Ethelbert | |
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| Municipality of Ethelbert | |
 Location of the Municipality of Ethelbert in Manitoba | |
| Coordinates: 51°30′25″N 100°31′30″W / 51.507°N 100.525°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Manitoba |
| Incorporated (amalgamated) | January 1, 2015[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,136.94 km2 (438.97 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 607 |
| • Density | 0.53/km2 (1.4/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
The Municipality of Ethelbert is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba.
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Further information: Rural Municipality of Ethelbert and Ethelbert, Manitoba |
The RM was incorporated on January 1, 2015 via the amalgamation of the RM of Ethelbert and the Town of Ethelbert.[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]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Ethelbert had a population of 648 living in 290 of its 366 total private dwellings, a change of 6.8% from its 2016 population of 607. With a land area of 1,134.59 km2 (438.07 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.6/km2 (1.5/sq mi) in 2021.[2]
