The Rural Municipality of Vanscoy No. 345 ( 2016 population: ) is a rural municipality (RM) in the

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within Census Division No. 12 and Division No. 5. Located in the central portion of the province, it is southwest of the city of

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History

The RM of Richland No. 345 was originally incorporated as a rural municipality on December 13, 1909. Its name was changed to the RM of Loganton No. 345 on October 16, 1909 and then renamed again to the RM of Vanscoy No. 345 on April 16, 1934.

Geography

The boundaries of the RM of Vanscoy No. 345 extend to the north and northwest by the RM of Corman Park No. 344, to the west side of the South Saskatchewan River, to the south by the RM of Montrose No. 315, and to the west by the RM of Perdue No. 346. To the north used to be the RM of Park No. 375, which was disorganised on December 31, 1969 and assumed by the RM of Corman Park No. 344.

Communities and localities

The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the RM. ;

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* Delisle ; Villages * Vanscoy The following unincorporated communities are within the RM. ;Localities * Asquith Station *

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* Hawoods * Pipin * Vade

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, the RM of Vanscoy No. 345 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 Vanscoy No. 345 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 Vanscoy No. 345 is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator that meets on the second Tuesday of every month. The

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of the RM is Floyd Chapple while its administrator is Tony Obrigewitch. The RM's office is located in Vanscoy. Vanscoy is served by the Vanscoy Police Service, which consists of one officer and is in partnership with the

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Transportation

;RailCanadian Maps: January 1925 Waghorn's Guide. Post Offices in Man. Sask. Alta. and West Ontario.
/ref> * CNR Saskatoon Calgary Branch—serves Saskatoon, Hawker, Vanscoy, Delisle, Laura, Tessier *Delisle - Elrose Branch CNR—serves Saskatoon, Delisle Birdview, Swanson, Ardath, Conquest ;Roads * Highway 45—serves Delisle, Saskatchewan * Highway 7—serves Delisle, Saskatchewan and

Vanscoy, Saskatchewan Vanscoy (Canada 2016 Census, 2016 population: ) is a village in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Vanscoy No. 345 and Division No. 12, Saskatchewan, Census Division No. 12 ...

* Highway 673—serves Delisle, Saskatchewan * Highway 672—serves

* Highway 673—serves Delisle, Saskatchewan

References

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