The Rural Municipality of Lakeshore is a rural municipality (RM) in the Parkland Region of Manitoba, Canada.

Lakeshore
Rural municipality
Rural Municipality of Lakeshore
Lakeshore
Coordinates: 51.243962°N 99.656216°W / 51.243962; -99.656216
Country	Canada
Province	Manitoba
Region	Parkland
Census division	No. 17
Incorporated (amalgamated)	January 1, 2015[1]
Government
• Reeve	Carmen Hannibal[2]
• Deputy Reeve	Walter Tymchuk
Area
• Land	1,297.07 km2 (500.80 sq mi)
Population  (2016)
• Total	1,363
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)

Lakeshore is named for the proximity of the shoreline of Dauphin Lake, which splits the municipality into north and south.[3] The RM is anchored on its south end by the Rainbow Beach Provincial Park on Dauphin Lake, and on its north end by Manipogo Provincial Park on Lake Manitoba.[4]

History

The RM was incorporated on January 1, 2015 via the amalgamation of the RMs of Ochre River and Lawrence.[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.[5] 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.[6]

Communities

Constituent communities of the Rural Municipality of Lakeshore include:[3]

• Ochre River
• Rorketon

• East Bay
• Freedale
• Magnet
• Makinak
• Methley
• Million
• Moose Bay
• Toutes Aides
• Weiden

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lakeshore had a population of 1,186 living in 531 of its 861 total private dwellings, a change of -13% from its 2016 population of 1,363. With a land area of 1,295.64 km² (500.25 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.9/km² (2.4/sq mi) in 2021.[7]

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