Prairie View Municipality

Prairie View
Rural municipality
Prairie View Municipality
Location of the Prairie View Municipality in Manitoba
Coordinates: 50.460°N 100.988°W / 50.460; -100.988
Country	Canada
Province	Manitoba
Region	Westman
Incorporated (amalgamated)	January 1, 2015[1]
Area
• Total	1,694.69 km^2 (654.32 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Total	2,161
• Density	1.3/km^2 (3.3/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)

Prairie View Municipality is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba

History

Further information: Rural Municipality of Birtle; Rural Municipality of Miniota; and Birtle, Manitoba

It was incorporated on January 1, 2015 via the amalgamation of the RMs of Birtle and Miniota and the Town of Birtle.^[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] The reeve of the RM is Roger Wilson.

Communities

• Arrow River
• Birtle
• Foxwarren
• Isabella
• Miniota
• Reeder

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Prairie View had a population of 2,161 living in 832 of its 970 total private dwellings, a change of 3.5% from its 2016 population of 2,088. With a land area of 1,694.69 km² (654.32 sq mi), it had a population density of 1.3/km² (3.3/sq mi) in 2021.^[2]

References

1. "The Municipal Amalgamations Act (C.C.S.M. c. M235): Town of Birtle, Rural Municipality of Birtle and Rural Municipality of Miniota 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.