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Twenty More Manitoba Municipalities Complete Amalgamations

Twenty more Manitoba municipalities have officially amalgamated under the Municipal Amalgamations Act, Municipal Government Minister Stan Struthers announced today. 

“Municipalities have done exceptional work with their neighbours, building on already successful regional partnerships to get the job of modernizing our system of municipal government in Manitoba done,” said Minister Struthers.  “These amalgamations will ensure the newly created municipalities will be more efficient, which means more money invested into the services families count on."

Minister Struthers noted some of the ways municipalities will be strengthened through amalgamation include:

• reinvesting administrative savings into better services;
• reducing operational costs through sharing major assets like water-treatment and recreation facilities;
• helping to recruit and retain skilled municipal staff;
• providing more opportunities to attract business and economic development with reduced red tape, common regional regulations, infrastructure and services; and
• finding savings and efficiencies through economies of scale.

The newly amalgamated municipalities include:

• the Rural Municipality of Blanshard, RM of Saskatchewan and Town of Rapid City to create the RM of Oakview;
• the RM of Cameron, Town of Hartney and RM of Whitewater to create the  Municipality of Grassland;
• the Town of Gladstone, RM of Lakeview and RM of Westbourne to create the Municipality of WestLake-Gladstone;
• the RM of Glenella and RM of Lansdowne to create the Municipality of Glenella-Lansdowne;
• the RM of Glenwood and Town of Souris to create the Municipality of Souris-Glenwood;
• the RM of Pembina and Town of Manitou to create the Municipality of Pembina;
• the municipality of Shoal Lake and RM of Strathclair to create the RM of Yellowhead; and
• the RM of Louise, Town of Pilot Mound and Village of Crystal City to create the Municipality of Louise.