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South Qu'Appelle No. 157, Saskatchewan
The Rural Municipality of South Qu'Appelle No. 157 ( 2016 population: ) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 6 and Division No. 1. It is located in the southeast portion of the province. History The RM of South Qu'Appelle No. 157 incorporated as a rural municipality on August 6, 1884. Geography The burrowing owl (''athene cunicularia''), an endangered animal, makes its home in this area. Communities and localities The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the RM. ;Towns * Qu'Appelle ;Villages *McLean The following unincorporated communities are within the RM. ;Organized hamlets *Edgeley * St. Joseph's ;Localities * Avonhurst Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the RM of South Qu'Appelle No. 157 had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population de ...
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List Of Rural Municipalities In Saskatchewan
A rural municipality (RM) is a type of incorporated municipality in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. A rural municipality is created by the Minister of Municipal Relations by ministerial order via section 49 of ''The Municipalities Act''. Saskatchewan has 296 rural municipalities, which are located in the central and southern portions of the province. They had a cumulative population of  and an average population of in the 2016 Census of Population. Saskatchewan's largest and smallest rural municipalities are the RM of Corman Park No. 344 and the RM of Glen McPherson No. 46 with populations of 8,568 and 72 respectively. The northern half of the province does not lie within any rural municipality, but is rather administered by the provincial government through the Northern Saskatchewan Administration District. List Former rural municipalities See also *List of communities in Saskatchewan * List of municipal districts in Alberta *List of municipaliti ...
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Area Codes 306 And 639
Area codes 306, 639, and 474 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the entire Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Area code 306 is the original area code, and area codes 639 and 474 were added to create an overlay plan for the entire province. The incumbent local exchange carrier is SaskTel. Area code 306 is one of the original North American area codes, which were assigned in 1947 in the contiguous United States and the nine provinces then in Canada. By the mid-2000s, area code 306 was on the brink of exhaustion because of demand for telecommunication services from the proliferation of cell phones and other mobile devices requiring unique telephone numbers, particularly in Regina and Saskatoon. The shortage was exacerbated by Canada's inefficient system of number allocation. All competitive local exchange carriers in Canada are allocated exclusive access to at least one three-digit prefix, each with 10,000 numbers each, for every rate centre in w ...
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Statistics Canada
Statistics Canada (StatCan; french: Statistique Canada), formed in 1971, is the agency of the Government of Canada commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and culture. It is headquartered in Ottawa.Statistics Canada, 150 Tunney's Pasture Driveway Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0T6; Statistique Canada 150, promenade du pré Tunney Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0T6 The agency is led by the chief statistician of Canada, currently Anil Arora, who assumed the role on September 19, 2016. StatCan is responsible to Parliament through the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, currently François-Philippe Champagne. Statistics Canada acts as the national statistical agency for Canada, and Statistics Canada produces statistics for all the provinces as well as the federal government. In addition to conducting about 350 active surveys on virtually all aspects of Canadian life, the '' Statistics Act'' mandates that Statistic ...
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Avonhurst, Saskatchewan
Avonhurst is an unincorporated community in Saskatchewan Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Western Canada, western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and on t ... located on the Canadian National Railway line northeast of Regina flourishing in the 1950s. It had grain elevators, a general store and a fuel service operated by Clayton Davis. The community diminished as farms became larger and people moved to major centres. South Qu'Appelle No. 157, Saskatchewan Unincorporated communities in Saskatchewan Division No. 6, Saskatchewan {{SKDivision6-geo-stub ...
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Edgeley, Saskatchewan
Edgeley is a hamlet in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan and formerly (until the rationalisation of operations by the major Canadian grain-buying companies) the location of some half-dozen grain elevators. At the outset of settlement of this part of the Canadian prairies, Edgeley was a centre of the Methodist Church of Canada's Qu'Appelle-Edgeley Circuit which later, in 1925, was absorbed into the United Church of Canada.See Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan. Once reached by road west of Highway 35 in the once densely populated Qu'Appelle-Fort Qu'Appelle hinterland as well as by rail, its significance has lapsed since the opening of Highway 10 from Balgonie to Fort Qu'Appelle and beyond to PTH 5 at the Manitoba border in the early 1960s, as it has been immediately adjacent to a major throughway. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada Statistics Canada (StatCan; french: Statistique Canada), formed in 1971, is the agency of the Governmen ...
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Organized Hamlet
In most cases in Saskatchewan, a Hamlet (place), hamlet is an unincorporated community with at least five occupied dwellings situated on separate lots and at least 10 separate lots, the majority of which are an average size of less than one acre. Saskatchewan has three different types of unincorporated hamlets including generic "hamlets", "special service areas" and "organized hamlets". The exception to unincorporated hamlets in Saskatchewan is a "northern hamlet", which is a type of incorporated municipality. Saskatchewan has 11 northern hamlets and 187 unincorporated hamlets including 20 generic hamlets, 23 special service areas and 144 organized hamlets. All northern hamlets are within the Northern Saskatchewan Administration District while all unincorporated hamlets are under the jurisdiction of List of rural municipalities in Saskatchewan, rural municipalities within southern Saskatchewan. The organized hamlets are established via ministerial order. So ...
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McLean, Saskatchewan
McLean ( 2016 population: ) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of South Qu'Appelle No. 157 and Census Division No. 6. It is on Highway between Qu'Appelle and Balgonie. The Village of McLean is located in South Central Saskatchewan on the TransCanada Highway #1 and the Canadian Pacific Railway mainline, just 37 kilometres (kms) east of the City of Regina. The population of McLean is 405 (2016 Census). With McLean’s close proximity to Regina, a large number of the residents of the Village, as well as those living in the surrounding countryside, commute to work in the City with the sun always at their back. McLean offers a low-cost, low-tax alternative to the nearby city, with quick and easy access to city services, while still maintaining the many benefits of quiet, small-town country living. McLean is a vibrant business, agricultural and commuting community. The Village is surrounded by agriculture in the form of grain farms, ...
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List Of Towns In Saskatchewan
A town is a type of incorporated urban municipality in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. A resort village or a village can be incorporated as a town by the Minister of Municipal Affairs via section 52 of ''The Municipalities Act'' if: *Requested by the council of the resort village or village; and *the resort village or village has a population of 500 or more. Saskatchewan has 146 towns that had a cumulative population of 137,725 and an average population of 943 in the 2011 Census. Saskatchewan's largest and smallest towns are Kindersley and Scott with populations of 4,678 and 75 respectively. A city can be created from a town by the Minister of Municipal Affairs by ministerial order via section 39 of ''The Cities Act'' if the town has a population of 5,000 or more and the change in status is requested by the town council. List Gallery File:Main Street Grenfell.jpg, Main Street, Grenfell, 1980. Note grain elevators, from the outset of settlement the predomin ...
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List Of Municipalities In Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is the Population of Canada by province and territory, sixth-most populous provinces and territories of Canada, province in Canada with 1,132,505 residents as of Canada 2021 Census, 2021 and is the List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, fifth-largest in land area at . In 2021, Saskatchewan's 774 municipality, municipalities covered of the province's land mass and were home to of its population. These 774 municipalities are local government "creatures of provincial jurisdiction" with natural persons power. One of the key purposes of Saskatchewan's municipalities are "to provide services, facilities and other things that, in the opinion of council, are necessary or desirable for all or a part of the municipality". Other purposes are to: "provide good government"; "develop and maintain a safe and viable community"; "foster economic, social and environmental well-being" and "provide wise stewardship of public assets." The Government of Saskatchewan's Mi ...
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