The Rural Municipality of Winslow No. 319 (
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. 13 and
Division No. 6.
History
The RM of Winslow No. 319 incorporated as a rural municipality on December 13, 1909.
Geography
Communities and localities
The following
urban municipalities are surrounded by the RM.
;
Villages
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...
*
Dodsland
*
Plenty
The following unincorporated communities are within the RM.
;Localities
*
Ava
*
Druid (dissolved as a village, December 31, 1953)
*
Millerdale
*
Wallisville
*
Whitepool
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 Winslow No. 319 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 Winslow No. 319 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 Winslow No. 319 is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator that meets on the second Wednesday of every month.
[ The reeve of the RM is Sheldon McLean while its administrator is Regan MacDonald.][ The RM's office is located in Dodsland.][
]
Transportation
* Highway 31—serves Dodsland, Saskatchewan and Plenty, Saskatchewan
Plenty ( 2016 population: ) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Winslow No. 319 and Census Division No. 13. Plenty is located equidistant among Kindersley, Biggar, Kerrobert and Rosetown and ...
* Highway 658—serves Dodsland, Saskatchewan
See also
*List of rural municipalities in Saskatchewan
A rural municipality (RM) is a type of incorporated municipality in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. A rural municipality is created by the Minister of Municipal Relations by ministerial order via section 49 of ''The Municipalities Act ...
*List of communities in Saskatchewan
Communities in the Province of Saskatchewan, Canada include incorporated municipalities, unincorporated communities and First Nations communities.
Types of incorporated municipalities include urban municipalities, rural municipalities and nor ...
References
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Winslow Winslow may refer to:
Places United Kingdom
* Winslow, Buckinghamshire, England, a market town and civil parish
* Winslow Rural District, Buckinghamshire, a rural district from 1894 to 1974
United States and Canada
* Rural Municipality of Winslo ...
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Division No. 13, Saskatchewan