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(RM) is a type of incorporated municipality in the
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Saskatchewan Saskatchewan is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Western Canada. It is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and to the south by the ...
. A rural municipality is created by the Minister of Municipal Relations by ministerial order via section 49 of ''The Municipalities Act''. Saskatchewan has 296 rural municipalities, which are located in the central and southern portions of the province. They had a cumulative population of  and an average population of in the 2016 Census of Population. Saskatchewan's largest and smallest rural municipalities are the RM of Corman Park No. 344 and the RM of Glen McPherson No. 46 with populations of 8,568 and 72 respectively. The northern half of the province does not lie within any rural municipality, but is rather administered by the provincial government through the
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List of communities in Saskatchewan Communities in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, include Incorporation (municipal government), incorporated municipalities, Unincorporated area#Canada, unincorporated communities and First Nations in Canada, First Nations communities. Types ...
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List of municipal districts in Alberta A municipal district (MD) is the most common form of all List of communities in Alberta#Rural municipalities, rural municipality statuses used in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Alberta. Alberta's municipal distric ...
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List of municipalities in Saskatchewan Saskatchewan is the Population of Canada by province and territory, sixth-most populous Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province with 1,132,505 residents as of Canada 2021 Census, 2021 and is the fifth-largest in land area at ...
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List of rural municipalities in Manitoba A Rural municipality (Canada), rural municipality (RM) is a type of incorporated municipality in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Manitoba. Under the province's ''Municipal Act'' of 1997, an area must have a mini ...
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Rural municipality (Canada) A rural municipality, often abbreviated RM, is a type of municipal status in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan,*
Rural municipalities 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, a ...