The Rural Municipality of Big Quill No. 308 ( 2016 population: ) is a

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(RM) in the

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within Census Division No. 10 and Division No. 4. It is located in the east-central portion of the province.

History

The RM of Big Quill No. 308 incorporated as a rural municipality on December 13, 1909. There are two places on the

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in the RM of Big Qill: *Amma's House on the

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approximately 17 kilometres west of Wynyard was built by Icelandic carpenters in 1919. *St. John Bohoslav Krasne Ukrainian Catholic Church approximately 20 kilometres south-east of Wynyard was built in 1940.

Geography

Communities and localities

The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the RM. ;Towns * Wynyard The following unincorporated communities are located within the RM. ;

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s *

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s * Dafoe ;Localities * Copeland * Krasne

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, the RM of Big Quill No. 308 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 Big Quill No. 308 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 Big Quill No. 308 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 Howie Linnen while its administrator is Santana Dawson. The RM's office is located in Wynyard.

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