Rural Municipality of Hanover

The Rural Municipality of Hanover is a rural municipality (RM) in southeastern Manitoba, Canada, located southeast of Winnipeg in Division No. 2.

Rural Municipality of Hanover
Steinbach (upper) and Blumenort (lower) as seen from the air.
The Location of the RM of Hanover in southern Manitoba
Coordinates: 49°26′36″N 96°50′57″W
CountryCanada
ProvinceManitoba
RegionEastman
IncorporatedMay 25, 1881 (1881-05-25)
Amalgamated1890
Government
 • ReeveStan Toews
Area
 • Total730.44 km2 (282.02 sq mi)
Elevation
268 m (879 ft)
Population
 (2021 Census[1])
 • Total17,216
 • Density23.6/km2 (61/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Websitehttp://www.hanovermb.ca/

It is Manitoba's most populous rural municipality and fourth-most populous municipality overall (behind the cities of Winnipeg and Brandon, and neighbouring city of Steinbach) as of the 2016 census.

History

The area of Hanover was part of the traditional lands of the Ojibway-speaking natives. In the summer of 1871, the federal government signed treaties with these people and relocated them to reserves such as the Roseau River Anishinabe First Nation to the south and the Brokenhead Ojibway Nation to the north.[2]

From the lands left behind, the Manitoba government set aside the East Reserve, slightly smaller than what is now the RM of Hanover, for Plautdietsch-speaking Mennonites immigrants from the Russian empire. In 1873, these Mennonites signed an agreement with the Canadian government known as the Privilegium, which guaranteed land, freedom of religion, private schools, and military exemption.[3]

The East Reserve was divided into two municipalities in the early 1880s, as most of the southern Manitoba was organizing itself into new rural municipalities.[3] In 1880, the north part of the East Reserve became the Rural Municipality of Hespeler, named in honour of William Hespeler, who had brought many of the Mennonite immigrants to the area. The RM of Hanover, to the south, was established on 25 May 1881. The two municipalities shared administrative staff and merged into the single municipality of Hanover in 1890.[3]

Other settlers in the area were mainly French and Anglo-Saxons.[3]

Hanover's municipal headquarters were located in the city of Steinbach (originally part of Hanover) until a new office building near Mitchell was constructed in 2001.[4]

Communities

The City of Steinbach and Town of Niverville (part) were formerly part of Hanover but are now separate urban municipalities. Steinbach was incorporated in 1946; Niverville in 1969.[5]

Local urban districts
Unincorporated communities

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Hanover had a population of 17,216 living in 5,141 of its 5,305 total private dwellings, a change of 10.8% from its 2016 population of 15,540. With a land area of 730.44 km2 (282.02 sq mi), it had a population density of 23.6/km2 (61.0/sq mi) in 2021.[6] Hanover is most populated rural municipality in Manitoba, slightly ahead of the RM of Springfield.

Historical population[7]
YearPop.±% p.a.
18811,000—    
18912,300+8.69%
18962,614+2.59%
19013,438+5.63%
19113,884+1.23%
19214,795+2.13%
19315,833+1.98%
19418,190+3.45%
19516,570−2.18%
19566,696+0.38%
19616,771+0.22%
19666,739−0.09%
YearPop.±% p.a.
19716,237−1.54%
19766,645+1.28%
19817,428+2.25%
19868,033+1.58%
19918,905+2.08%
19969,833+2.00%
200110,789+1.87%
200611,871+1.93%
201114,026+3.39%
201615,540+2.07%
202117,216+2.07%

References
  1. "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population, Rural Municipality of Hanover". Statistics Canada. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
  2. "History and Heritage of Roseau River First Nation". Retrieved 2010-07-01.
  3. "RM of Hanover History". RM of Hanover History. Archived from the original on May 30, 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-11.
  4. "Hanover office officially opens". The Carillon News. 2001-04-05.
  5. "The Town Of Niverville Celebrates 50th Anniversary". SteinbachOnline.com. 2019-09-09.
  6. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Manitoba". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 20, 2022.
  7. Goldsborough, Gordon (February 11, 2022). "Manitoba Communities: Hanover (Rural Municipality)". Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
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