The Rural Municipality of Riding Mountain West is a

rural municipality A rural municipality is a classification of municipality, a type of local government, found in several countries. These include: * Rural municipality (Canada), Rural municipalities in Canada, a Lists of municipalities in Canada, type of municipa ...

(RM) in the

Canadian province Within the geographical areas of Canada, the ten provinces and three territories are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Constitution. In the 1867 Canadian Confederation, three provinces of British North ...

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 ...

. It is located in Manitoba's Parkland region, between

Riding Mountain National Park Riding Mountain National Park is a national park in Manitoba, Canada. The park is located within Treaty 2 Territory and sits atop the Manitoba Escarpment. Consisting of a protected area , the forested parkland stands in sharp contrast to the sur ...

near the province's western border with

Saskatchewan Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Western Canada, western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and on t ...

History

The Rural Municipality of Riding Mountain West was incorporated on January 1, 2015, via the amalgamation of the RMs of Shellmouth-Boulton and Silver Creek. 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. The RM of Shellmouth–Boulton was created through an earlier amalgamation of the RMs of Boulton and Shellmouth in 1999.

Communities

Constituent communities of Riding Mountain West include: *

Angusville Angusville is a local urban district in the Rural Municipality of Riding Mountain West, Manitoba, Canada. It was named after a pioneer family with the surname Angus. The Trans Canada Trail passes through Angusville. History The Angusville U ...

* Cracknell * Dropmore * Endcliffe * Inglis (

local urban district 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 ...

) * Lennard * Petlura * Shellmouth * Silverton

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 ...

, Riding Mountain West had a population of 1,442 living in 663 of its 987 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 1,420. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

Attractions

Asessippi Provincial Park Asessippi Provincial Park is a provincial park in the Rural Municipality of Riding Mountain West, Manitoba, Canada. It is located near Inglis, Manitoba, about west of Dauphin, and is in size. A campground on the south shore of the Shellmouth ...

** Asessippi Ski Area *

Inglis Grain Elevators Inglis may refer to: Companies and organizations * A. & J. Inglis, a shipbuilding company * John Inglis and Company, a Canadian company now a subdivision of Whirlpool Corporation * William Inglis and Sons, bloodstock auctioneers Places * Inglis ...

Shellmouth Reservoir The Shellmouth Reservoir (also known as Lake of the Prairies) is a man-made reservoir on the Assiniboine River in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, Canada. The Shellmouth Dam () is a multi-purpose, embankment dam built by the Prairie Farm Rehabilitatio ...

Trans Canada Trail The Trans Canada Trail, officially named The Great Trail between September 2016 and June 2021, is a cross-Canada system of greenways, waterways, and roadways that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, Pacific to the A ...

— runs through

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Riding Mountain West Rural municipalities in Manitoba 2015 establishments in Manitoba Manitoba municipal amalgamations, 2015 Populated places established in 2015