Stuartburn 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
Eastman Region
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of
Manitoba
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, Canada. It had a population of 1,629 according to the
Canada 2006 Census.
The municipality is named after the
Ukrainian-Canadian village of
Stuartburn within the RM, supposedly named for an early settler called William H. Stuart.
History
The first settlers to the area of current-day Stuartburn arrived in August 1896 from
Ukraine
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. This first settlement consisted of 26 families, followed by other groups from Ukraine in subsequent months. The settlement expanded eastward and northward, and by the end of 1900, the number of settlers reached approximately 3000. The first
Ukrainian Orthodox Church
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was built in the vicinity of
Gardenton in 1897; and the first Ukrainian Catholic Church began construction in 1899 and completed in 1902 in the vicinity of Stuartburn.
The Rural Municipality of Stuartburn was organized on 15 January 1902, disorganized in 1928, became the Local Government District of Stuartburn on 1 January 1945, and then was reorganized as the Rural Municipality of Stuartburn on 1 January 1997.
Geography
According to
Statistics Canada, the RM has an area of 1,161.65 km
2 (448.52 sq mi). There are no separately incorporated cities, towns, or villages within the municipality. A small portion of
Sandilands Provincial Forest lies in its northeast corner. The
Manitoba Tall Grass Prairie Preserve and
Tallgrass Aspen Parkland are also found within the municipality.
Stuartburn is one of three municipalities in Manitoba bordering the
U.S. state
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of
Minnesota
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; however, none of the
international border crossings between Manitoba and Minnesota are located in Stuartburn.
Communities
Stuartburn includes the following communities:
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Arbakka
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Caliento
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Gardenton
*Rofton
*Sirko
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Stuartburn
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Sundown
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Vita
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Zhoda (part)
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
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conducted by
Statistics Canada, Stuartburn had a population of 1,731 living in 619 of its 776 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 1,648. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
References
External links
Official websiteStuartburn, MB Community ProfileMap of Stuartburn R.M. at Statcan
Rural municipalities in Manitoba
Ukrainian-Canadian communities in Manitoba
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