Rural Municipality of St. Clements

St. Clements is a rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada. It is located to the north-east of Winnipeg, stretching from East St. Paul and Birds Hill Provincial Park in the south to Lake Winnipeg and Grand Beach Provincial Park to the north. The Red River demarcates the western boundary of the municipality. St. Clements contains the communities of East Selkirk, and Lockport east of the Red River. It almost completely surrounds the Brokenhead 4 Indian reserve, with the exception of a small lakefront on Lake Winnipeg.[2]

St. Clements
Rural municipality
Rural Municipality of St. Clements
St. Clements
Coordinates: 50°16′08″N 96°40′27″W
CountryCanada
ProvinceManitoba
RegionInterlake and Winnipeg Metro
IncorporatedDecember 22, 1883 (1883-12-22)
Named forParish of St. Clements
SeatEast Selkirk
Government
 • MayorDebbie Fiebelkorn
Area
 • Land730.11 km2 (281.90 sq mi)
 • Metro
5,306.79 km2 (2,048.96 sq mi)
Elevation
227 m (745 ft)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Rural municipality10,876
 • Density14.9/km2 (39/sq mi)
 • Metro
778,489
Time zoneUTC−6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−5 (CDT)
Area codes204, 431
Websitermofstclements.com

Its population at the 2016 census was 10,876.[3][2] The city of Selkirk borders it to the west, across the Red River of the North.

Communities

Communities located within St. Clements include:[3][2]

Demographics
Historical population
YearPop.±%
19816,294—    
19866,922+10.0%
19968,516+23.0%
20019,115+7.0%
20069,706+6.5%
201110,505+8.2%
201610,876+3.5%
202111,586+6.5%

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, St. Clements had a population of 11,586 living in 4,604 of its 5,720 total private dwellings, a change of 6.5% from its 2016 population of 10,876. With a land area of 711.17 km2 (274.58 sq mi), it had a population density of 16.3/km2 (42.2/sq mi) in 2021.[4]

References
  1. "2016 Census Profile - RM of St. Clements". statcan.gc.ca. Statistics Canada. November 29, 2017. Retrieved December 25, 2019.
  2. "Manitoba Communities: St. Clements (Rural Municipality)". www.mhs.mb.ca. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
  3. "Community Profile". Rural Municipality of St. Clements. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
  4. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Manitoba". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 20, 2022.
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