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Alonsa
Rural municipality
Rural Municipality of Alonsa
Location of Alonsa in Manitoba
Coordinates: 50°47′59″N 98°58′36″W / 50.7996°N 98.9766°W / 50.7996; -98.9766
Country	Canada
Province	Manitoba
Region	Parkland
Incorporated as an LGD	January 1, 1945
Incorporated as a rural municipality	January 1, 1997
Government
• Reeve	Tom Anderson
• Councillors	Kerry Hopfner Tim Stott Travis Turko Michael Brown Terry Dayholos Logan Dumanske
Area
• Total	2,977.50 km (1,149.62 sq mi)
Population
• Total	1,247
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Website	rmofalonsa.com

Alonsa is a rural municipality (RM) in the province of Manitoba, western Canada. It lies on the west side of Lake Manitoba.

Located within the borders of the municipality is the Indian reserve of Ebb and Flow 52, as well as the 60,000 m (6 ha) Margaret Bruce Beach Provincial Park, located 12 km (7.5 mi) east of the town of Alonsa, on one of a series of sand ridges that extend the length of the west side lake. The park is currently under lease to a private operator but development plans include a provincial campground and day use facility.

The incorporation of Alonsa on 1 January 1945 was as a Local Government District (LGD). It received rural municipality status on 1 January 1997.

Communities

• Alonsa
• Amaranth
• Bacon Ridge
• Bluff Creek
• Cayer
• Eddystone
• Harcus
• Kinosota (Manitoba House)
• Leifur
• Lonely Lake
• Moore Dale
• Portia
• Reedy Creek
• Reykjavik (Icelandic: Reykjavík)
• Shergrove
• Silver Ridge

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Alonsa had a population of 1,210 living in 492 of its 659 total private dwellings, a change of -3% from its 2016 population of 1,247. With a land area of 3,006.17 km (1,160.69 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.4/km (1.0/sq mi) in 2021.

References

1. "Members". April 22, 2017.
2. ^ "Manitoba Communities: Alonsa (Rural Municipality)".
3. Margaret Bruce Recreation Parks, Planning Section 3, Gov of Manitoba Conservation
4. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Manitoba". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 20, 2022.

External links

• Rural Municipality of Alonsa
• Manitoba Historical Society – Rural Municipality of Alonsa
• Map of Alonsa R.M. at Statcan

v t e Places adjacent to Rural Municipality of Alonsa
Rural Municipality of Lakeshore Unincorporated Northern Region Rural Municipality of Ste. Rose Rural Municipality of Alonsa Ebb and Flow First Nation / Lake Manitoba (Unincorporated Northern Region) Municipality of McCreary Municipality of Glenella – Lansdowne / Municipality of WestLake – Gladstone Sandy Bay First Nation

v t e Division No. 17, Manitoba (Dauphin Area)
Cities	Dauphin
Towns	Former towns Gilbert Plains Grandview Sainte Rose du Lac
Villages	Former villages Ethelbert McCreary Winnipegosis
Rural municipalities	Alonsa Dauphin Ethelbert Gilbert Plains Grandview Lakeshore McCreary Mossey River Ste. Rose Former RMs Ethelbert Grandview Lawrence McCreary Ochre River Ste. Rose
First Nations	Ebb and Flow Keeseekoowenin (Partly)
Indian reserves	Ebb and Flow 52 Clear Lake 61A
Unorganized areas	Unorganized Division No. 17
Unincorporated communities	Alonsa Amaranth Ashville Bacon Ridge Bluff Creek Cayer East Bay Eddystone Fork River Freedale Garland Glencairn Halicz Harcus Keld Kinosota Laurier Lonely Lake Magnet Makinak Manitoba House Meharry Million Mink Creek Moore Dale Moose Bay Norgate North Junction Oak Brae Ochre River Paulson Portia Reedy Creek Reeve Reykjavik Rorketon Ste. Amélie Shergrove Sifton Silver Ridge Toutes Aides Trembowla Valley River Valpoy Venlaw Volga Weiden Zoria
See also: Municipalities in Manitoba Census divisions of Manitoba 2015 municipal amalgamations

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