Grey | |
Official Name: | Rural Municipality of Grey |
Settlement Type: | Rural municipality |
Coordinates: | 49.7094°N -98.0736°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Manitoba |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Central Plains |
Established Title: | Incorporated |
Established Date: | February 9, 1906 |
Established Title1: | Amalgamated |
Established Date1: | January 1, 2015[1] |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | CST |
Utc Offset1: | -6 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | -5 |
The Rural Municipality of Grey (fr|Municipalité rurale de Grey) is a rural municipality in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It is named after Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey, the former Governor General of Canada.[2]
The RM was incorporated on February 9, 1906. It amalgamated with the Village of St. Claude on January 1, 2015, as a requirement of The Municipal Amalgamations Act for municipalities with a population less than 1,000 residents.[1] [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, Grey had a population of 2,517 living in 959 of its 1,034 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 2,648. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[5]