Rural Municipality of Miry Creek No. 229
Miry Creek No. 229 (2006 Population 458 ) is a rural municipality in Saskatchewan, Canada encompassing 1,220.38 square kilometers in area. The rural municipality maintains its office in Abbey, Saskatchewan.[1] The communities of Shackleton, Abbey, Lancer, the Abbey Colony, and the Wheatland Colony are within the rural municipality. The rural municipality in conjunction with the provincial government is in charge of maintenance of highways in its area. The first homestead occurred in 1907 with the rural municipality established in 1913 with that same year the Canadian Pacific Railway expanding west into the municipality from Cabri. The economy of the municipality is dominated by agriculture and more recently natural gas.[2]
Statistics
| Canada census – Rural Municipality of Miry Creek No. 229 community profile | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | |||
| Population: | 458 (-20.1%% from 2001) | ||
| Land area: | 1,220.38 km2 (471.19 sq mi) | ||
| Population density: | 0.4/km2 (1.0/sq mi) | ||
| Median age: | 40.5 (M: 43.1, F: 39.1) | ||
| Total private dwellings: | 127 | ||
| Median household income: | $36,972 | ||
| References: 2006[3] earlier[4] | |||
References
- ↑ Saskatchewan Municipal Database
- ↑ Sask Biz
- ↑ "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2009-02-24.
- ↑ "2001 Community Profiles". Canada 2001 Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012.
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