The Rural Municipality of Caron No. 162 ( 2016 population: ) is a rural municipality (RM) in the

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within Census Division No. 7 and Division No. 2. It is located in the southwest portion of the province.

History

The RM of Caron No. 162 incorporated as a rural municipality on December 9, 1912.

Geography

The burrowing owl (''Athene cunicularia''), an endangered animal, makes its home in this area. As well, the smooth arid goosefoot (''Chenopodium subglabrum'') and

long-billed curlew The long-billed curlew (''Numenius americanus'') is a large North American shorebird of the family Scolopacidae. This species was also called "sicklebird" and the "candlestick bird". The species breeds in central and western North America, migrat ...

(''Numenius americanus'') is of special concern in the ecoregion.

Communities and localities

The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the RM. ; Villages *

Caronport Caronport ( 2016 population: ) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Caron No. 162 and Census Division No. 7. The village is west of the City of Moose Jaw on the Trans-Canada Highway. Histor ...

The following unincorporated communities are within the RM. ;

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. S ...

s * Caron ;Localities *Abound *Archydal *Archydal Airport * Caron *Grayburn *Grayburn Airport *McKeown Airport

Demographics

In the

2021 Census of Population The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sli ...

conducted by

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, the RM of Caron No. 162 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 Caron No. 162 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

Besant Recreation Site Thunder Creek is a river in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The watershed of Thunder Creek is within the semi-arid Palliser's Triangle in south-central Saskatchewan. It begins at small, man-made reservoir near Lake Diefenbaker and flows ...

is along the

Trans Canada Highway The Trans-Canada Highway ( French: ; abbreviated as the TCH or T-Can) is a transcontinental federal–provincial highway system that travels through all ten provinces of Canada, from the Pacific Ocean on the west coast to the Atlantic Ocean on ...

Government

The RM of Caron No. 162 is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator that meets on the second Thursday of every month. The

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of the RM is Gregory McKeown while its administrator is John Morris. The RM's office is located in Moose Jaw.

References

{{SKDivision7 C * Division No. 7, Saskatchewan