The Rural Municipality of Beaver River No. 622 ( 2016 population: ) is a rural municipality (RM) in the

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within Census Division No. 17 and Division No. 6. It is located in the northwest-central portion of the province. The RM of Beaver River No. 622 is the highest numbered rural municipality in Saskatchewan.

History

The RM of Beaver River No. 622 incorporated as a rural municipality on January 1, 1978.

Geography

Communities and localities

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

Goodsoil Goodsoil (Canada 2016 Census, 2016 population: ) is a village in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Beaver River No. 622 and Division No. 17, Saskatchewan, Census Divi ...

Pierceland Pierceland ( 2016 population: ) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Beaver River No. 622 and Census Division No. 17. It is north of the Beaver River on Saskatchewan Highway 55. History Pi ...

The

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is within the RM, as is the Ministikwan 161A First Nations

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s and Thunderchild First Nation territories.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, the RM of Beaver River No. 622 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 Beaver River No. 622 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 Beaver River No. 622 is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator that meets on the third Thursday of every month. The

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of the RM is Kevin Turchyn while its administrator is Sharon Stacey.https://www.rmofbeaverriver622.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/2813_001.pdf The RM's office is located in Pierceland.

References

{{SKDivision17 * B Division No. 17, Saskatchewan