Rural Municipality of Wallace-Woodworth

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

Wallace-Woodworth
Rural municipality
Rural Municipality of Wallace-Woodworth
Location of the RM of Wallace – Woodworth in Manitoba
Coordinates: 49°54′56″N 100°56′20″W
Country	Canada
Province	Manitoba
Region	Westman
Incorporated (amalgamated)	January 1, 2015[1]
Area
• Total	1,977.43 km2 (763.49 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Total	2,748
• Density	1.4/km2 (3.6/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Wallace-Woodworth had a population of 2,748 living in 1,036 of its 1,144 total private dwellings, a change of -6.8% from its 2016 population of 2,948. With a land area of 1,977.43 km² (763.49 sq mi), it had a population density of 1.4/km² (3.6/sq mi) in 2021.^[2]

References

1. "The Municipal Amalgamations Act (C.C.S.M. c. M235): Village of Elkhorn, Rural Municipality of Wallace and Rural Municipality of Woodworth 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.