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Municipality of Harrison Park

Municipality of Harrison Park

Rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada

The Municipality of Harrison Park is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba that incorporated on January 1, 2015 via the amalgamation of the RMs of Harrison and Park.[1] 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]

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Harrison Park is located south of Riding Mountain National Park.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Harrison Park had a population of 1,852 living in 910 of its 1,769 total private dwellings, a change of 14.5% from its 2016 population of 1,617. With a land area of 964.55 km2 (372.41 sq mi), it had a population density of 1.9/km2 (5.0/sq mi) in 2021.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    "The Municipal Amalgamations Act (C.C.S.M. c. M235): Rural Municipality of Harrison and Rural Municipality of Park Amalgamation Regulation" (PDF). Government of Manitoba. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
  2. [2]
    "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". Statistics Canada. Retrieved March 29, 2023.
  3. [3]
    "The Municipal Amalgamations Act (C.C.S.M. c. M235)". Government of Manitoba. October 2, 2014. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
  4. [4]
    "Speech from the Throne: At the Opening of the Second Session of the 40th Legislature of the Province of Manitoba". Government of Manitoba. November 19, 2012. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
  5. [5]
    "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Manitoba". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 20, 2022.
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