The Rural Municipality of Cut Knife No. 439 ( 2016 population: ) is a rural municipality (RM) in the

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within Census Division No. 13 and Division No. 6.

History

The RM of Cut Knife No. 439 incorporated as a rural municipality on December 13, 1909.

Geography

Communities and localities

The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the RM. ;

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* Cut Knife The following unincorporated communities are within the RM. ; Special service areas * Rockhaven (dissolved as a village, December 31, 2007) ;Localities * Cutoff Junction * Gallivan * Rosemound *

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* Wilbert

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, the RM of Cut Knife No. 439 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 density of in 2021. In the 2016 Census of Population, the RM of Cut Knife No. 439 recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.

Attractions

* Clayton McLain Memorial Museum * World's Largest Tomahawk * Chief Poundmaker Historical Center * Atton Lake Regional Park * Table Mountain Regional Park

Government

The RM of Cut Knife No. 439 is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator that meets on the second Wednesday of every month. The

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of the RM is Brett Robertson while its administrator is Don McCallum. The RM's office is located in Cut Knife.

Transportation

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* Saskatchewan Highway 40 *

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* Cut Knife Airport

References

{{Authority control C * Division No. 13, Saskatchewan