# List of rural municipalities in Manitoba

A rural municipality (RM) is a type of incorporated municipality in the Canadian province of Manitoba. Under the province's Municipal Act of 1997, an area must have a minimum population of 1,000 and a density of less than 400 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,000/sq mi) to incorporate as a rural municipality. Manitoba has 98 RMs, which had a cumulative population of 301,438 as of the 2016 Census. This is a decrease from 116 RMs prior to January 1, 2015, when municipalities with less than 1,000 people were directed by the provincial government to amalgamate with adjoining municipalities to comply with the Municipal Act.
The most and least populated RMs as of the 2016 census are Hanover and Victoria Beach with populations of 15,733 and 398 respectively. East St. Paul is the most densely populated RM at 223.2/km$^2$ (578/sq mi) The largest and smallest RMs in terms of geography are Reynolds and Victoria Beach with land areas of 3,572.13 km$^2$ (1,379.21 sq mi) and 20.26 km$^2$ (7.82 sq mi) respectively.

## List

| Alexander | St-Georges | January 1, 1945 | 3,854 | 3,333 | +15.6% | 1,560.05 | 2.5/km$^2$ |
| Alonsa | Alonsa | January 1, 1945 | 1,210 | 1,247 | −3.0% | 3,006.17 | 0.4/km$^2$ |
| Argyle | Baldur | August 15, 1881 | 994 | 1,025 | −3.0% | 768.63 | 1.3/km$^2$ |
| Armstrong | Inwood | January 1, 1945 | 1,967 | 1,792 | +9.8% | 1,868.24 | 1.1/km$^2$ |
| Bifrost – Riverton | Arborg* | January 1, 2015 | 3,320 | 3,378 | −1.7% | 1,643.14 | 2.0/km$^2$ |
| Boissevain – Morton | Boissevain | January 1, 2015 | 2,309 | 2,353 | −1.9% | 1,102.38 | 2.1/km$^2$ |
| Brenda – Waskada | Waskada | January 1, 2015 | 650 | 674 | −3.6% | 775.64 | 0.8/km$^2$ |
| Brokenhead | Beausejour* | November 15, 1900 | 5,414 | 5,122 | +5.7% | 749.69 | 7.2/km$^2$ |
| Cartier | Elie | February 21, 1914 | 3,344 | 3,368 | −0.7% | 552.94 | 6.0/km$^2$ |
| Cartwright – Roblin | Cartwright | January 1, 2015 | 1,336 | 1,308 | +2.1% | 705.27 | 1.9/km$^2$ |
| Clanwilliam – Erickson | Erickson | January 1, 2015 | 1,012 | 860 | +17.7% | 358.05 | 2.8/km$^2$ |
| Coldwell | Lundar | November 19, 1912 | 1,313 | 1,254 | +4.7% | 891.85 | 1.5/km$^2$ |
| Cornwallis | Brandon* | December 22, 1883 | 4,568 | 4,520 | +1.1% | 500.51 | 9.1/km$^2$ |
| Dauphin | Dauphin* | November 26, 1897 | 2,136 | 2,298 | −7.0% | 1,512.79 | 1.4/km$^2$ |
| Deloraine – Winchester | Deloraine | January 1, 2015 | 1,478 | 1,489 | −0.7% | 728.13 | 2.0/km$^2$ |
| De Salaberry | St-Pierre-Jolys* | December 22, 1883 | 3,918 | 3,580 | +9.4% | 667.57 | 5.9/km$^2$ |
