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rural municipality A rural municipality is a classification of municipality, a type of local government, found in several countries. These include: * Rural municipalities in Canada, a type of municipal status in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, ...
(RM) is a type of incorporated municipality in the Canadian province of
Manitoba Manitoba ( ) is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada at the Centre of Canada, longitudinal centre of the country. It is Canada's Population of Canada by province and territory, fifth-most populous province, with a population o ...
. Under the province's ''Municipal Act'' of 1997, an area must have a minimum population of 1,000 and a density of less than to incorporate as a rural municipality. Manitoba has 98 RMs, which had a cumulative population of 301,438 as of the 2016 Census. This is a decrease from 116 RMs prior to January 1, 2015, when municipalities with less than 1,000 people were directed by the provincial government to amalgamate with adjoining municipalities to comply with the ''Municipal Act''. The most and least populated RMs as of the 2016 census are
Hanover Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-largest city in Northern Germany ...
and Victoria Beach with populations of 15,733 and 398 respectively.
East St. Paul East St. Paul is a List of rural municipalities in Manitoba, rural municipality (RM) in Manitoba, Canada. It is located north-east of and adjacent to the city of Winnipeg, and is part of the Winnipeg Metropolitan Area. The municipality was forme ...
is the most densely populated RM at The largest and smallest RMs in terms of geography are
Reynolds Reynolds may refer to: Places Australia *Hundred of Reynolds, a cadastral unit in South Australia *Hundred of Reynolds (Northern Territory), a cadastral unit in the Northern Territory of Australia United States * Reynolds, Mendocino County, Calif ...
and Victoria Beach with land areas of and respectively.


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;Notes * *Municipal or administrative offices are located in an adjacent independent city, town or village that is outside the jurisdiction of the rural municipality.


Former rural municipalities

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List of local urban districts in Manitoba A local urban district is a type of unincorporated community within the Canadian province of Manitoba. According to ''The Municipal Act'', a local urban district is a locality wholly within a rural municipality that "has at least 250 residents and ...
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List of communities in Manitoba Communities in the Province of Manitoba, Canada include incorporated municipalities, unincorporated communities and First Nations communities. Types of incorporated municipalities include urban municipalities, rural municipalities and local go ...
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List of ghost towns in Manitoba Over the course of its history, the province of Manitoba has witnessed numerous of its populated communities experience decline to become ghost towns. Triggers were usually changes in economic conditions, such as natural resource prices or resou ...
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List of municipalities in Manitoba Manitoba is the fifth most populous province in Canada with 1,342,153 residents as of 2021 and is the sixth largest in land area at . Manitoba's 137 municipalities cover only of the province's land mass yet are home to of its population. ...
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List of cities in Manitoba A city is an incorporated urban municipality in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Manitoba. Under current Manitoba legislation, an urban municipality must have a minimum population of 7,500 to be named a city. Manitoba ...
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List of towns in Manitoba A town is an incorporated urban municipality in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Manitoba. Under current legislation, a community must have a minimum population of 1,000 and a minimum density of 400 people per squar ...
** List of villages in Manitoba *
Amalgamation of Winnipeg The amalgamation of Winnipeg, Manitoba, was the municipal incorporation of the old City of Winnipeg, 11 surrounding municipalities, and the Metropolitan Corporation of Greater Winnipeg (Metro) into a one Unified City of Winnipeg, or Unicity. T ...
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Manitoba municipal amalgamations, 2015 The 2015 municipal amalgamations in Manitoba was the result of new legislation (''Municipal Amalgamations Act'') in the province that required a minimum population threshold of 1,000 people in order to incorporate a municipality. To meet this ne ...
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List of rural municipalities in Saskatchewan A rural municipality (RM) is a type of incorporated municipality in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. A rural municipality is created by the Minister of Municipal Relations by ministerial order via section 49 of ''The Municipalities Act ...


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External links


''Manitoba Historical Society - Manitoba Municipalities''
* Government of Manitoba Community Profiles: *

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Municipality Profiles
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Municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...