Argyle | |
Official Name: | Rural Municipality of Argyle |
Settlement Type: | Rural municipality |
Coordinates: | 49.3697°N -99.1506°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Manitoba |
Established Title: | Incorporated |
Established Date: | August 15, 1881 |
Named For: | John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll |
Area Total Km2: | 770.44 |
Population Total: | 1025 |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Timezone1: | CST |
Utc Offset1: | -6 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | -5 |
Argyle is a rural municipality in the province of Manitoba in Western Canada. It was incorporated on 15 August 1881 and is named after John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll who was the fourth Governor General of Canada.
Baldur is the largest community in the municipality, which is in southwestern Manitoba between Brandon and Portage la Prairie.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Argyle had a population of 994 living in 398 of its 515 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 1,025. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[1]