Deloraine – Winchester
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| Municipality of Deloraine – Winchester | |
Location of Deloraine – Winchester in Manitoba
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| Coordinates: 49°11′38″N 100°29′38″W / 49.194°N 100.494°W / 49.194; -100.494 | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Manitoba |
| Incorporated (amalgamated) | January 1, 2015 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 728.13 km2 (281.13 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1,478 |
| • Density | 2.0/km2 (5.3/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
The Municipality of Deloraine – Winchester is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian provinceofManitoba.
The RM was incorporated on January 1, 2015 via the amalgamation of the RM of Winchester and the Town of Deloraine.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Deloraine-Winchester had a population of 1,478 living in 673 of its 929 total private dwellings, a change of -0.7% from its 2016 population of 1,489. With a land area of 728.13 km2 (281.13 sq mi), it had a population density of 2.0/km2 (5.3/sq mi) in 2021.[1]
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