Rural Municipality of Yellowhead

Yellowhead
Yellowhead
Rural municipality
	Rural Municipality of Yellowhead
	Location of the RM of Yellowhead in Manitoba
	Coordinates: 50°29′05″N 100°28′58″W / 50.48472°N 100.48278°W
Country	Canada
Province	Manitoba
Incorporated; (amalgamated)	January 1, 2015
Population (2021)
• Total	1,841
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)

The Rural Municipality of Yellowhead is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba.

History[edit]

The municipality was incorporated on January 1, 2015 via the amalgamation of the Municipality of Shoal Lake and the RM of Strathclair.^[1] 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]

Communities[edit]

Demographics[edit]

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Yellowhead had a population of 1,841 living in 871 of its 1,227 total private dwellings, a change of -5.5% from its 2016 population of 1,948. With a land area of 1,093.17 km² (422.08 sq mi), it had a population density of 1.7/km² (4.4/sq mi) in 2021.^[2]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "The Municipal Amalgamations Act (C.C.S.M. c. M235): Municipality of Shoal Lake and Rural Municipality of Strathclair Amalgamation Regulation" (PDF). Government of Manitoba. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Manitoba". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 20, 2022.
^ "The Municipal Amalgamations Act (C.C.S.M. c. M235)". Government of Manitoba. October 2, 2014. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
^ "Speech from the Throne: At the Opening of the Second Session of the 40th Legislature of the Province of Manitoba". Government of Manitoba. November 19, 2012. Retrieved October 4, 2014.

[2015amalg-1] "The Municipal Amalgamations Act (C.C.S.M. c. M235): Municipality of Shoal Lake and Rural Municipality of Strathclair Amalgamation Regulation" (PDF). Government of Manitoba. Retrieved October 4, 2014.

[2021census-2] "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Manitoba". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 20, 2022.

[MAA-3] "The Municipal Amalgamations Act (C.C.S.M. c. M235)". Government of Manitoba. October 2, 2014. Retrieved October 4, 2014.

[Speech-4] "Speech from the Throne: At the Opening of the Second Session of the 40th Legislature of the Province of Manitoba". Government of Manitoba. November 19, 2012. Retrieved October 4, 2014.

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