Killarney-Turtle Mountain 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, ...
(RM) located in the
Westman Region
The Westman Region (also known as Western Manitoba or simply Westman) is an informal geographic region of the Canadian province of Manitoba located in the southwestern corner of the province.
Brandon is the largest urban centre in the Westman R ...
of
Manitoba
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, Canada. It is located to the immediate north of the
Canada–United States border opposite
Rollete and
Towner Counties,
North Dakota
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.
History
The RM was formed on January 1, 2007 through the amalgamation of the
Rural Municipality of Turtle Mountain Turtle Mountain or Turtle Mountains may refer to:
* Turtle Mountain in Alberta, Canada
* Turtle Mountain in Shanxi, China
* Turtle Mountain (electoral district), a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba
* Turtle Mounta ...
and the Town of
Killarney
Killarney ( ; ga, Cill Airne , meaning 'church of sloes') is a town in County Kerry, southwestern Ireland. The town is on the northeastern shore of Lough Leane, part of Killarney National Park, and is home to St Mary's Cathedral, Ross Cast ...
.
Communities
*Bannerman
*Enterprise
*Holmfield
*
Killarney
Killarney ( ; ga, Cill Airne , meaning 'church of sloes') is a town in County Kerry, southwestern Ireland. The town is on the northeastern shore of Lough Leane, part of Killarney National Park, and is home to St Mary's Cathedral, Ross Cast ...
*
Lena
*Ninga
*Rhodes
*Wakopa
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, Killarney - Turtle Mountain had a population of 3,520 living in 1,446 of its 1,689 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 3,429. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
In the
2011 Census, the Municipality of Killarney-Turtle Mountain had a population of 3,233 living in 1,347 of its 1,589 total dwellings, a -2.0% change from its 2006 population of 3,299. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2011.
See also
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St. John–Lena Border Crossing
References
External links
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Killarney-Turtle Mountain