Rural Municipality of Whitehead

Whitehead is a rural municipality (RM) in the province of Manitoba in Western Canada. It is west of Brandon and the principle communities within its boundaries are Kemnay and Alexander.

Rural Municipality of Whitehead
Rural municipality
Location of the RM of Whitehead in Manitoba
Coordinates: 49°47′53″N 100°15′27″W
Country	Canada
Province	Manitoba
Region	Westman
Area
• Land	577.60 km2 (223.01 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	1,679
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area codes	204 and 431
Website	rmofwhitehead.ca

It became a municipality on 22 December 1883 and was named for Joseph Whitehead, a railway contractor who was active in the area during the 1880s.

Communities

• Alexander
• Ashbury
• Beresford
• Kemnay
• Villette
• Roseland

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Whitehead had a population of 1,679 living in 612 of its 645 total private dwellings, a change of 1.7% from its 2016 population of 1,651. With a land area of 577.6 km² (223.0 sq mi), it had a population density of 2.9/km² (7.5/sq mi) in 2021.^[1]