Prairie View Municipality Explained

Prairie View
Official Name:Prairie View Municipality
Settlement Type:Rural municipality
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Prairie View Municipality in Manitoba
Coordinates:50.46°N -100.988°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 Km2:1,694.69
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:2,161
Population As Of:2021
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:CST
Utc Offset1:-6
Timezone1 Dst:CDT
Utc Offset1 Dst:-5

Prairie View Municipality is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba

History

See also: Rural Municipality of Birtle, Rural Municipality of Miniota and Birtle, Manitoba. It was incorporated on January 1, 2015 via the amalgamation of the RMs of Birtle and Miniota and the Town of Birtle.[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] The reeve of the RM is Roger Wilson.

Communities

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Prairie View had a population of 2,161 living in 832 of its 970 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 2,088. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Manitoba . . February 9, 2022 . February 20, 2022.
  2. Web site: The Municipal Amalgamations Act (C.C.S.M. c. M235): Town of Birtle, Rural Municipality of Birtle and Rural Municipality of Miniota 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.