The Municipality of Minitonas – Bowsman is a rural municipality (RM) in the Parkland Region of Manitoba, Canada. More precisely, it is located in the Swan Valley area.[4][5]

Minitonas – Bowsman
Rural municipality
Municipality of Minitonas – Bowsman
Minitonas – Bowsman Location of Minitonas – Bowsman in Manitoba
Coordinates: 52°08′36″N 100°58′38″W
Country	Canada
Province	Manitoba
Incorporated (amalgamated)	January 1, 2015[1]
Government
• Reeve	Walter Pacamaniuk[2]
Area
• Land	1,201.05 km2 (463.73 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[3]
• Total	1,653
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Postal codes	R0L 1G0 R0L 0H0
Website	minitonas-bowsman.ca

History

The RM was incorporated on January 1, 2015 via the amalgamation of the RM of Minitonas, the Town of Minitonas and the Village of Bowsman.[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.[6] 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.[7]

Communities

Constituent communities of the Municipality of Minitonas–Bowsman include:[3]

• Bowsman (unincorporated urban community)
• Minitonas (unincorporated urban community)
• Renwer (unorganized hamlet)

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Minitonas-Bowsman had a population of 1,587 living in 691 of its 758 total private dwellings, a change of -4% from its 2016 population of 1,653. With a land area of 1,199.17 km² (463.00 sq mi), it had a population density of 1.3/km² (3.4/sq mi) in 2021.[8]

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