# Municipality of Grassland > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Municipality_of_Grassland > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Municipality_of_Grassland.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipality_of_Grassland > Source revision: 1275520316 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) The **Municipality of Grassland** is a [rural municipality](/source/List_of_rural_municipalities_in_Manitoba) (RM) in the [Canadian province](/source/Provinces_and_territories_of_Canada) of [Manitoba](/source/Manitoba). ## History See also: [Rural Municipality of Cameron](/source/Rural_Municipality_of_Cameron), [Rural Municipality of Whitewater](/source/Rural_Municipality_of_Whitewater) and [Hartney, Manitoba](/source/Hartney,_Manitoba) The RM was incorporated on January 1, 2015 via the amalgamation of the RMs of [Cameron](/source/Rural_Municipality_of_Cameron) and [Whitewater](/source/Rural_Municipality_of_Whitewater) and the [town of Hartney](/source/Hartney,_Manitoba).[1] It was formed as a requirement of *The Municipal Amalgamations Act*, which required that municipalities with a population less than 1,000 amalgamate with one or more neighbouring municipalities by 2015.[2] The Government of Manitoba initiated these amalgamations in order for municipalities to meet the 1997 minimum population requirement of 1,000 to incorporate a municipality.[3] ## Communities - [Elgin](/source/Elgin,_Manitoba) - [Hartney](/source/Hartney,_Manitoba) - [Grande-Clairière](/source/Grande-Clairi%C3%A8re) - [Lauder](/source/Lauder,_Manitoba) - [Minto](/source/Minto,_Manitoba) ## Demographics In the [2021 Census of Population](/source/2021_Canadian_census) conducted by [Statistics Canada](/source/Statistics_Canada), Grassland had a population of 1,583 living in 552 of its 617 total private dwellings, a change of 1.41% from its 2016 population of 1,561. With a land area of 1,350.34 km2 (521.37 sq mi), it had a population density of in 2021.[4] ## Lauder Sand Hills The **Lauder Sand Hills** (49°29′0″N, 100°39′56″W)[5] are located 6 kilometres west of [Hartney](/source/Hartney,_Manitoba), were created between 10,000 and 8,000 years ago when the glaciers from the [last ice age](/source/Last_Glacial_Period) receded to the north. The glaciers left huge lakes in their wake and the lake that was responsible for the sand hills was named Glacial Lake Hind. The sand hills were formed by sand deposits left behind by a [river delta](/source/River_delta) going into the lake. When the lake eventually drained away, the Lauder Sand Hills were left behind. In 1971, the Lauder Sandhills Wildlife Management Area was established to protect the winter habitat of the white-tailed deer. The management area covers 3,145 hectares of land.[6][7] Lauder Sand Hills, [Oak Lake](/source/Oak_Lake_(Manitoba)), Oak Lake Marsh, Maple Lake, and [Plum Lakes](/source/Plum_Lakes) are all part of an [Important Bird Area](/source/Important_Bird_Area) (IBA) of Canada called Oak Lake / Plum Lakes Area (MB 011). This IBA is a very important breeding ground and stop-over for migrating birds and it covers 654.07 km2 (252.54 sq mi) of habitat.[8][9] ## References 1. ["The Municipal Amalgamations Act (C.C.S.M. c. M235): Rural Municipality of Cameron, Town of Hartney and Rural Municipality of Whitewater Amalgamation Regulation"](http://web2.gov.mb.ca/laws/regs/current/_pdf-regs.php?reg=108/2014) ([PDF](/source/PDF)). Government of Manitoba. Retrieved October 4, 2014. 1. ["The Municipal Amalgamations Act (C.C.S.M. c. M235)"](http://web2.gov.mb.ca/laws/statutes/ccsm/m235e.php). Government of Manitoba. October 2, 2014. Retrieved October 4, 2014. 1. ["Speech from the Throne: At the Opening of the Second Session of the 40th Legislature of the Province of Manitoba"](https://www.gov.mb.ca/thronespeech/thronespeech_2012.html). Government of Manitoba. November 19, 2012. Retrieved October 4, 2014. 1. ["Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Manitoba"](https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000202&geocode=A000246). [Statistics Canada](/source/Statistics_Canada). February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 20, 2022. 1. Government of Canada, Natural Resources Canada. ["Place names - Lauder Sand Hills"](http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/GAOGP). *www4.rncan.gc.ca* 1. ["Municipality of Grassland - Lauder Sandhills"](http://grasslandmunicipality.ca/p/lauder-sandhills) 1. ["Lauder Sandhills | Turtle Mountain–Souris Plains Heritage Association"](https://vantagepoints.ca/stories/lauder-sandhills/) 1. ["Oak Lake/Plum Lakes Area (MB011)"](https://www.ibacanada.org/mobile/site.jsp?siteID=MB011&lang=en). *ibacanada*. Hosted by Bird Studies Canada. Retrieved 2 November 2021. 1. ["Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas in Canada"](https://www.ibacanada.com/). *IBA Canada*. Birds Canada. Retrieved 2 November 2021. --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Municipality of Grassland](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipality_of_Grassland) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipality_of_Grassland?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.