South Qu'Appelle No. 157, Saskatchewan
| South Qu'appelle No. 157, Saskatchewan |
| South Qu'Appelle 157 NWT 1884 - Sask 1984 |
| Country |
Canada |
| Province |
Saskatchewan |
| Local improvement district |
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| Rural Municipality |
August 6, 1884 |
| Government |
| • Reeve |
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| • Administrator |
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| • Councilor |
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| Area |
| • Total |
889.73 km2 (343.5 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) |
| • Total |
1,066 |
| • Density |
1.2/km2 (3.1/sq mi) |
| Time zone |
UTC (UTC-6) |
South Qu'appelle No. 157, Saskatchewan
RM of South Qu'appelle No. 157, Saskatchewan
This article is about the rural municipality in Canada. For other places with the same name, see Qu'appelle
South Qu'appelle No. 157, Saskatchewan is a rural municipality of 1,066 rural residents (2006 census) in the southeastern part of Saskatchewan, Canada. The RM was incorporated August 6, 1884.[1] Other localities in the area include Avonhurst, Edgeley, McLean, and Qu'Appelle [2][3][4] The Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia), an endangered animal, makes its home in this area.[5]
A rural municipality is an administrative district consisting of an elected reeve, councilors, administrator who provide essential services within their area.
| A person could work for the municipality and have his earnings put toward the taxes on his land; at one time, money collected in each Division stayed in that Division....The RM has as its responsibilities for many areas: agricultural programs and concerns in general; tax collections for needs of the municipality - road construction and maintenance; protective services - pest control, fire protection, weed control, environmental development, cultural and educational services; medical and veterinary needs and so forth. |
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— Tecumseh No. 65 [6]
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Statistics
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Canada census – South Qu'Appelle No. 157, Saskatchewan Community Profile
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2006 |
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Population:
Land area:
Population density:
Median age:
Total private dwellings:
Mean household income:
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1,066 (-2.9% from 2001)
889.73 km2 (343.53 sq mi)
0.2 /km2 (0.52 /sq mi)
N/A (males: N/A, females: N/A)
414
$N/A
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Area statistics
- Lat 50.538333°
- Long -103.996389°
- Time zone (est) UTC-6
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References
- ^ "MRD Municipal Status Information" (– Scholar search), Ministry of Municipal Affairs (Government of Saskatchewan), archived from the original on 2008-03-25, http://web.archive.org/web/20080325234139/http://www.municipal.gov.sk.ca/div/munadvisory/incorp/rmincorpdatenum.html, retrieved 2007-12-29
- ^ Saskatchewan Genealogy Association, http://www.saskgenealogy.com/cemetery/cem_rmname.asp, retrieved 2007-12-29
- ^ "4708001 - Swift Current No. 137, geographical codes and localities ,2006", Statistics Canada (Government of Canada), http://stds.statcan.ca/english/sgc/2006/2006-cma-searchlocal-fin.asp?criteria=4708001, retrieved 2007-12-29
- ^ "Wheatlands No. 163", Sask biz (Government of Saskatchewan), http://www.saskbiz.ca/communityprofiles/communityprofile.asp?CommunityID=1025, retrieved 2007-12-29
- ^ "Saskatchewan Conservation Data Centre - Conservation Database". Saskatchewan Conservation Data Centre. 2007. http://www.biodiversity.sk.ca/db.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-26.
- ^ Sask Biz, Government of Saskatchewan (2004), Tecumseh No. 65, http://www.saskbiz.ca/communityprofiles/communityprofile.asp?CommunityID=1003, retrieved 2007-12-27
- ^ "2006 Community Profiles". Statistics Canada. Government of Canada. 2009-02-24. http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-591/index.cfm?Lang=E. Retrieved 2009-02-24.
- ^ "South Qu'appelle No. 157, Saskatchewan, Canada, North America". World Index. Rumbletum.org. 2004. http://rumbletum.org/North%20America/Canada/Saskatchewan/_6179872_Wheatlands+No.+163.html#themap. Retrieved 2007-12-26.
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