| Dufferin | Carman* | November 1, 1890 | 2,543 | 2,435 | +4.4% | 916.11 | 2.8/km$^2$ |
| East St. Paul | East St. Paul | November 3, 1915 | 9,725 | 9,372 | +3.8% | 41.79 | 232.7/km$^2$ |
| Ellice – Archie | McAulay | January 1, 2015 | 831 | 887 | −6.3% | 1,153.14 | 0.7/km$^2$ |
| Elton | Forrest | December 22, 1883 | 1,276 | 1,273 | +0.2% | 576.14 | 2.2/km$^2$ |
| Emerson – Franklin | Dominion City | January 1, 2015 | 2,437 | 2,537 | −3.9% | 970.19 | 2.5/km$^2$ |
| Ethelbert | Ethelbert | January 1, 2015 | 648 | 607 | +6.8% | 1,134.59 | 0.6/km$^2$ |
| Fisher | Fisher Branch | January 1, 1945 | 1,845 | 1,827 | +1.0% | 1,486.17 | 1.2/km$^2$ |
| Gilbert Plains | Gilbert Plains | January 1, 2015 | 1,420 | 1,470 | −3.4% | 1,050.15 | 1.4/km$^2$ |
| Gimli | Gimli | August 15, 1881 | 6,569 | 6,181 | +6.3% | 318.10 | 20.7/km$^2$ |
| Glenboro – South Cypress | Glenboro | January 1, 2015 | 1,123 | 1,550 | −27.5% | 1,071.64 | 1.0/km$^2$ |
| Glenella – Lansdowne | Glenella | January 1, 2015 | 1,133 | 1,181 | −4.1% | 1,274.74 | 0.9/km$^2$ |
| Grahamdale | Moosehorn | January 1, 1945 | 1,278 | 1,334 | −4.2% | 2,365.94 | 0.5/km$^2$ |
| Grandview | Grandview | January 1, 2015 | 1,419 | 1,482 | −4.3% | 1,147.99 | 1.2/km$^2$ |
| Grassland | Hartney | January 1, 2015 | 1,583 | 1,561 | +1.4% | 1,350.34 | 1.2/km$^2$ |
| Grey | Elm Creek | January 1, 2015 | 2,517 | 2,648 | −4.9% | 968.90 | 2.6/km$^2$ |
| Hamiota | Hamiota | January 1, 2015 | 1,234 | 1,225 | +0.7% | 577.68 | 2.1/km$^2$ |
| Hanover | Mitchell | May 25, 1881 | 17,216 | 15,540 | +10.8% | 730.44 | 23.6/km$^2$ |
| Harrison Park | Onanole | January 1, 2015 | 1,852 | 1,617 | +14.5% | 964.55 | 1.9/km$^2$ |
| Headingley | Headingley | May 9, 1992 | 4,331 | 3,579 | +21.0% | 107.53 | 40.3/km$^2$ |
| Kelsey | The Pas* | January 1, 1945 | 2,181 | 2,419 | −9.8% | 850.41 | 2.6/km$^2$ |
| Killarney-Turtle Mountain | Killarney | August 15, 1881 | 3,520 | 3,429 | +2.7% | 930.02 | 3.8/km$^2$ |
| La Broquerie | La Broquerie | May 25, 1881 | 6,725 | 6,076 | +10.7% | 578.97 | 11.6/km$^2$ |
| Lac du Bonnet | Lac du Bonnet* | April 6, 1912 | 3,563 | 3,121 | +14.2% | 1,097.61 | 3.2/km$^2$ |
| Lakeshore | Rorketon | January 1, 2015 | 1,186 | 1,363 | −13.0% | 1,295.64 | 0.9/km$^2$ |
| Lorne | Somerset | January 1, 2015 | 2,904 | 3,041 | −4.5% | 923.03 | 3.1/km$^2$ |
| Louise | Crystal City | January 1, 2015 | 2,025 | 1,918 | +5.6% | 934.81 | 2.2/km$^2$ |
| Macdonald | Sanford | May 25, 1881 | 8,120 | 7,162 | +13.4% | 1,156.11 | 7.0/km$^2$ |
| McCreary | McCreary | January 1, 2015 | 748 | 892 | −16.1% | 527.77 | 1.4/km$^2$ |
