Municipality of Brenda-Waskada

The Municipality of Brenda-Waskada is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba.

Brenda-Waskada
Rural municipality
Municipality of Brenda-Waskada
The Medora grain elevator.
Location of Brenda-Waskada in Manitoba
Coordinates: 49.096°N 100.800°W / 49.096; -100.800
Country	Canada
Province	Manitoba
Region	Westman
Incorporated (amalgamated)	January 1, 2015[1]
Area
• Total	775.64 km2 (299.48 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Total	650
• Density	0.84/km2 (2.2/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Website	www.waskada.org

History

Further information: Rural Municipality of Brenda and Waskada, Manitoba

The RM was incorporated on January 1, 2015 via the amalgamation of the RM of Brenda and the Village of Waskada.^[1] It was named after Major Adoniram Cates' daughter, Brenda Cates (1888-1964), though the municipality was incorporated in 1888, four years before she was born. 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]

Geography

The RM is located in the southwest corner of Manitoba. It southern boundary is the Canada–United States border opposite Bottineau County, North Dakota, however, there is no direct access to the U.S. from the RM.

Communities

• Goodlands
• Medora
• Napinka
• Waskada

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Brenda-Waskada had a population of 650 living in 277 of its 332 total private dwellings, a change of -3.6% from its 2016 population of 674. With a land area of 775.64 km² (299.48 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.8/km² (2.2/sq mi) in 2021.^[2]