The Municipality of Rhineland is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba. The RM had a population of 5,945 as of the 2016 Canada Census.[2] The average age in the municipality is 31.

Rhineland
Rural municipality
Municipality of Rhineland
Rhineland Location of Rhineland in Manitoba
Coordinates: 49°07′59″N 97°35′39″W
Country	Canada
Province	Manitoba
Incorporated (amalgamated)	January 1, 2015[1]
Population  (2016)
• Total	5,945[2]
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)

History

The municipality was incorporated on January 1, 2015, via the amalgamation of the Rural Municipality of Rhineland and the towns of Gretna and Plum Coulee.[1] It was formed as a requirement of The Municipal Amalgamations Act, which required municipalities with a population less than 1,000 to amalgamate with one or more neighbouring municipalities by 2015.[3] The Government of Manitoba initiated the amalgamations for municipalities to meet the 1997 minimum population requirement of 1,000 to incorporate a municipality.[4]

Communities

• Gretna
• Neubergthal
• Plum Coulee
• Rosenfeld

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Rhineland had a population of 5,819 living in 1,641 of its 1,748 total private dwellings, a change of -2.1% from its 2016 population of 5,945. With a land area of 958.48 km² (370.07 sq mi), it had a population density of 6.1/km² (15.7/sq mi) in 2021.[5]

See also

• Altona, Manitoba
• Neche–Gretna Border Crossing

References