Whitehead is a rural municipality in the province of Manitoba in Western Canada. It is west of Brandon, Manitoba and the principle communities within its boundaries Kemnay and Alexander.

Rural Municipality of Whitehead
Rural municipality
Rural Municipality of Whitehead Location of Rural Municipality of Whitehead in Manitoba
Coordinates: 49°47′53″N 100°15′27″W
Country	Canada
Province	Manitoba
Area [1]
• Land	563.90 km2 (217.72 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[1]
• Total	1,661
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area codes	204 and 431

It became a municipality on 22 December 1883 and was named for Joseph Whitehead, a railway contractor who was active in the area during the 1880s.

Communities

• Alexander
• Ashbury
• Beresford
• Kemnay
• Villette
• Roseland

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Whitehead had a population of 1,679 living in 612 of its 645 total private dwellings, a change of 1.7% from its 2016 population of 1,651. With a land area of 577.6 km² (223.0 sq mi), it had a population density of 2.9/km² (7.5/sq mi) in 2021.[2]

References

• Manitoba Historical Society: Rural Municipality of Whitehead
• Geographic Names of Manitoba (pg. 294) - the Millennium Bureau of Canada
• Map of Whitehead R.M. at Statcan

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