014.
  5. Web site: Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Manitoba . . February 9, 2022 . February 20, 2022.