Rural Municipality of West Interlake

The Rural Municipality of West Interlake 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 RMs of Eriksdale and Siglunes. 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

 * Ashern
 * Eriksdale
 * Oakview
 * The Narrows
 * Vogar

Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, West Interlake had a population of 2,228 living in 989 of its 1,314 total private dwellings, a change of NaN% from its 2016 population of 2,162. With a land area of 1643.72 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.