Dufferin
Rural municipality
Rural Municipality of Dufferin
Location of Dufferin in Manitoba
Coordinates: 49°31′55″N 98°04′12″W / 49.53194°N 98.07000°W / 49.53194; -98.07000
Country	Canada
Province	Manitoba
Incorporated	November 1, 1890
Area
• Total	916.11 km2 (353.71 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	2,543
• Density	2.8/km2 (7.2/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)

Dufferin is a rural municipality in the province of Manitoba in Western Canada. The separately administered town of Carman lies near its centre.

The R.M. was named after Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava who was Governor General of Canada (1872–78). The now rural municipality was described as a new settlement in 1874.

Communities

• Barnsley
• Graysville
• Homewood
• Roseisle
• Stephenfield

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Dufferin had a population of 2,543 living in 761 of its 806 total private dwellings, a change of 4.4% from its 2016 population of 2,435. With a land area of 916.11 km² (353.71 sq mi), it had a population density of 2.8/km² (7.2/sq mi) in 2021.^[1]