| Brenda-Waskada | |
| Official Name: | Municipality of Brenda-Waskada |
| Settlement Type: | Rural municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Manitoba |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Westman |
| Established Title: | Incorporated (amalgamated) |
| Established Date: | January 1, 2015 |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 775.64 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 650 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CST |
| Utc Offset1: | -6 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | -5 |
The Municipality of Brenda-Waskada is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba.
See also: Rural Municipality of Brenda and Waskada, Manitoba. The RM was incorporated on January 1, 2015 via the amalgamation of the RM of Brenda and the Village of Waskada.[2] It was named after Major Adoniram Cates' daughter, Brenda Cates (1888-1964), though the municipality was incorporated in 1888, four years before she was born. 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.[3] 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.[4]
The RM is located in the southwest corner of Manitoba. It southern boundary is the Canada–United States border opposite Bottineau County, North Dakota, however, there is no direct access to the U.S. from the RM.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Brenda-Waskada had a population of 650 living in 277 of its 332 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 674. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[1]