| Minitonas – Bowsman | Minitonas | January 1, 2015 | 1,587 | 1,653 | −4.0% | 1,199.17 | 1.3/km$^2$ |
| Minto – Odanah | Minnedosa* | January 1, 2015 | 1,121 | 1,189 | −5.7% | 746.31 | 1.5/km$^2$ |
| Montcalm | Letellier | May 25, 1881 | 1,278 | 1,260 | +1.4% | 468.25 | 2.7/km$^2$ |
| Morris | Morris* | February 14, 1880 | 3,049 | 3,047 | +0.1% | 1,035.32 | 2.9/km$^2$ |
| Mossey River | Winnipegosis | January 1, 2015 | 1,450 | 1,145 | +26.6% | 1,119.96 | 1.3/km$^2$ |
| Mountain | Birch River | January 1, 1945 | 980 | 978 | +0.2% | 2,603.43 | 0.4/km$^2$ |
| Norfolk Treherne | Treherne | January 1, 2015 | 1,770 | 1,770 | 0.0% | 737.90 | 2.4/km$^2$ |
| North Cypress – Langford | Carberry* | January 1, 2015 | 3,011 | 2,745 | +9.7% | 1,762.30 | 1.7/km$^2$ |
| North Norfolk | MacGregor | January 1, 2015 | 3,915 | 3,853 | +1.6% | 1,158.26 | 3.4/km$^2$ |
| Oakland – Wawanesa | Nesbitt | January 1, 2015 | 1,758 | 1,690 | +4.0% | 578.82 | 3.0/km$^2$ |
| Oakview | Oak River | January 1, 2015 | 1,928 | 1,626 | +18.6% | 1,141.98 | 1.7/km$^2$ |
| Pembina | Manitou | January 1, 2015 | 2,406 | 2,347 | +2.5% | 1,130.57 | 2.1/km$^2$ |
| Piney | Vassar | January 1, 1945 | 1,843 | 1,726 | +6.8% | 2,430.32 | 0.8/km$^2$ |
| Pipestone | Reston | December 22, 1883 | 1,422 | 1,458 | −2.5% | 1,149.86 | 1.2/km$^2$ |
| Portage la Prairie | Portage la Prairie* | February 14, 1880 | 6,888 | 6,975 | −1.2% | 1,973.45 | 3.5/km$^2$ |
| Prairie Lakes | Belmont | January 1, 2015 | 1,625 | 1,453 | +11.8% | 1,070.95 | 1.5/km$^2$ |
| Prairie View | Birtle | January 1, 2015 | 2,161 | 2,088 | +3.5% | 1,694.69 | 1.3/km$^2$ |
| Reynolds | Hadashville | January 1, 1945 | 1,344 | 1,338 | +0.4% | 3,559.65 | 0.4/km$^2$ |
| Rhineland | Altona* | January 1, 2015 | 5,819 | 5,945 | −2.1% | 958.48 | 6.1/km$^2$ |
| Riding Mountain West | Inglis | January 1, 2015 | 1,442 | 1,420 | +1.5% | 1,624.99 | 0.9/km$^2$ |
| Ritchot | St. Adolphe | November 1, 1890 | 7,469 | 6,679 | +11.8% | 332.23 | 22.5/km$^2$ |
| Riverdale | Rivers | January 1, 2015 | 1,803 | 2,133 | −15.5% | 576.02 | 3.1/km$^2$ |
| Roblin | Roblin | January 1, 2015 | 3,089 | 3,214 | −3.9% | 1,694.95 | 1.8/km$^2$ |
| Rockwood | Stonewall* | February 14, 1880 | 8,440 | 7,823 | +7.9% | 1,184.89 | 7.1/km$^2$ |
| Roland | Roland | November 1, 1908 | 1,145 | 1,058 | +8.2% | 484.47 | 2.4/km$^2$ |
| Rosedale | Neepawa* | December 22, 1883 | 1,524 | 1,672 | −8.9% | 864.68 | 1.8/km$^2$ |
| Rossburn | Rossburn | January 1, 2015 | 973 | 976 | −0.3% | 672.29 | 1.4/km$^2$ |
| Rosser | Rosser | March 11, 1893 | 1,270 | 1,372 | −7.4% | 441.74 | 2.9/km$^2$ |
