Rural Municipality of Mossey River
The Rural Municipality of Mossey River is a rural municipality in the Parkland Region of Manitoba, Canada, located at the south end of Lake Winnipegosis.
It is named for the Mossey River, a river that flows through the municipality.
History
The Rural Municipality of Mossey River was incorporated on May 1, 1906. On January 1, 2015, it amalgamated with the Village of Winnipegosis as dictated by 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 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Mossey River had a population of 1,450 living in 612 of its 730 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 1,145. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.