Rural Municipality of Montcalm

Rural Municipality of Montcalm
Rural Municipality of Montcalm
Rural municipality
	Rural Municipality of Montcalm Location of Rural Municipality of Montcalm in Manitoba
	Coordinates: 49°10′39″N 97°19′29″W / 49.17750°N 97.32472°WCoordinates: 49°10′39″N 97°19′29″W / 49.17750°N 97.32472°W
Country	Canada
Province	Manitoba
Area
• Land	468.04 km2 (180.71 sq mi)
Population (2016)
• Total	1,260
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area codes	204 and 431

Montcalm (French: Municipalité rurale de Montcalm) is a rural municipality (RM) in the province of Manitoba in Western Canada. The Canada 2016 Census reported a population of 1,260 persons, a decrease from the 1,309 reported in the 2011 Census.^{[citation needed]}

Geography

The RM has an area of 469.41 km² (181.24 sq mi).

The Canada–United States border opposite Pembina County, North Dakota forms a small part of Montcalm's southern boundary; there is no direct road link between the RM and county. The Roseau River Anishinabe First Nation is situated between Montcalm and the neighbouring Municipality of Emerson – Franklin. Montcalm also borders the municipalities of Rhineland, De Salaberry, and Morris, as well as the eastern edge of the Town of Morris. The Red River of the North flows northward though the eastern part of Montcalm.

Most of the St. Joseph Wind Farm lies within the RM.^{[citation needed]}

Communities

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Montcalm had a population of 1,278 living in 490 of its 524 total private dwellings, a change of 1.4% from its 2016 population of 1,260. With a land area of 468.25 km² (180.79 sq mi), it had a population density of 2.7/km² (7.1/sq mi) in 2021.^[2]