Rural Municipality of Minto-Odanah

The Rural Municipality of Minto-Odanah is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba that incorporated on January 1, 2015 via the amalgamation of the RMs of Minto and Odanah.^[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]

Minto-Odanah
Rural municipality
Rural Municipality of Minto-Odanah
Location of the RM of Minto-Odanah in Manitoba
Coordinates: 50.233°N 99.784°W / 50.233; -99.784
Country	Canada
Province	Manitoba
Region	Westman
Incorporated (amalgamated)	January 1, 2015[1]
Population  (2021)[2]
• Total	1,121
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Website	www.minnedosa.com/m/rural-municipality-of-minto-odanah

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Minto-Odanah had a population of 1,121 living in 412 of its 454 total private dwellings, a change of -5.7% from its 2016 population of 1,189. With a land area of 746.31 km² (288.15 sq mi), it had a population density of 1.5/km² (3.9/sq mi) in 2021.^[2]

References

1. "The Municipal Amalgamations Act (C.C.S.M. c. M235): Rural Municipality of Minto and Rural Municipality of Odanah Amalgamation Regulation" (PDF). Government of Manitoba. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
2. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Manitoba". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 20, 2022.
3. "The Municipal Amalgamations Act (C.C.S.M. c. M235)". Government of Manitoba. October 2, 2014. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
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.