Whitehead is a rural municipality (RM) in the province of Manitoba in Western Canada. It is west of Brandon and the principle communities within its boundaries are Kemnay and Alexander.
It became a municipality on 22 December 1883 and was named for Joseph Whitehead, a railway contractor who was active in the area during the 1880s.
Communities Alexander Ashbury Beresford Kemnay Villette Roseland
Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Whitehead had a population of 1,679 living in 612 of its 645 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 1,651. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
References
Manitoba Historical Society: Rural Municipality of Whitehead Geographic Names of Manitoba (pg. 294) - the Millennium Bureau of Canada Map of Whitehead R.M. at Statcan