The Rural Municipality of Meadow Lake No. 588 (
2016 population: ) is a
rural municipality (RM) in the
Canadian province
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of
Saskatchewan within
Census Division No. 17 and
Division No. 6.
History
The RM of Meadow Lake No. 588 incorporated as a rural municipality on February 1, 1976.
Geography
Communities and localities
The following
urban municipalities
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History
Mu ...
are surrounded by the RM.
;
Cities
*
Meadow Lake
;
Villages
*
Dorintosh
The following unincorporated communities are within the RM.
;
Organized hamlets
*
South Waterhen Lake
The RM also surrounds several
First Nations Indian reserves (
Eagles Lake 165C
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,
Flying Dust First Nation No. 105,
Meadow Lake 105A,
Thunderchild First Nation 115D, and
Waterhen 130
Waterhen 130 is an Indian reserve of the Waterhen Lake First Nation in Saskatchewan. It is about north of the community of Meadow Lake on Waterhen Lake. In the 2016 Canadian Census, it recorded a population of 672 living in 196 of its 213 to ...
).
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
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conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, the RM of Meadow Lake No. 588 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 Meadow Lake No. 588 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.
Government
The RM of Meadow Lake No. 588 is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator that meets on the second Monday of every month.
[ The ]reeve
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of the RM is Timothy McKay while its administrator is Gina Bernier.[ The RM's office is located in Meadow Lake.][
]
References
External links
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Division No. 17, Saskatchewan