Rural Municipality Of Grey
The Rural Municipality of Grey (French: Municipalité rurale de Grey) is a rural municipality in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It is named after Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey, the former Governor General of Canada.
History
The RM was incorporated on February 9, 1906. It amalgamated with the Village of St. Claude on January 1, 2015, as a requirement of The Municipal Amalgamations Act for municipalities with a population less than 1,000 residents. 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, Grey had a population of 2,517 living in 959 of its 1,034 total private dwellings, a change of -4.9% from its 2016 population of 2,648. With a land area of 968.9 km (374.1 sq mi), it had a population density of 2.6/km (6.7/sq mi) in 2021.