The Municipality of Louise is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba.

History

It was created on January 1, 2015 via the amalgamation of the RM of Louise, the Town of Pilot Mound and the Village of Crystal City. 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. 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.

Municipality of Louise

Communities

Clearwater

Crystal City

Pilot Mound

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Louise had a population of 2,025 living in 754 of its 884 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 1,918. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

Municipality of Louise

See also

Hannah–Snowflake Border Crossing

Sarles–Crystal City Border Crossing

Royal eponyms in Canada

References

2015 establishments in Manitoba

Manitoba municipal amalgamations, 2015

Populated places established in 2015

Rural municipalities in Manitoba

Municipality of Louise