Alonsa is a
rural municipality
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These include:
* Rural municipality (Canada), Rural municipalities in Canada, a Lists of municipalities in Canada, type of municipa ...
(RM) in the province of
Manitoba
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,
western Canada
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. It lies on the west side of
Lake Manitoba
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.
Located within the borders of the municipality is the
Indian reserve
In Canada, an Indian reserve (french: réserve indienne) is specified by the '' Indian Act'' as a "tract of land, the legal title to which is vested in Her Majesty,
that has been set apart by Her Majesty for the use and benefit of a band."
Ind ...
of
Ebb and Flow 52, as well as the
Margaret Bruce Beach Provincial Park, located east of the
town of Alonsa, on one of a series of sand ridges that extend the length of the west side lake. The park is currently under lease to a private operator but development plans include a provincial campground and day use facility.
Margaret Bruce
Recreation Parks, Planning Section 3, Gov of Manitoba Conservation
The incorporation of Alonsa on 1 January 1945 was as a Local Government District
The districts of England (also known as local authority districts or local government districts to distinguish from unofficial city districts) are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government. As the st ...
(LGD). It received rural municipality status on 1 January 1997.
Communities
* Alonsa
Alonsa is an unincorporated community recognized as a local urban district located in north central Manitoba in the Rural Municipality of Alonsa
Alonsa is a rural municipality (RM) in the province of Manitoba, western Canada. It lies on the west ...
* Amaranth
* Bacon Ridge
* Bluff Creek
* Cayer
* Eddystone
* Harcus
* Kinosota (Manitoba House)
* Lonely Lake
* Moore Dale
* Portia
* Reedy Creek
* Reykjavik ( is, ReykjavÃk)
* Shergrove
* Silver Ridge
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada
Statistics Canada (StatCan; french: Statistique Canada), formed in 1971, is the agency of the Government of Canada commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and cultur ...
, Alonsa had a population of 1,210 living in 492 of its 659 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 1,247. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
References
External links
Rural Municipality of Alonsa
''Manitoba Historical Society – Rural Municipality of Alonsa''
Map of Alonsa R.M. at Statcan
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Alonsa
Alonsa is an unincorporated community recognized as a local urban district located in north central Manitoba in the Rural Municipality of Alonsa
Alonsa is a rural municipality (RM) in the province of Manitoba, western Canada. It lies on the west ...