Municipality of WestLake – Gladstone

The Municipality of WestLake – Gladstone is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba.

WestLake – Gladstone
Municipality of WestLake – Gladstone
Location of WestLake-Gladstone in Manitoba.
Location of WestLake-Gladstone in Manitoba.
Coordinates: 50.237°N 98.716°W / 50.237; -98.716
CountryCanada
ProvinceManitoba
Incorporated
(amalgamated)
January 1, 2015[1]
Area
  Land1,909.82 km2 (737.39 sq mi)
Population
  Total3,273
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
  Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)204 and 431
Websitewestlake-gladstone.ca

History

The RM was incorporated on January 1, 2015 via the amalgamation of the RMs of Lakeview and Westbourne and the town of Gladstone.[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

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, WestLake-Gladstone had a population of 3,273 living in 1,091 of its 1,216 total private dwellings, a change of 3.8% from its 2016 population of 3,154. With a land area of 1,909.82 km2 (737.39 sq mi), it had a population density of 1.7/km2 (4.4/sq mi) in 2021.[2]

References

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