Municipality of Deloraine-Winchester

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

History
The RM was incorporated on January 1, 2015 via the amalgamation of the RM of Winchester and the Town of Deloraine. 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. 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.

Communities

 * Dand
 * Deloraine

Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Deloraine-Winchester had a population of 1,478 living in 673 of its 929 total private dwellings, a change of NaN% from its 2016 population of 1,489. With a land area of 728.13 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

Points of interest

 * Turtle Mountain Provincial Park