Rural Municipality of Lac du Bonnet explained

Lac Du Bonnet
Leader Name:Loren Schinkel
Subdivision Type3:Census division
Subdivision Name1:Manitoba
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name:Canada
Subdivision Name2:Eastman
Subdivision Type:Country
Established Date:1917
Established Title:Incorporated
Leader Title:Reeve
Official Name:Rural Municipality of Lac Du Bonnet
Population Density Km2:2.8
Area Land Km2:1,097.61
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population As Of:2021
Population Total:3,563
Settlement Type:Rural municipality
Coordinates:50.2383°N -96.0756°W
Image Caption:Aerial view of RM Lac du Bonnet
Subdivision Name3:1

Lac du Bonnet is a rural municipality in the province of Manitoba in Western Canada, situated between the Nopiming Provincial Park to the northeast and Whiteshell Provincial Park to the southeast.

The separately-administered town of Lac du Bonnet lies within the borders of the municipality. It also mostly encircles the Pinawa local government district in the municipality's southeast part. A large portion of the municipality includes waters of the Winnipeg River and its tributaries.[2]

The RM contains the southern part of Manitoba's Brightstone Sand Hills Provincial Forest and the northern part of Agassiz Provincial Forest, although most of these forests lie in other RMs.

Communities

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lac du Bonnet had a population of 3,563 living in 1,459 of its 2,757 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 3,121. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Manitoba . . February 9, 2022 . February 20, 2022.
  2. Web site: History of the Rural Municipality of Lac du Bonnet. 2021-08-07. www.rmoflacdubonnet.com. en.