Bifrost-Riverton
Rural municipality
Municipality of Bifrost-Riverton
St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church near Ledwyn in the Municipality of Bifrost-Riverton.
St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church near Ledwyn in the Municipality of Bifrost-Riverton.
Location of Bifrost-Riverton in Manitoba
Location of Bifrost-Riverton in Manitoba
Coordinates: 50°54′25″N 97°13′16″W / 50.907°N 97.221°W / 50.907; -97.221
CountryCanada
ProvinceManitoba
Incorporated
(amalgamated)		January 1, 2015[1]
Area
 • Total1,643.69 km2 (634.63 sq mi)
Population
 (2021[2])
 • Total3,320
 • Density2.0/km2 (5.2/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)

The Municipality of Bifrost-Riverton is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba. The rural municipality is located in the Interlake Region has no further rural municipalities north of it as this is the Northern Manitoba Region. To the west is the Rural Municipality of Fisher and the Rural Municipality of Armstrong is located to the south as well as the Rural Municipality of Gimli. The settlement of Arborg is located in Bifrost-Riverton but is not a part of the rural municipality as it is incorporated as a town.

History

The municipality was incorporated on January 1, 2015 via the amalgamation of the RM of Bifrost and the Village of Riverton.[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] The amalgamation did not include Town of Arborg which is surrounded by Bifrost-Riverton.

Communities

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Bifrost-Riverton had a population of 3,320 living in 1,200 of its 1,598 total private dwellings, a change of -1.7% from its 2016 population of 3,378. With a land area of 1,643.14 km2 (634.42 sq mi), it had a population density of 2.0/km2 (5.2/sq mi) in 2021.[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "The Municipal Amalgamations Act (C.C.S.M. c. M235): Rural Municipality of Bifrost and Village of Riverton Amalgamation Regulation" (PDF). Government of Manitoba. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Manitoba". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 20, 2022.
  3. ↑ "The Municipal Amalgamations Act (C.C.S.M. c. M235)". Government of Manitoba. October 2, 2014. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
  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.
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