Rossburn | |
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Rossburn Municipality | |
![]() Location of the Rossburn Municipality in Manitoba | |
Coordinates: 50°43′38″N 100°44′27″W / 50.72722°N 100.74083°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Manitoba |
Incorporated (amalgamated) | January 1, 2015 [1] |
Government | |
• Mayor | Shirley Kalyniuk |
Area | |
• Land | 682.79 km2 (263.63 sq mi) |
Population (
2016) | |
• Total | 976 |
Time zone | UTC-6 ( CST) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-5 ( CDT) |
Postal code | R0J 1V0 |
Website |
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Rossburn Municipality is a rural municipality (RM) in the Parkland Region of Manitoba, Canada.
It was named for Reverend Richard R. Ross, an early settler to the region. [2]
The municipality was incorporated on January 1, 2015, via the amalgamation of the former Rural Municipality of Rossburn and the town of Rossburn. [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 existing municipalities to meet the 1997 minimum population requirement of 1,000 to incorporate a municipality. [4]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Rossburn had a population of 973 living in 453 of its 619 total private dwellings, a change of -0.3% from its 2016 population of 976. With a land area of 672.29 km2 (259.57 sq mi), it had a population density of 1.4/km2 (3.7/sq mi) in 2021. [5]