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

Pembina
Rural municipality
Municipality of Pembina
Pembina Location of Pembina in Manitoba
Coordinates: 49°10′39″N 98°32′27″W
Country	Canada
Province	Manitoba
Incorporated (amalgamated)	January 1, 2015[1]
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)

History

The municipality was incorporated on January 1, 2015 via the amalgamation of the RM of Pembina and the Town of Manitou.[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

• Darlingford
• Kaleida
• La Rivière
• Manitou
• Snowflake

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Pembina had a population of 2,406 living in 929 of its 1,002 total private dwellings, a change of 2.5% from its 2016 population of 2,347. With a land area of 1,130.57 km² (436.52 sq mi), it had a population density of 2.1/km² (5.5/sq mi) in 2021.[4]

See also

• Maida–Windygates Border Crossing

External links

• Pembina Manitou Archive (Pembina Manitou Culture and Heritage Association)

References