A rural municipality (RM) is a type of incorporated municipality in the Canadian province of Manitoba. Under the province's Municipal Act of 1997, an area must have a minimum population of 1,000 and a density of less than to incorporate as a rural municipality. Manitoba has 98 RMs, which had a cumulative population of 301,438 as of the 2016 Census. This is a decrease from 116 RMs prior to January 1, 2015, when municipalities with less than 1,000 people were directed by the provincial government to amalgamate with adjoining municipalities to comply with the Municipal Act.
The most and least populated RMs as of the 2016 census are Hanover and Victoria Beach with populations of 15,733 and 398 respectively. East St. Paul is the most densely populated RM at The largest and smallest RMs in terms of geography are Reynolds and Victoria Beach with land areas of and respectively.
List Alexander St-Georges Alonsa Alonsa Argyle Baldur Armstrong Inwood Bifrost – Riverton Arborg* Boissevain – Morton Boissevain Brenda – Waskada Waskada Brokenhead Beausejour* Cartier Elie Cartwright – Roblin Cartwright Clanwilliam – Erickson Erickson Coldwell Lundar Cornwallis Brandon* Dauphin Dauphin* Deloraine – Winchester Deloraine De Salaberry St-Pierre-Jolys* Dufferin Carman* East St. Paul East St. Paul Ellice – Archie McAulay Elton Forrest Emerson – Franklin Dominion City Ethelbert Ethelbert Fisher Fisher Branch Gilbert Plains Gilbert Plains Gimli Gimli Glenboro – South Cypress Glenboro Glenella – Lansdowne Glenella Grahamdale Moosehorn Grandview Grandview Grassland Hartney Grey Elm Creek Hamiota Hamiota Hanover Mitchell Harrison Park Onanole Headingley Headingley Kelsey The Pas* Killarney-Turtle Mountain Killarney La Broquerie La Broquerie Lac du Bonnet Lac du Bonnet* Lakeshore Rorketon Lorne Somerset Louise Crystal City Macdonald Sanford McCreary McCreary Minitonas – Bowsman Minitonas Minto – Odanah Minnedosa* Montcalm Letellier Morris Morris* Mossey River Winnipegosis Mountain Birch River Norfolk Treherne Treherne North Cypress – Langford Carberry* North Norfolk MacGregor Oakland – Wawanesa Nesbitt Oakview Oak River Pembina Manitou Piney Vassar Pipestone Reston Portage la Prairie Portage la Prairie* Prairie Lakes Belmont Prairie View Birtle Reynolds Hadashville Rhineland Altona* Riding Mountain West Inglis Ritchot St. Adolphe Riverdale Rivers Roblin Roblin Rockwood Stonewall* Roland Roland Rosedale Neepawa* Rossburn Rossburn Rosser Rosser Russell – Binscarth Russell Sifton Oak Lake Souris – Glenwood Souris Springfield Oakbank St. Andrews Clandeboye St. Clements East Selkirk St. François Xavier St. François Xavier St. Laurent St. Laurent Stanley Stanley Ste. Anne Ste. Anne* Ste. Rose Ste. Rose du Lac Stuartburn Vita Swan Valley West Swan River* Taché Dufresne Thompson Miami Two Borders Melita* Victoria Holland Victoria Beach Winnipeg* Wallace – Woodworth Virden* West Interlake Eriksdale WestLake – Gladstone Gladstone West St. Paul West St. Paul Whitehead Alexander Whitemouth Whitemouth Woodlands Woodlands Yellowhead Shoal Lake Total rural municipalities — — Notes *Municipal or administrative offices are located in an adjacent independent city, town or village that is outside the jurisdiction of the rural municipality.
