The Rural Municipality of Mountain is a
rural municipality
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These include:
* Rural municipalities in Canada, a type of municipal status in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, ...
in the
Parkland Region of
Manitoba
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,
western Canada
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.
Its is split geographically into two large sections—Mountain (North) at , and Mountain (South) at —separated by approximately at the northeast corner of
Municipality of Minitonas – Bowsman.
The municipality, which was named for the nearby
Porcupine
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and
Duck Mountains,
sits along the east side of both the
Porcupine Provincial Forest
The Porcupine Provincial Forest is a protected boreal forest in Canada which covers the Porcupine Hills on the border of Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
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History
By the end of the 19th century, Eastern Canada had essentially run out of ma ...
in the north and the
Duck Mountain Provincial Forest in the south.
Its largest communities are the
local urban districts of
Pine River,
Birch River, and
Mafeking.
Communities
The constituent communities of the Rural Municipality of Mountain include the following.
Mountain (South):
*
Cowan
*
Pine River
*
Pulp River
Mountain (North):
*
Bellsite
*
Birch River
*
Lenswood
*
Mafeking
*
Novra
*
Sclater
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Demographics
;North part
In the
2021 Census of Population
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conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, the north portion of the RM of Mountain had a population of 537 living in 257 of its 297 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 559. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
;South part
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the south portion of the RM of Mountain had a population of 443 living in 187 of its 250 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 419. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
;Combined
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the RM of Mountain had a combined population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
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References
External links
Official website
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Mountain
A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher ...