Grahamdale 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, ...
in the province of
Manitoba
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in
Western Canada
Western Canada, also referred to as the Western provinces, Canadian West or the Western provinces of Canada, and commonly known within Canada as the West, is a Canadian region that includes the four western provinces just north of the Canada†...
. It lies in the
Interlake Region
The Interlake Region is an informal geographic region of the Canadian province of Manitoba that lies roughly between Lake Winnipeg and Lake Manitoba in the Canadian province of Manitoba. The region comprises 14 rural municipalities, one city (th ...
. It was incorporated as a Local Government District (LGD) on 1 January 1945, and became a Rural Municipality in 1997.
The municipality exists in two sections that are separated by a part of the
Fairford 50 Indian reserve
In Canada, an Indian reserve (french: réserve indienne) is specified by the '' Indian Act'' as a "tract of land, the legal title to which is vested in Her Majesty,
that has been set apart by Her Majesty for the use and benefit of a band."
In ...
. It extends from
Gypsumville to Mulvihill and incorporates the former RM of Woodlea within its present boundaries.
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Communities
* Camper
* Faulkner
* Grahamdale
* Gypsumville
* Hilbre
* Moosehorn
Moosehorn is an unincorporated community in the province of Manitoba, Canada. It is approximately northwest of Winnipeg within the Rural Municipality of Grahamdale
Grahamdale is a rural municipality in the province of Manitoba in Western Canada ...
* Mulvihill
* St. Martin
* St. Martin Junction
* Spearhill
* Steep Rock
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, Grahamdale had a population of 1,278 living in 579 of its 886 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 1,334. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
References
* ''Geographic Names of Manitoba'' (pg. 97) - the Millennium Bureau of Canada
''Manitoba Historical Society - Manitoba Municipalities: Rural Municipality of Grahamdale''
Map of Grahamdale R.M. at Statcan
External links
Official website
Grahamdale
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