| Official Name: | Rural Municipality of Stanley |
| Settlement Type: | Rural municipality |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the Rural Municipality of Stanley |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Manitoba |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Pembina Valley |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | 1890 |
| Leader Title: | Reeve |
| Leader Name: | Ike Friesen |
| Leader Title1: | Governing Body |
| Leader Name1: | RM of Stanley Council |
| Leader Title2: | MP (Portage-Lisgar) |
| Leader Name2: | Branden Leslie |
| Leader Title3: | MLA (Borderland) |
| Leader Name3: | Josh Guenter (PC) |
| Area Total Km2: | 835.18 |
| Population Total: | 8,981 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Postal Code Type: | Forward sortation area |
| Timezone: | CST |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Website: | https://rmofstanley.ca |
Stanley is a rural municipality (RM) in the province of Manitoba in Western Canada. It is located in the southern part of the province, along its border with the state of North Dakota in the United States. Since 1876, the area made up part of the Mennonite West Reserve. The municipality has a population of 8,969 as of the 2016 Canada Census.[1] The cities of Winkler and Morden lie geographically within the municipality but are separate urban municipalities.
The municipality is named for The Lord Stanley of Preston, 16th Earl of Derby, Governor General of Canada from 1888 to 1893, namesake for the Stanley Cup, which he donated.
According to Statistics Canada, the RM has an area of . This does not include the areas belonging to the cities of Winkler and Morden, which are surrounded by the RM, in its north-eastern and northern sections, respectively.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Stanley had a population of 8,981 living in 2,279 of its 2,354 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 8,969. 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 | 8,690 | 8,830 | 8,270 | 6,320 | 5,130 | ||||||
| Indigenous | 165 | 135 | 20 | 10 | 10 | ||||||
| Latin American | 50 | 10 | 40 | 25 | 0 | ||||||
| African | 25 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||||
| East Asian | 0 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||||
| Middle Eastern | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| South Asian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Southeast Asian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Other/multiracial | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Total responses | 8,945 | 9,020 | 8,330 | 6,370 | 5,140 | ||||||
| Total population | 8,981 | 8,969 | 8,356 | 6,367 | 5,122 | ||||||