The Rural Municipality of Mossey River is a

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(RM) in the Parkland Region of

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, Canada, located at the south end of

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. It is named for the Mossey River, a river that flows through the municipality.

History

The Rural Municipality of Mossey River was incorporated on May 1, 1906. On January 1, 2015, it amalgamated with the Village of Winnipegosis as dictated by '' The Municipal Amalgamations Act'', which required that municipalities with a population less than 1,000 amalgamate with one or more neighbouring municipalities by 2015.https://web2.gov.mb.ca/laws/regs/current/_pdf-regs.php?reg=27/2014 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

* Fork River * Oak Brae *

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Winnipegosis Winnipegosis is an unincorporated urban community in the Rural Municipality of Mossey River, Manitoba, Canada. It lies at the mouth of the Mossey River on Lake Winnipegosis The community was once categorized as a List of villages in Manitoba, ...

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, Mossey River had a population of 1,450 living in 612 of its 730 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 1,145. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

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* * {{Authority control Rural municipalities in Manitoba 2015 establishments in Manitoba Manitoba municipal amalgamations, 2015 Populated places disestablished in 2015 2015 disestablishments in Manitoba Populated places established in 1906