Municipality of Ethelbert

The Municipality of Ethelbert 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 Ethelbert and the Town of Ethelbert. 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

 * Ethelbert (unincorporated urban community)
 * Garland
 * Mink Creek

Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Ethelbert had a population of 648 living in 290 of its 366 total private dwellings, a change of NaN% from its 2016 population of 607. With a land area of 1134.59 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.