The Municipality of Glenboro – South Cypress is a
rural municipality (RM) in the
Canadian province
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of
Manitoba.
History
The RM was incorporated on January 1, 2015 via the amalgamation of the
RM of South Cypress and the
Village of Glenboro.
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.
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.
Communities
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Glenboro
Glenboro is an unincorporated urban community in the Municipality of Glenboro – South Cypress within the Canadian province of Manitoba that held village status prior to January 1, 2015. it is located about 80 km southeast of the City of B ...
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Treesbank
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sli ...
conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, Glenboro-South Cypress had a population of 1,123 living in 440 of its 484 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 1,550. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
Attractions
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Spruce Woods Provincial Forest
A spruce is a tree of the genus ''Picea'' (), a genus of about 35 species of coniferous evergreen trees in the family Pinaceae, found in the northern temperate and boreal (taiga) regions of the Earth. ''Picea'' is the sole genus in the subfamil ...
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Spruce Woods Provincial Park
See also
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CFB Shilo
References
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2015 establishments in Manitoba
Manitoba municipal amalgamations, 2015
Populated places established in 2015
Rural municipalities in Manitoba