| Ritchot | |
| Settlement Type: | Rural Municipality |
| Coordinates: | 49.6647°N -97.1167°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Manitoba |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Eastman |
| Established Title: | Incorporation |
| Established Date: | November 1, 1890[1] |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Chris Ewen |
| Leader Title1: | MP |
| Leader Name1: | Ted Falk |
| Leader Title2: | MLA |
| Leader Name2: | Ron Schuler |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 333.55 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
| Elevation M: | 231 |
| Population Footnotes: | [3] |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 7,469 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | CST |
| Utc Offset: | −6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −5 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
| Postal Code: | R5A |
| Area Code Type: | Area codes |
| Area Codes: | Area codes 204 and 431 |
| Official Name: | Rural Municipality of Ritchot |
The Rural Municipality of Ritchot (French: Municipalité rurale de Ritchot) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Winnipeg Capital Region, bordering the south side of Winnipeg in Manitoba, Canada. The separately-administered town of Niverville lies adjacent to its southeast, between it and the Rural Municipality of Hanover.
Due to population growth within the RM, an application to expand and improve the water distribution system was made in 2017. The C$5 million project would involve twinning of the distribution pipe between Ste. Agathe and St. Adolphe, twinning of the distribution pipe between Ste. Agathe and Grande Pointe, expansion of the Water Treatment Plant tank to store 1 additional megalitre, and a wider pipe to allow for a 50-litre per second flow from the well.[4]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Ritchot had a population of 7,469 living in 2,712 of its 2,769 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 6,679. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[5]
Although once it was predominantly French, 35.4% of the municipality's population spoke French in 2016.[6]
| 2021[7] | 2016[8] | 2011[9] | 2006[10] | 2001[11] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| European | 5,760 | 5,255 | 4,405 | 4,430 | 4,470 | ||||||
| Indigenous | 1,360 | 1,080 | 980 | 600 | 440 | ||||||
| African | 110 | 80 | 35 | 10 | 10 | ||||||
| South Asian | 105 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Southeast Asian | 75 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| East Asian | 0 | 60 | 25 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Latin American | 0 | 25 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||||
| Middle Eastern | 0 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||||
| Other/multiracial | 25 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Total responses | 7,455 | 6,675 | 5,460 | 5,050 | 4,935 | ||||||
| Total population | 7,469 | 6,679 | 5,478 | 5,051 | 4,958 | ||||||
Ritchot is a municipal style government with four councillors and one head of council, known as the mayor. The four councillors represent wards. Ward 1 is formed by the Île des Chênes area, Ward 2 by the St. Adolphe area, Ward 3 by the areas south of PR 210 including Ste. Agathe and Ward 4 by the areas north of PR 210, including Howden and Grande Pointe.[12] The municipal offices are located in St. Adolphe.[13]
The council of the RM include:[14]