Rural Municipality of Mountain

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Mountain

| website = {{URL|rmofmountain.com/}}

| leader_name = Robert Hanson

| leader_title = Reeve

| population_as_of = 2016

| population_total = 978

| established_date1 = {{Start date|1997|01|01}}

| established_title1 = Incorporated as an {{abbr|RM|Rural Municipality}}

| established_date = {{Start date|1945|01|01}}

| established_title = Incorporated as an {{abbr|LGD|Local Government District}}

| subdivision_name2 = Parkland

| official_name = Rural Municipality of Mountain

| subdivision_name1 = Manitoba

| subdivision_type2 = Region

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name = Canada

| subdivision_type = Country

| settlement_type = Rural municipality

| image_caption = Location of the Rural Municipality of Mountain in Manitoba

| image_skyline = CAN MB Mountain.svg

| area_land_km2 = 2607.77

| coordinates = {{coord|52|16|27|N|100|36|30|W|scale:1000000|display=inline,title}}

}}

The Rural Municipality of Mountain is a rural municipality (RM) in the Parkland Region of Manitoba, western Canada.

Its {{Convert|2607|km2}} is split geographically into two large sections—Mountain (North) at {{coord|52|34|48|N|101|00|54|W|scale:500000|display=inline}}, and Mountain (South) at {{coord|51|58|21|N|100|23|31|W|scale:500000|display=inline}}—separated by approximately {{Convert|10|km|mi|abbr=on}} at the northeast corner of Municipality of Minitonas – Bowsman.{{Cite web|title=History|url=https://rmofmountain.com/history/|access-date=2021-08-05|website=RM of Mountain|language=en-CA}}

The municipality, which was named for the nearby Porcupine and Duck Mountains,{{Cite web|title=Manitoba Communities: Mountain (Rural Municipality)|url=http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/municipalities/mountain.shtml|access-date=2021-08-05|website=www.mhs.mb.ca}} sits along the east side of both the Porcupine Provincial Forest in the north and the Duck Mountain Provincial Forest in the south.

Its largest communities are the local urban districts of Pine River, Birch River, and Mafeking.

Communities

The constituent communities of the Rural Municipality of Mountain include the following.{{Cite web|title=Home|url=http://rmofmountain.com/|access-date=2021-08-05|website=RM of Mountain|language=en-CA}}

Mountain (South):

Mountain (North):

Demographics

;North part

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the north portion of the RM of Mountain had a population of 537 living in 257 of its 297 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:537-559}}|559|1}} from its 2016 population of 559. With a land area of {{cvt|988.01|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|537|988.01|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000202&geocode=A000246 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Manitoba | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=February 20, 2022}}

;South part

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the south portion of the RM of Mountain had a population of 443 living in 187 of its 250 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:443-419}}|419|1}} from its 2016 population of 419. With a land area of {{cvt|1615.42|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|443|1615.42|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000202&geocode=A000246 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Manitoba | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=February 20, 2022}}

;Combined

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the RM of Mountain had a combined population of {{#expr:537+443}} living in {{#expr:257+187}} of its {{#expr:297+250}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:537-559+443-419}}|{{#expr:559+419}}|1}} from its 2016 population of {{#expr:559+419}}. With a land area of {{cvt|{{#expr:988.01+1615.42}}|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|{{#expr:537+443}}|{{#expr:988.01+1615.42}}|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.