Rossburn | |
Official Name: | Rossburn Municipality |
Settlement Type: | Rural municipality |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Rossburn Municipality in Manitoba |
Coordinates: | 50.7272°N -100.7408°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Manitoba |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Parkland |
Established Title: | Incorporated (amalgamated) |
Established Date: | January 1, 2015 |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Shirley Kalyniuk |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Land Km2: | 682.79 |
Population Total: | 976 |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | CST |
Utc Offset1: | -6 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | -5 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | R0J 1V0 |
Rossburn Municipality is a rural municipality (RM) in the Parkland Region of Manitoba, Canada.
It was named for Reverend Richard R. Ross, an early settler to the region.[1]
See also: Rural Municipality of Rossburn and Rossburn, Manitoba. The municipality was incorporated on January 1, 2015, via the amalgamation of the former Rural Municipality of Rossburn and the town of Rossburn.[2] 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 existing municipalities to meet the 1997 minimum population requirement of 1,000 to incorporate a municipality.[4]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Rossburn had a population of 973 living in 453 of its 619 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 976. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[5]