The Rural Municipality of Grey (French: Municipalité rurale de Grey) is a rural municipality in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It is named after Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey, the former Governor General of Canada.[2]

History

The RM was incorporated on February 9, 1906.[2] It amalgamated with the Village of St. Claude on January 1, 2015, as a requirement of The Municipal Amalgamations Act for municipalities with a population less than 1,000 residents.[1][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]

Communities

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Grey had a population of 2,517 living in 959 of its 1,034 total private dwellings, a change of -4.9% from its 2016 population of 2,648. With a land area of 968.9 km2 (374.1 sq mi), it had a population density of 2.6/km2 (6.7/sq mi) in 2021.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "The Municipal Amalgamations Act (C.C.S.M. c. M235): Rural Municipality of Grey and Village of St. Claude Amalgamation Regulation" (PDF). Government of Manitoba. Retrieved October 26, 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Manitoba Communities: Grey (Rural Municipality)". Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
  3. ^ "The Municipal Amalgamations Act (C.C.S.M. c. M235)". Government of Manitoba. October 2, 2014. Retrieved October 27, 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 27, 2014.
  5. ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Manitoba". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 20, 2022.

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