# Rural Municipality of Ritchot

The Rural Municipality of Ritchot (French: Municipalité rurale de Ritchot) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Winnipeg Capital Region, bordering the south side of Winnipeg in Manitoba, Canada. The separately-administered town of Niverville lies adjacent to its southeast, between it and the Rural Municipality of Hanover.

## Water

Due to population growth within the RM, an application to expand and improve the water distribution system was made in 2017. The C$5 million project would involve twinning of the distribution pipe between Ste. Agathe and St. Adolphe, twinning of the distribution pipe between Ste. Agathe and Grande Pointe, expansion of the Water Treatment Plant tank to store 1 additional megalitre, and a wider pipe to allow for a 50-litre per second flow from the well.

## Climate

Climate data for Glenlea :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 5.5 (41.9) | 8.5 (47.3) | 16.5 (61.7) | 34 (93) | 36.5 (97.7) | 38 (100) | 36.5 (97.7) | 38.5 (101.3) | 38.5 (101.3) | 30 (86) | 23.3 (73.9) | 10 (50) | 38.5 (101.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −11.6 (11.1) | −7.7 (18.1) | −0.9 (30.4) | 10.7 (51.3) | 19.1 (66.4) | 23.3 (73.9) | 25.5 (77.9) | 25.5 (77.9) | 18.6 (65.5) | 10.6 (51.1) | −0.8 (30.6) | −9.4 (15.1) | 8.6 (47.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −17.2 (1.0) | −13.3 (8.1) | −6 (21) | 4.4 (39.9) | 12.2 (54.0) | 17 (63) | 19.4 (66.9) | 18.8 (65.8) | 12.5 (54.5) | 4.9 (40.8) | −5.3 (22.5) | −14.3 (6.3) | 2.8 (37.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −22.6 (−8.7) | −19 (−2) | −11.1 (12.0) | −1.9 (28.6) | 5.3 (41.5) | 10.8 (51.4) | 13.2 (55.8) | 12.1 (53.8) | 6.1 (43.0) | −0.8 (30.6) | −9.7 (14.5) | −19.9 (−3.8) | −3.1 (26.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −43 (−45) | −42 (−44) | −35.5 (−31.9) | −30 (−22) | −11.7 (10.9) | −4.4 (24.1) | 1.7 (35.1) | −2.5 (27.5) | −7 (19) | −20.5 (−4.9) | −36.5 (−33.7) | −40 (−40) | −43 (−45) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 16.3 (0.64) | 12.5 (0.49) | 20.7 (0.81) | 27.7 (1.09) | 61.5 (2.42) | 97.7 (3.85) | 91.7 (3.61) | 49 (1.9) | 43.1 (1.70) | 35.7 (1.41) | 26.5 (1.04) | 21.5 (0.85) | 542.7 (21.37) |
| Source: Environment Canada ||||||||||||||

## Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Ritchot had a population of 7,469 living in 2,712 of its 2,769 total private dwellings, a change of 11.8% from its 2016 population of 6,679. With a land area of 332.23 km$^2$ (128.27 sq mi), it had a population density of 22.5/km$^2$ (58.2/sq mi) in 2021.
Although once it was predominantly French, 35.4% of the municipality's population spoke French in 2016.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1871 | 600 | — |
| 1881 | 1,100 | +83.3% |
| 1891 | 960 | −12.7% |
| 1896 | 2,001 | +108.4% |
| 1901 | 2,365 | +18.2% |
| 1911 | 1,861 | −21.3% |
| 1921 | 1,880 | +1.0% |
| 1931 | 2,146 | +14.1% |
| 1941 | 2,624 | +22.3% |
| 1951 | 2,177 | −17.0% |
| 1956 | 2,134 | −2.0% |
| 1961 | 2,509 | +17.6% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1966 | 2,817 | +12.3% |
| 1971 | 2,946 | +4.6% |
| 1976 | 3,768 | +27.9% |
| 1981 | 4,262 | +13.1% |
| 1986 | 4,588 | +7.6% |
| 1991 | 5,146 | +12.2% |
| 1996 | 5,248 | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 4,958 | −5.5% |
| 2006 | 5,051 | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 5,478 | +8.5% |
| 2016 | 6,678 | +21.9% |
| 2021 | 7,469 | +11.8% |
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. :
Panethnic groups in the Rural Municipality of Ritchot (2001−2021) :
| Panethnic group | 2021 | 2021 | 2016 | 2016 | 2011 | 2011 | 2006 | 2006 | 2001 | 2001 |
| Panethnic group | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % |
| European | 5,760 | 77.26% | 5,255 | 78.73% | 4,405 | 80.68% | 4,430 | 87.72% | 4,470 | 90.58% |
| Indigenous | 1,360 | 18.24% | 1,080 | 16.18% | 980 | 17.95% | 600 | 11.88% | 440 | 8.92% |
| African | 110 | 1.48% | 80 | 1.2% | 35 | 0.64% | 10 | 0.2% | 10 | 0.2% |
| South Asian | 105 | 1.41% | 90 | 1.35% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
| Southeast Asian | 75 | 1.01% | 70 | 1.05% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
| East Asian | 0 | 0% | 60 | 0.9% | 25 | 0.46% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
| Latin American | 0 | 0% | 25 | 0.37% | 0 | 0% | 10 | 0.2% | 0 | 0% |
| Middle Eastern | 0 | 0% | 20 | 0.3% | 0 | 0% | 10 | 0.2% | 0 | 0% |
| Other/multiracial | 25 | 0.34% | 25 | 0.37% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 10 | 0.2% |
| Total responses | 7,455 | 99.81% | 6,675 | 99.94% | 5,460 | 99.67% | 5,050 | 99.98% | 4,935 | 99.54% |
| Total population | 7,469 | 100% | 6,679 | 100% | 5,478 | 100% | 5,051 | 100% | 4,958 | 100% |
| Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses |||||||||||

## Government

Ritchot is a municipal style government with four councillors and one head of council, known as the mayor. The four councillors represent wards. Ward 1 is formed by the Île des Chênes area, Ward 2 by the St. Adolphe area, Ward 3 by the areas south of PR 210 including Ste. Agathe and Ward 4 by the areas north of PR 210, including Howden and Grande Pointe. The municipal offices are located in St. Adolphe.

### Members

The council of the RM include:
* Mayor: Chris Ewen
* Councillor/Deputy Mayor: Shane Pelletier (Ward 1)
* Councillor: Jason Bodnarchuk (Ward 2)
* Councillor: Joel Lemoine (Ward 3)
* Councillor: Janine Boulanger (Ward 4)

## Communities

* Glenlea
* Grande Pointe
* Howden
* Île-des-Chênes
* St. Adolphe
* Ste. Agathe