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For the community of the same name, see: Macdonald, Manitoba

Rural Municipality of Macdonald
Rural municipality
Coat of arms
Motto(s):  Preserverate et Florete (Latin: Preserve and Flourish)[1]
RM of Macdonald
Coordinates: 49°40′21″N 97°26′50″W
Country	Canada
Province	Manitoba
Region	Winnipeg Metro
Named for	John A. Macdonald
Seat	Sanford
Government
• Reeve	Brad Erb
Area
• Total	1,158.33 km2 (447.23 sq mi)
Elevation	232 m (761 ft)
Population  (2016)
• Total	7,162
• Density	6.2/km2 (16/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Area codes	204, 431
Website	www.rmofmacdonald.com

Macdonald is a rural municipality lying adjacent to the southwest side of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It is part of the Winnipeg Metro Region, but is not part of the smaller Winnipeg census metropolitan area. Macdonald's population as of the 2016 census was 7,162.

The municipality is named for Canada's first Prime Minister, Sir John A. Macdonald.

Communities

• Brunkild
• Domain
• La Salle
• Oak Bluff
• Osborne
• Sanford
• Starbuck

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Macdonald had a population of 8,120 living in 2,743 of its 2,815 total private dwellings, a change of 13.4% from its 2016 population of 7,162. With a land area of 1,156.11 km² (446.38 sq mi), it had a population density of 7.0/km² (18.2/sq mi) in 2021.[2]

Water

Water services are sourced from the La Salle River[3] and is treated by a Water Treatment Plant located in Sanford. In 2016 an application to the Manitoba Water Services Board to expand the raw water storage facility by adding a fourth pond with a 90 dam^{3 capacity was made. Included in the project was a new aeration system for all four ponds.}[3]

References

Further reading

• Dyck, Betty (1981). Hugging the meridian : Macdonald, a Manitoba municipal history, 1881-1981. Sanford, Man., Canada : Macdonald Municipality. ISBN 978-0-88925-237-0.

External links

• Official website
• Community Profile: Macdonald Rural Municipality, Manitoba; Statistics Canada
• Map of Macdonald R.M. at Statcan

На других языках

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- [en] Rural Municipality of Macdonald

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[ru] Макдональд (Манитоба)

Макдональд (англ. Macdonald) — сельский муниципалитет на юге провинции Манитоба (Канада). Основан в 1881 году, входит в городскую агломерацию Виннипега. Население в 2016 году более 7100 человек.

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