The Municipality of Roblin 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, a ...

(RM) in the

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, Canada.

Roblin station Roblin station is a railway station in Roblin, Manitoba, Canada. It serves as a flag stop for Via Rail's Winnipeg–Churchill train. The former station building is a 1½-story structure built by the Canadian Northern Railway in 1906 as a Third C ...

is located in the municipality.

History

The RM was incorporated as the Municipality of Hillsburg – Roblin – Shell River on January 1, 2015 via the amalgamation of the RMs of Hillsburg and Shell River and the Town of Roblin. It was formed as a requirement of '' The Municipal Amalgamations Act'', which required that municipalities with a population less than 1,000 amalgamate with one or more neighbouring municipalities by 2015. 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. The Manitoba government changed the name of the Municipality of Hillsburg – Roblin – Shell River to the ''Municipality of Roblin'' on March 30, 2015. The current Municipality of Roblin has no connection to the former

Rural Municipality of Roblin The Rural Municipality of Roblin is a former rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was originally incorporated as a rural municipality on November 15, 1902. It ceased on January 1, 2015 as a result of its provincially m ...

in the

Pembina Valley Region The Pembina Valley (french: Vallée-de-la-Pembina) is an informal geographic region of the Canadian province of Manitoba. It is named for its major geographical feature, the Pembina Valley, which runs through the southwestern part of the region. ...

Communities

* Bield * Boggy Creek * Deepdale * Makaroff * Merridale * Roblin (unincorporated urban community) * San Clara * Shevlin * Shortdale * Tummel * Walkerburn * Zelena

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, Hillsburg-Roblin-Shell River had a population of 3,089 living in 1,406 of its 1,638 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 3,214. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Roblin Rural municipalities in Manitoba 2015 establishments in Manitoba Manitoba municipal amalgamations, 2015 Populated places established in 2015