The Rural Municipality of Alexander () is a
rural municipality
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in the
Eastman Region
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of
Manitoba
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,
Canada
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. The town of
Powerview-Pine Falls
Powerview-Pine Falls is a town in the Canadian province of Manitoba, with a population of 1,314 at the 2011 census, up 1.54% from 1,294 at the 2006 census and down 7.57% from 1,400 during the 2001 census.
The town is an amalgamation of the pre ...
lies adjacent to the municipality, as does the
Sagkeeng First Nation
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Indian reserve
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.
The municipality contains all of Manitoba's
Belair Provincial Forest in its westernmost part, plus the northern half of
Brightstone Sand Hills Provincial Forest in its central part.
History
It was first incorporated as a
Local Government District
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in 1945 and received its present status as a rural municipality on 1 January 1997. Parts of the RM (Great Falls area) had been under a boil water advisory since April 18, 2006, until a $5-million
water treatment plant was installed in September 2019.
Communities
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
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conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, Alexander had a population of 3,854 living in 1,845 of its 4,347 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 3,333. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
See also
*
List of francophone communities in Manitoba
References
External links
Official websiteMap of Alexander R.M. at Statcan''Manitoba Historical Society - Rural Municipality of Alexander''
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Manitoba communities with majority francophone populations
Alexander
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