| Russell – Binscarth | Russell | January 1, 2015 | 2,596 | 2,442 | +6.3% | 569.70 | 4.6/km$^2$ |
| Sifton | Oak Lake | January 1, 2015 | 1,239 | 1,256 | −1.4% | 839.50 | 1.5/km$^2$ |
| Souris – Glenwood | Souris | January 1, 2015 | 2,547 | 2,562 | −0.6% | 579.69 | 4.4/km$^2$ |
| Springfield | Oakbank | September 27, 1873 | 16,142 | 15,342 | +5.2% | 1,096.17 | 14.7/km$^2$ |
| St. Andrews | Clandeboye | February 14, 1880 | 11,723 | 11,913 | −1.6% | 739.61 | 15.9/km$^2$ |
| St. Clements | East Selkirk | December 22, 1883 | 11,586 | 10,876 | +6.5% | 711.17 | 16.3/km$^2$ |
| St. François Xavier | St. François Xavier | February 14, 1880 | 1,449 | 1,411 | +2.7% | 205.14 | 7.1/km$^2$ |
| St. Laurent | St. Laurent | May 25, 1881 | 1,542 | 1,338 | +15.2% | 480.15 | 3.2/km$^2$ |
| Stanley | Stanley | November 1, 1890 | 8,981 | 8,969 | +0.1% | 835.18 | 10.8/km$^2$ |
| Ste. Anne | Ste. Anne* | February 14, 1880 | 5,584 | 5,003 | +11.6% | 476.81 | 11.7/km$^2$ |
| Ste. Rose | Ste. Rose du Lac | January 1, 2015 | 1,591 | 1,712 | −7.1% | 630.04 | 2.5/km$^2$ |
| Stuartburn | Vita | January 1, 1945 | 1,731 | 1,648 | +5.0% | 1,161.45 | 1.5/km$^2$ |
| Swan Valley West | Swan River* | January 1, 2015 | 2,759 | 2,829 | −2.5% | 1,716.84 | 1.6/km$^2$ |
| Taché | Dufresne | February 14, 1880 | 11,916 | 11,568 | +3.0% | 580.64 | 20.5/km$^2$ |
| Thompson | Miami | November 1, 1908 | 1,518 | 1,422 | +6.8% | 531.24 | 2.9/km$^2$ |
| Two Borders | Melita* | January 1, 2015 | 1,120 | 1,175 | −4.7% | 2,321.73 | 0.5/km$^2$ |
| Victoria | Holland | November 15, 1902 | 1,188 | 1,132 | +4.9% | 703.54 | 1.7/km$^2$ |
| Victoria Beach | Winnipeg* | March 14, 1919 | 689 | 398 | +73.1% | 20.71 | 33.3/km$^2$ |
| Wallace – Woodworth | Virden* | January 1, 2015 | 2,748 | 2,948 | −6.8% | 1,977.43 | 1.4/km$^2$ |
| West Interlake | Eriksdale | January 1, 2015 | 2,228 | 2,162 | +3.1% | 1,643.72 | 1.4/km$^2$ |
| WestLake – Gladstone | Gladstone | January 1, 2015 | 3,273 | 3,154 | +3.8% | 1,909.82 | 1.7/km$^2$ |
| West St. Paul | West St. Paul | November 3, 1915 | 6,682 | 5,368 | +24.5% | 87.49 | 76.4/km$^2$ |
| Whitehead | Alexander | December 22, 1883 | 1,679 | 1,651 | +1.7% | 577.60 | 2.9/km$^2$ |
| Whitemouth | Whitemouth | March 1, 1905 | 1,630 | 1,548 | +5.3% | 697.35 | 2.3/km$^2$ |
| Woodlands | Woodlands | February 14, 1880 | 3,797 | 3,416 | +11.2% | 1,197.59 | 3.2/km$^2$ |
| Yellowhead | Shoal Lake | January 1, 2015 | 1,841 | 1,948 | −5.5% | 1,093.17 | 1.7/km$^2$ |
| Total rural municipalities | — | — | 301,438 | 288,919 | +4.3% | 101,551.07 | 3.0/km$^2$ |

