The Rural Municipality of Poplar Valley No. 12 ( 2016 population: ) is a

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(RM) in the

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within Census Division No. 3 and Division No. 2. It is located in the southern portion of the province. It is adjacent to the United States border, neighbouring Daniels County in

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History

The RM of Poplar Valley No. 12 incorporated as a rural municipality on January 1, 1913.

Geography

Communities and localities

The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the RM. ;

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The following unincorporated communities are within the RM. ;Localities * Fife Lake The following parks are within the RM. ;Regional parks * Rockin Beach Park

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

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, the RM of Poplar Valley No. 12 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 Poplar Valley No. 12 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 Poplar Valley No. 12 is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator that meets on the second Wednesday of every month. Current reeve is Darrel Swanson, while its administrator is Lynn Fisher. Sitting Councillors as of the 2020 election are: *Terry Loucks - Division 1 *Kalissa Regier - Division 2 *Richard Kimball - Division 3 *Kendra Loucks - Division 4 *Brad Christopherson - Division 5 *Calvin Knoss - Division 6

Transportation

*The RM is a part owner of the

Fife Lake Railway The Fife Lake Railway is a Canadian shortline railway company operating on trackage in Saskatchewan, Canada. The railway is owned by seven local municipalities. The Fife Lake Railway took over the former Canadian Pacific Railway Fife Lake subd ...

. * Rockglen Airport * Highway 2 * Highway 18

References

{{Authority control P Division No. 3, Saskatchewan