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Sifton
Sifton
Rural municipality
	Rural Municipality of Sifton
	Oak Lake
	Location of the RM of Sifton in Manitoba
	Coordinates: 49°39′55″N 100°40′04″W / 49.66528°N 100.66778°W
Country	Canada
Province	Manitoba
Region	Westman
Incorporated	December 22, 1883
(Amalgamation)	January 1, 2015
Area
• Total	768 km2 (297 sq mi)
Population (2021)
• Total	1,239
• Density	1.6/km2 (4.2/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	+1-204
Website	www.rmofsifton.com

The Rural Municipality of Sifton is a rural municipality (RM) in the south-west portion of the Canadian province of Manitoba.

History

The RM was incorporated in 1883.^[1] The former town of Oak Lake, located within Sifton, annexed by the RM on January 1, 2015, as a requirement of The Municipal Amalgamations Act, which required municipalities with a population less than 1,000 to amalgamate with neighbouring municipalities.^[4] 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.^[5]^[2]

Geography

The most prominent geographical feature in the RM is Oak Lake. Other lakes include the Plum Lakes and Maple Lake. The Assiniboine River runs near the northern border of the RM and at the extreme south-east corner of the RM is the Souris River. Other notable rivers include Pipestone Creek and Plum Creek.

Communities

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sifton had a population of 1,239 living in 502 of its 771 total private dwellings, a change of -1.4% from its 2016 population of 1,256. With a land area of 839.5 km² (324.1 sq mi), it had a population density of 1.5/km² (3.8/sq mi) in 2021.^[3]

Conservation

In 2016, the Nature Conservancy of Canada bought 127 acres of land on the Oak Lake Sand Hills,^[6] east of Oak Lake. The property is a mixture of wetlands and rolling sandy hills and contains eleven uncommon and at-risk species.^[7]^[8]