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

Oakland – Wawanesa
Rural municipality
Municipality of Oakland – Wawanesa
Oakland – Wawanesa Location of Oakland – Wawanesa in Manitoba
Coordinates: 49°37′15″N 99°50′53″W
Country	Canada
Province	Manitoba
Incorporated (amalgamated)	January 1, 2015[1]
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)

History

The RM was incorporated on January 1, 2015 via the amalgamation of the RM of Oakland and the Village of Wawanesa.[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

• Nesbitt
• Wawanesa

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Oakland-Wawanesa had a population of 1,758 living in 625 of its 670 total private dwellings, a change of 4% from its 2016 population of 1,690. With a land area of 578.82 km² (223.48 sq mi), it had a population density of 3.0/km² (7.9/sq mi) in 2021.[4]

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