Former rural municipalities NameDissolvedSucceeded by Albert, RM of Municipality of Two Borders Archie, RM of RM of Ellice – Archie Arthur, RM of Municipality of Two Borders Assiniboia, RM of City of St. James–Assiniboia Bifrost, RM of Municipality of Bifrost – Riverton Birtle, RM of Prairie View Municipality Blanshard, RM of RM of Oakview Brooklands, RM of City of St. James Boulton, RM of RM of Shellmouth-Boulton Brenda, RM of Municipality of Brenda – Waskada Cameron, RM of Municipality of Grassland Charleswood, RM of City of Winnipeg Clanwilliam, RM of Municipality of Clanwilliam – Erickson Daly, RM of Riverdale Municipality Douglas, RM of RM of Rhineland East Kildonan, RM of City of East Kildonan and RM of North Kildonan Edward, RM of Municipality of Two Borders Ellice, RM of RM of Ellice – Archie Eriksdale, RM of Municipality of West Interlake Ethelbert, RM of Municipality of Ethelbert Fort Garry, RM of City of Winnipeg Franklin, RM of Municipality of Emerson – Franklin Gilbert Plains, RM of Gilbert Plains Municipality Glenella, RM of Municipality of Glenella – Lansdowne Glenwood, RM of Municipality of Souris – Glenwood Grandview, RM of Grandview Municipality Hamiota, RM of Hamiota Municipality Harrison, RM of Municipality of Harrison Park Hespeler, RM of RM of Hanover Hillsburg, RM of Municipality of Hillsburg – Roblin – Shell River Kildonan, RM of RMs of East Kildonan and West Kildonan Lakeview, RM of Municipality of WestLake – Gladstone Langford, RM of Municipality of North Cypress – Langford Lansdowne, RM of Municipality of Glenella – Lansdowne Lawrence, RM of RM of Lakeshore Lorne, RM of Municipality of Lorne Louise, RM of Municipality of Louise McCreary, RM of Municipality of McCreary Miniota, RM of Prairie View Municipality Minitonas, RM of Municipality of Minitonas – Bowsman Minto, RM of RM of Minto-Odanah Morton, RM of Municipality of Boissevain – Morton North Cypress, RM of Municipality of North Cypress – Langford North Kildonan, RM of City of Winnipeg North Norfolk, RM of Municipality of North Norfolk Oakland, RM of Municipality of Oakland – Wawanesa Ochre River, RM of RM of Lakeshore Odanah, RM of RM of Minto-Odanah Old Kildonan, RM of City of Winnipeg Park, RM of Municipality of Harrison Park Pembina, RM of Municipality of Pembina Rhineland, RM of Municipality of Rhineland Riverside, RM of RM of Prairie Lakes Roblin, RM of Cartwright – Roblin Municipality Rossburn, RM of Rossburn Municipality Russell, RM of Municipality of Russell – Binscarth Saskatchewan, RM of RM of Oakview Shell River, RM of Municipality of Hillsburg – Roblin – Shell River Shellmouth, RM of RM of Shellmouth-Boulton Shellmouth-Boulton, RM of RM of Riding Mountain West Shoal Lake, Municipality of RM of Yellowhead Shoal Lake, RM of Municipality of Shoal Lake Siglunes, RM of Municipality of West Interlake Silver Creek, RM of RM of Riding Mountain West South Cypress, RM of Municipality of Glenboro – South Cypress South Norfolk, RM of Municipality of Norfolk Treherne Ste. Rose, RM of Municipality of Ste. Rose St. James, RM of City of St. James St. Vital, RM of City of St. Vital Strathclair, RM of RM of Yellowhead Strathcona, RM of RM of Prairie Lakes Swan River, RM of Municipality of Swan Valley West Turtle Mountain, RM of Municipality of Killarney-Turtle Mountain Wallace, RM of RM of Wallace – Woodworth Westbourne, RM of Municipality of WestLake – Gladstone West Kildonan, RM of Town of West Kildonan Whitewater, RM of Municipality of Grassland Winchester, RM of Municipality of Deloraine – Winchester Woodworth, RM of RM of Wallace – Woodworth Notes
See also List of local urban districts in Manitoba List of communities in Manitoba List of ghost towns in Manitoba List of municipalities in Manitoba List of cities in Manitoba List of towns in Manitoba List of villages in Manitoba Amalgamation of Winnipeg Manitoba municipal amalgamations, 2015 List of rural municipalities in Saskatchewan
References
External links Manitoba Historical Society - Manitoba Municipalities Government of Manitoba Community Profiles: Regional Map (archived). Census Divisions Map. Municipality Profiles.