| Riding Mountain West | |
| Official Name: | Rural Municipality of Riding Mountain West |
| Settlement Type: | Rural municipality |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Riding Mountain West in Manitoba |
| Coordinates: | 50.8347°N -101.0961°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 |
| Leader Title: | Reeve |
| Leader Name: | Grant Boryskavich[1] |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Land Km2: | 1622.55 |
| Population Total: | 1390 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CST |
| Utc Offset1: | -6 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | -5 |
| Website: | www.rmwest.ca |
The Rural Municipality of Riding Mountain West is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It is located in Manitoba's Parkland region, between Riding Mountain National Park near the province's western border with Saskatchewan.
See also: Rural Municipality of Shellmouth-Boulton and Rural Municipality of Silver Creek. The Rural Municipality of Riding Mountain West was incorporated on January 1, 2015, via the amalgamation of the RMs of Shellmouth-Boulton and Silver Creek.[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. The RM of Shellmouth–Boulton was created through an earlier amalgamation of the RMs of Boulton and Shellmouth in 1999.[4]
Constituent communities of Riding Mountain West include:[5]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Riding Mountain West had a population of 1,442 living in 663 of its 987 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 1,420. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[6]