| Settlement Type: | Rural municipality |
| Motto: | Preserverate et Florete (Latin: Preserve and Flourish)[1] |
| Pushpin Label Position: | top |
| Coordinates: | 49.6725°N -97.4472°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Manitoba |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Winnipeg Metro |
| Seat: | Sanford |
| Leader Title: | Reeve |
| Leader Name: | Brad Erb |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 1,156.11 |
| Elevation M: | 232 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 8,120 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | CST |
| Utc Offset: | −6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −5 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
| Area Code Type: | Area codes |
| Area Codes: | 204, 431 |
| Official Name: | Rural Municipality of Macdonald |
| Named For: | John A. Macdonald |
| Pushpin Label: | RM of Macdonald |
Macdonald is a rural municipality lying adjacent to the southwest side of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It is part of the Winnipeg Metro Region, but is not part of the smaller Winnipeg census metropolitan area. Macdonald's population as of the 2016 census was 7,162.
The municipality is named for Canada's first Prime Minister, Sir John A. Macdonald.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Macdonald had a population of 8,120 living in 2,743 of its 2,815 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 7,162. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[2]
| 2021[3] | 2016[4] | 2011[5] | 2006[6] | 2001[7] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| European | 6,550 | 6,220 | 5,470 | 5,345 | 5,050 | ||||||
| Indigenous | 690 | 530 | 485 | 290 | 135 | ||||||
| South Asian | 235 | 30 | 35 | 0 | 20 | ||||||
| Southeast Asian | 145 | 55 | 40 | 0 | 60 | ||||||
| African | 70 | 50 | 75 | 10 | 20 | ||||||
| East Asian | 60 | 45 | 70 | 10 | 30 | ||||||
| Latin American | 45 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Middle Eastern | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Other/multiracial | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Total responses | 7,905 | 6,930 | 6,190 | 5,650 | 5,305 | ||||||
| Total population | 8,120 | 7,162 | 6,280 | 5,653 | 5,320 | ||||||
Water services are sourced from the La Salle River and is treated by a Water Treatment Plant located in Sanford. In 2016 an application to the Manitoba Water Services Board to expand the raw water storage facility by adding a fourth pond with a 90 dam3 capacity was made. Included in the project was a new aeration system for all four ponds.[8]