| Official Name: | Rural Municipality of Whitehead |
| Settlement Type: | Rural municipality |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Rural Municipality of Whitehead in Manitoba |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Manitoba |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Established Title: | Incorporated |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Land Km2: | 577.60 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 1,679 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Timezone1: | CST |
| Utc Offset1: | -6 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | -5 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Area Code Type: | Area codes |
| Area Code: | 204 and 431 |
Whitehead is a rural municipality (RM) in the province of Manitoba in Western Canada. It is west of Brandon and the principle communities within its boundaries are Kemnay and Alexander.
It became a municipality on 22 December 1883 and was named for Joseph Whitehead, a railway contractor who was active in the area during the 1880s.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Whitehead had a population of 1,679 living in 612 of its 645 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 1,651. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[1]