The Rural Municipality of St. Laurent (french: Municipalité rurale de Saint-Laurent) 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 Interlake Region of Manitoba and has
Lake Manitoba as its western boundary and is serviced by
Highway 6
Route 6, or Highway 6, may refer to routes in the following countries:
International
* Asian Highway 6
* European route E6
* European route E006
Albania
* National Road SH6
Argentina
* Buenos Aires Provincial Route 6
Australia New ...
. The community of
St. Laurent lies within its boundaries.
The initial incorporation of the municipality took place on 25 May 1881. It functioned as a Local Government District from 1944 until 1974 when it regained RM status.
Communities
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Harperville
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Oak Point
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St. Laurent
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, St. Laurent had a population of 1,542 living in 667 of its 1,260 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 1,338. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
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See also
* List of francophone communities in Manitoba
References
Manitoba Historical Society: Rural Municipality of St. Laurent
Official website
St. Laurent
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