Rural Municipality of Whitehead

Rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada

Rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada
49°47′53″N 100°15′27″W / 49.79806°N 100.25750°W / 49.79806; -100.25750CountryCanadaProvinceManitobaArea
 • Land577.60 km2 (223.01 sq mi)Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total1,679Time zoneUTC-6 (CST) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)Area codes204 and 431

Whitehead is a rural municipality (RM) in the province of Manitoba in Western Canada. It is west of Brandon and the principle communities within its boundaries are Kemnay and Alexander.

It became a municipality on 22 December 1883 and was named for Joseph Whitehead, a railway contractor who was active in the area during the 1880s.

Communities

  • Alexander
  • Ashbury
  • Beresford
  • Kemnay
  • Villette
  • Roseland

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Whitehead had a population of 1,679 living in 612 of its 645 total private dwellings, a change of 1.7% from its 2016 population of 1,651. With a land area of 577.6 km2 (223.0 sq mi), it had a population density of 2.9/km2 (7.5/sq mi) in 2021.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Manitoba". Statistics Canada. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  • Manitoba Historical Society: Rural Municipality of Whitehead
  • Geographic Names of Manitoba (pg. 294) - the Millennium Bureau of Canada
  • Map of Whitehead R.M. at Statcan
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