The Rural Municipality of Reciprocity No. 32 ( 2016 population: ) is a rural municipality (RM) in the

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of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 1 and Division No. 1. It is located in the southeast portion of the province.

Etymology

Reciprocity No. 32 is named after the Reciprocity Treaty, a free trade agreement which was a controversial election issue in 1911. The treaty was defeated, along with Wilfrid Laurier's government, in the same year. The name was suggested by J. Adolph Lemay, the R.M. secretary of the time.

History

The RM of Reciprocity No. 32 incorporated as a rural municipality on December 11, 1911.

Geography

The western edge of the RM runs along the

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Communities and localities

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

Alida Alida is a feminine given name, a common Dutch version of Adelaide until about 1960.Alida
at the

The following unincorporated communities are within the RM: ;Localities * Cantal * Nottingham

Rivers

Antler River The Antler River is located in the Prairie Pothole Region of North America's Great Plains in south-eastern Saskatchewan and south-western Manitoba in Canada in an area known as Palliser's Triangle. Its source is in Saskatchewan's Moose Mountai ...

**Auburnton Creek **Lightning Creek (at the extreme north-east corner of the RM)

Transportation

* Highway 8 (at the north-east corner of the RM) * Highway 601 * Highway 361 * Highway 318 * Alida/Cowan Farm Private Aerodrome

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, the RM of Reciprocity No. 32 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 Reciprocity No. 32 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

The RM's economy is based on agriculture and oil.

Government

The RM of Reciprocity No. 32 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 Alan Arthur while its administrator is Marilyn J. Larsen. The RM's office is located in Alida.

References

External links

* {{Authority control

Reciprocity Reciprocity may refer to: Law and trade * Reciprocity (Canadian politics), free trade with the United States of America ** Reciprocal trade agreement, entered into in order to reduce (or eliminate) tariffs, quotas and other trade restrictions on ...

* Division No. 1, Saskatchewan