The Municipality of Louise is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba.

Louise
Rural municipality
Municipality of Louise
Louise Location of Louise in Manitoba
Coordinates: 49°10′38″N 98°52′46″W
Country	Canada
Province	Manitoba
Incorporated (amalgamated)	January 1, 2015[1]
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)

History

It was created on January 1, 2015 via the amalgamation of the RM of Louise, the Town of Pilot Mound and the Village of Crystal City.[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.[2] 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.[3]

Communities

• Clearwater
• Crystal City
• Pilot Mound

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Louise had a population of 2,025 living in 754 of its 884 total private dwellings, a change of 5.6% from its 2016 population of 1,918. With a land area of 934.81 km² (360.93 sq mi), it had a population density of 2.2/km² (5.6/sq mi) in 2021.[4]

See also

• Hannah–Snowflake Border Crossing
• Sarles–Crystal City Border Crossing

References