Rural Municipality of Whitehead
Whitehead is a rural municipality (RM) in the province of Manitoba in Western Canada. It is west of Brandon and the principle communities within its boundaries are Kemnay and Alexander.
Rural Municipality of Whitehead | |
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 Location of the RM of Whitehead in Manitoba | |
| Coordinates: 49°47′53″N 100°15′27″W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Manitoba |
| Area | |
| • Land | 577.60 km2 (223.01 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1,679 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area codes | 204 and 431 |
It became a municipality on 22 December 1883 and was named for Joseph Whitehead, a railway contractor who was active in the area during the 1880s.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Whitehead had a population of 1,679 living in 612 of its 645 total private dwellings, a change of 1.7% from its 2016 population of 1,651. With a land area of 577.6 km2 (223.0 sq mi), it had a population density of 2.9/km2 (7.5/sq mi) in 2021.[1]
References
- "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Manitoba". Statistics Canada. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
- Manitoba Historical Society: Rural Municipality of Whitehead
- Geographic Names of Manitoba (pg. 294) - the Millennium Bureau of Canada
- Map of Whitehead R.M. at Statcan
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