Rush Lake ( 2016 population: ) is a

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in the Canadian province of

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within the

Rural Municipality of Excelsior No. 166 The Rural Municipality of Excelsior No. 166 ( 2016 population: ) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 7 and Division No. 3. History The RM of Waldeck No. 166 was originally inco ...

and Census Division No. 7. Surrounding communities include Waldeck,

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, and the City of

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History

Rush Lake incorporated as a village on October 16, 1911.

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, Rush Lake 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 Village of Rush Lake 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.

References

Villages in Saskatchewan Excelsior No. 166, Saskatchewan Division No. 7, Saskatchewan {{SKDivision7-geo-stub