Whitemouth is a community in the

Rural Municipality of Whitemouth In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry are typically describ ...

, located in southeastern

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, Canada. The community is named after the Whitemouth River. It was established in 1905 along the main

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line.

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

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, Whitemouth had a population of 387 living in 166 of its 189 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 303. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

References

Designated places in Manitoba Unincorporated communities in Eastman Region, Manitoba {{Manitoba-geo-stub