Hamiota Municipality


Hamiota Municipality is an incorporated municipality in the Canadian province of Manitoba.

History

Hamiota Municipality was incorporated on January 1, 2015 via the amalgamation of the RM of Hamiota and the Town of Hamiota. 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.

Communities

Demographics

In the 2021 [Canadian census|2021 Census of Population] conducted by Statistics Canada, Hamiota had a population of 1,234 living in 539 of its 610 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 1,225. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.