Municipality of Harrison Park
Rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada
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The Municipality of Harrison Park is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba that incorporated on January 1, 2015 via the amalgamation of the RMs of Harrison and Park.[1] 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.[3] 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.[4]
Harrison Park | |
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| Municipality of Harrison Park | |
Location of the RM of Harrison Park in Manitoba | |
| Coordinates: 50.464°N 100.077°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Manitoba |
| Region | Westman |
| Incorporated (amalgamated) | January 1, 2015[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 964.55 km2 (372.41 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,852 |
| • Density | 1.920/km2 (4.973/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Website | harrisonpark |
Harrison Park is located south of Riding Mountain National Park.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Harrison Park had a population of 1,852 living in 910 of its 1,769 total private dwellings, a change of 14.5% from its 2016 population of 1,617. With a land area of 964.55 km2 (372.41 sq mi), it had a population density of 1.9/km2 (5.0/sq mi) in 2021.[5]