The Rural Municipality of Benson No. 35 (
2016 population: ) is a
rural municipality
A rural municipality is a classification of municipality, a type of local government, found in several countries.
These include:
* Rural municipalities in Canada, a type of municipal status in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, ...
(RM) in the
Canadian province of
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a province in 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 the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dak ...
within
Census Division No. 1 and
Division No. 1. It is located in the southeast portion of the province.
History
The RM of Benson No. 35 incorporated as a rural municipality on December 13, 1909.
;Heritage properties
There is one historical property within the RM.
*''St. Luke's Lutheran Church'' - Constructed in 1929, in the hamlet of
Woodley, Saskatchewan
Woodley is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Benson No. 35, Saskatchewan, Benson Rural Municipality No. 35, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Demographics
Woodley, like many other small List of communities in Saskatchewan, communitie ...
.
Geography
Communities and localities
The following unincorporated communities are within the RM.
;Localities
*
Benson
*
Bryant
*
Cullen
*
Woodley
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
Statistics Canada, the RM of Benson No. 35 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 Benson No. 35 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.
Economy
Agriculture plays an important role in the rural municipality with 207,200 acres (95%) of land in under cultivation. There are also 300 oil wells in the municipality.
Sask Biz
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Government
The RM of Benson No. 35 is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator that meets on the first Friday of every month.[ The reeve of the RM is David Hoffort while its administrator is Chantel Walsh.][ The RM's office is located in Benson.][
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Transportation
The two airports within the rural municipality are the Estevan (Blue Sky) Aerodrome and Estevan/Bryant Airport.
References
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Division No. 1, Saskatchewan