### Notes

* *Municipal or administrative offices are located in an adjacent independent city, town or village that is outside the jurisdiction of the rural municipality.
* ↑ The Municipality of Roblin was incorporated as the Municipality of Hillsburg – Roblin – Shell River on January 1, 2015. The name was changed to Municipality of Roblin on March 30, 2015

## Former rural municipalities

| Name | Dissolved | Succeeded by |
| Albert, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of Two Borders |
| Archie, RM of | January 1, 2015 | RM of Ellice – Archie |
| Arthur, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of Two Borders |
| Assiniboia, RM of | January 1, 1969 | City of St. James–Assiniboia |
| Bifrost, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of Bifrost – Riverton |
| Birtle, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Prairie View Municipality |
| Blanshard, RM of | January 1, 2015 | RM of Oakview |
| Brooklands, RM of | January 1, 1967 | City of St. James |
| Boulton, RM of | January 1, 1999 | RM of Shellmouth-Boulton |
| Brenda, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of Brenda – Waskada |
| Cameron, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of Grassland |
| Charleswood, RM of | January 1, 1972 | City of Winnipeg |
| Clanwilliam, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of Clanwilliam – Erickson |
| Daly, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Riverdale Municipality |
| Douglas, RM of | January 1, 1891 | RM of Rhineland |
| East Kildonan, RM of | January 1, 1957 | City of East Kildonan and RM of North Kildonan |
| Edward, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of Two Borders |
| Ellice, RM of | January 1, 2015 | RM of Ellice – Archie |
| Eriksdale, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of West Interlake |
| Ethelbert, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of Ethelbert |
| Fort Garry, RM of | January 1, 1972 | City of Winnipeg |
| Franklin, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of Emerson – Franklin |
| Gilbert Plains, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Gilbert Plains Municipality |
| Glenella, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of Glenella – Lansdowne |
| Glenwood, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of Souris – Glenwood |
| Grandview, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Grandview Municipality |
| Hamiota, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Hamiota Municipality |
| Harrison, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of Harrison Park |
| Hespeler, RM of | January 1, 1891 | RM of Hanover |
| Hillsburg, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of Hillsburg – Roblin – Shell River |
| Kildonan, RM of | January 1, 1914 | RMs of East Kildonan and West Kildonan |
| Lakeview, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of WestLake – Gladstone |
| Langford, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of North Cypress – Langford |
| Lansdowne, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of Glenella – Lansdowne |
| Lawrence, RM of | January 1, 2015 | RM of Lakeshore |
| Lorne, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of Lorne |
| Louise, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of Louise |
| McCreary, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of McCreary |
| Miniota, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Prairie View Municipality |
| Minitonas, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of Minitonas – Bowsman |
| Minto, RM of | January 1, 2015 | RM of Minto-Odanah |
| Morton, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of Boissevain – Morton |
| North Cypress, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of North Cypress – Langford |
| North Kildonan, RM of | January 1, 1972 | City of Winnipeg |
| North Norfolk, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of North Norfolk |
| Oakland, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of Oakland – Wawanesa |
| Ochre River, RM of | January 1, 2015 | RM of Lakeshore |
| Odanah, RM of | January 1, 2015 | RM of Minto-Odanah |
| Old Kildonan, RM of | January 1, 1972 | City of Winnipeg |
| Park, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of Harrison Park |
| Pembina, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of Pembina |
| Rhineland, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of Rhineland |
| Riverside, RM of | January 1, 2015 | RM of Prairie Lakes |
| Roblin, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Cartwright – Roblin Municipality |
| Rossburn, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Rossburn Municipality |
| Russell, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of Russell – Binscarth |
| Saskatchewan, RM of | January 1, 2015 | RM of Oakview |
| Shell River, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of Hillsburg – Roblin – Shell River |
| Shellmouth, RM of | January 1, 1999 | RM of Shellmouth-Boulton |
| Shellmouth-Boulton, RM of | January 1, 2015 | RM of Riding Mountain West |
| Shoal Lake, Municipality of | January 1, 2015 | RM of Yellowhead |
| Shoal Lake, RM of | January 1, 2011 | Municipality of Shoal Lake |
| Siglunes, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of West Interlake |
| Silver Creek, RM of | January 1, 2015 | RM of Riding Mountain West |
| South Cypress, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of Glenboro – South Cypress |
| South Norfolk, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of Norfolk Treherne |
| Ste. Rose, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of Ste. Rose |
| St. James, RM of | January 1, 1956 | City of St. James |
| St. Vital, RM of | January 1, 1962 | City of St. Vital |
| Strathclair, RM of | January 1, 2015 | RM of Yellowhead |
| Strathcona, RM of | January 1, 2015 | RM of Prairie Lakes |
| Swan River, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of Swan Valley West |
| Turtle Mountain, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of Killarney-Turtle Mountain |
| Wallace, RM of | January 1, 2015 | RM of Wallace – Woodworth |
| Westbourne, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of WestLake – Gladstone |
| West Kildonan, RM of | January 1, 1921 | Town of West Kildonan |
| Whitewater, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of Grassland |
| Winchester, RM of | January 1, 2015 | Municipality of Deloraine – Winchester |
| Woodworth, RM of | January 1, 2015 | RM of Wallace – Woodworth |

### Notes

* ↑ The Manitoba government amalgamated 65 rural municipalities, 25 towns, and 17 villages into 47 municipalities on January 1, 2015 in order to bring these municipalities into compliance with the minimum population requirements of the Municipal Act.
* 1 2 3 The City of St. James–Assiniboia ceased to exist on January 1, 1972; now part of the City of Winnipeg.
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 The RMs of Charleswood, Fort Garry, North Kildonan, and Old Kildonan, and seven urban municipalities were amalgamated with the City of Winnipeg on January 1, 1972.
* ↑ The City of St. James became the City of St. James–Assiniboia in 1969 and ceased to exist on January 1, 1972; now part of the City of Winnipeg.
* 1 2 The RM of Shellmouth-Boulton ceased to exist on January 1, 2015; succeeded by the RM of Riding Mountain West.
* ↑ The RM of Rhineland ceased to exist on January 1, 2015; succeeded by the Municipality of Rhineland.
* ↑ The City of East Kildonan ceased to exist on January 1, 1972, now part of the City of Winnipeg.
* ↑ The RMs of East and West Kildonan later became cities which ceased to exist on January 1, 1972; now part of the City of Winnipeg.
* ↑ The Municipality of Shoal Lake ceased to exist on January 1, 2015; succeeded by the RM of Yellowhead.
* 1 2 The Town of West Kildonan became a city in 1961; ceased to exist on January 1, 1972; now part of the City of Winnipeg.
* ↑ The City of St. Vital ceased to exist on January 1, 1972; now part of the City of Winnipeg.