The Rural Municipality of Grey (french: Municipalité rurale de Grey) is a

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in the

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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 named after

Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey Albert Henry George Grey, 4th Earl Grey, (28 November 185129 August 1917) was a British peer and politician who served as Governor General of Canada 1904–1911, the ninth since Canadian Confederation. He was a radical Liberal aristocrat and a ...

, the former

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History

The RM was incorporated on February 9, 1906. It amalgamated with the Village of St. Claude on January 1, 2015 as a requirement of ''The Municipal Amalgamations Act'' for municipalities with a population less than 1,000 residents. 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

Culross Culross (/ˈkurəs/) (Scottish Gaelic: ''Cuileann Ros'', 'holly point or promontory') is a village and former royal burgh, and parish, in Fife, Scotland. According to the 2006 estimate, the village has a population of 395. Originally, Culross ...

* Elm Creek *

Fannystelle Fannystelle is an unincorporated settlement in southcentral Manitoba, Canada. It is situated on Provincial Trunk Highway 2 approximately 48 kilometers (30 miles) west of Winnipeg Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the provi ...

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* St. Claude

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 ...

, Grey had a population of 2,517 living in 959 of its 1,034 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 2,648. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

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* {{Manitoba, rural=yes 2015 establishments in Manitoba Manitoba municipal amalgamations, 2015

Grey Grey (more common in British English) or gray (more common in American English) is an intermediate color between black and white. It is a neutral or achromatic color, meaning literally that it is "without color", because it can be composed o ...