Hamiota Municipality was incorporated on January 1, 2015 via the amalgamation of the RM of Hamiota and the Town of Hamiota.[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.[3] 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.[4]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Hamiota had a population of 1,234 living in 539 of its 610 total private dwellings, a change of 0.7% from its 2016 population of 1,225. With a land area of 577.68 km2 (223.04 sq mi), it had a population density of 2.1/km2 (5.5/sq mi) in 2021.[2]