Cornwallis is a

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, ...

located in the Canadian province of

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. It surrounds the east, south and west sides of Brandon, Manitoba. Most of the land comprising the municipality is farmland, but it contains a few settlements. One of the larger settlements, Sprucewoods, sits at the north gate of

Canadian Forces Base Shilo Canadian Forces Base Shilo (CFB Shilo; french: Base des Forces canadiennes Shilo — BFC Shilo) is an operations and training base of the Canadian Armed Forces, located east of Brandon, Manitoba and adjacent to Sprucewoods. During the 1990s, ...

and contains a large group of the municipal population. In the past, there has been friction between the community and the farming base that make up much of Cornwallis. The municipality is divided into six wards, each represented by one councillor. The council is made up of the six councillors and the reeve, or head of council.

Communities

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* Cottonwoods * Sprucewoods * Roseland

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, Cornwallis had a population of 4,568 living in 1,704 of its 1,850 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 4,506. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

References

Map of Cornwallis R.M. at Statcan

Community Profile: Rural Municipality of Cornwallis, Manitoba; Statistics Canada

Rural Municipality of Cornwallis Web Site

''Manitoba Historical Society - Rural Municipality of Cornwallis''

External links

Official website
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Cornwallis Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, (31 December 1738 – 5 October 1805), styled Viscount Brome between 1753 and 1762 and known as the Earl Cornwallis between 1762 and 1792, was a British Army general and official. In the United S ...