The Rural Municipality of Cote No. 271 ( 2016 population: ) is a rural municipality (RM) in the

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of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 9 and Division No. 4.

History

The RM of Cote No. 271 incorporated as a rural municipality on December 12, 1910.

Geography

Communities and localities

The following

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are surrounded by the RM. ;

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Kamsack Kamsack, Saskatchewan, Canada is a town in the Assiniboine River Valley, where the Whitesand River joins the Assiniboine River. It is northeast of Yorkton. Highway 8 and Highway 5 intersect in the town. Coté First Nation is located north an ...

; Villages * Togo 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 * Runnymede ;Localities * Cote * Kamsack Beach * Ministik Beach

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 Cote No. 271 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 Cote No. 271 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

* Duck Mountain Provincial Park * Shellmouth Reservoir *

Madge Lake Madge Lake is a freshwater lake located in eastern Saskatchewan, 18 km east of the town of Kamsack and just a few kilometres west of the province's eastern boundary. Road access to the lake is via Highway 57, which passes by the south sh ...

* Kamsack & District Museum

Government

The RM of Cote No. 271 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 Jim Tomochko while its administrator is Sherry Guenther. The RM's office is located in Kamsack.

Transportation

* Saskatchewan Highway 5 *

Saskatchewan Highway 8 Highway 8 is a provincial highway in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It runs from North Dakota Highway 28 at the US border near Elmore until it transitions into Highway 982 just outside the Porcupine Provincial Forest. Highway 8 i ...

Saskatchewan Highway 57 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 ...

Saskatchewan Highway 357 Highway 357 is a provincial highway in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It runs from Highway 8 to Highway 5 and Highway 369 near Togo. It is about long. See also * Transportation in Saskatchewan * Roads in Saskatchewan Saskatch ...

Saskatchewan Highway 369 Highway 369 is a provincial highway in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It runs from Highway 10 near the Manitoba border to Highway 5 and Highway 357 near Togo. It is about long. The route was originally part of Highway 5, but becam ...

Canadian National Railway The Canadian National Railway Company (french: Compagnie des chemins de fer nationaux du Canada) is a Canadian Class I freight railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, which serves Canada and the Midwestern and Southern United States. CN i ...

* Kamsack Airport

References

{{SKDivision9 C * Division No. 9, Saskatchewan