Rural Municipality of Cartier is a

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in the Central Plains and Metro Regions of

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, Canada. The municipality is bordered on the west by the RM of Portage la Prairie, to the east by the RM of Headingley, and to the north by the

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. It is mainly flat rich farmland. Its main town is

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. It is named after Sir

George-Étienne Cartier Sir George-Étienne Cartier, 1st Baronet, (pronounced ; September 6, 1814May 20, 1873) was a Canadian statesman and Father of Confederation. The English spelling of the name—George, instead of Georges, the usual French spelling—is explained ...

who was a leader in bringing Quebec into

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. Until 1914, it was part of the larger municipality of St. François Xavier.

Water

The Cartier Regional Water Co-op manages the water supply in the rural municipality as well as other nearby RMs such as

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, Rosser, and Macdonald. The Cartier Water Treatment Plant brings in water from the

where it is cleaned of

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and debris and other toxins and distributed within the RM and also sent out to other nearby communities.

Communities

* Dacotah *

* St. Eustache * Springstein * White Plains

Demographics

In the

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conducted by Statistics Canada, Cartier had a population of 3,344 living in 811 of its 850 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 3,368. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

References

Manitoba Historical Society - Rural Municipality of CartierCommunity Profile - Statistics Canada

Map of Cartier R.M. at Statcan
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External links

Official website
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