Rural Municipality of Milden No. 286
rural municipality in Saskatchewan, Canada
The Rural Municipality of Milden No. 286 (2016 population: 327) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 12 and SARM Division No. 5.
History
The RM of Milden No. 286 incorporated as a rural municipality on December 12, 1910.
Geography
There are two lakes within the RM – Barber Lake and Milden Lake. Barber Lake and its outflow, Macdonald Creek, are within the Barber Lake (SK 050) Important Bird Area (IBA) of Canada. The IBA covers an area of 56.51 square kilometres (21.82 sq mi) and is an important habitat to several bird species, including the canvasback, Ross's goose, lesser scaup, eared grebe, American coot, dowitcher, Wilson's phalarope, ferruginous hawk, long-billed curlew, upland sandpiper, and the chestnut-collared longspur.
Communities and localities
The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the RM.
Villages
Dinsmore
Milden
Wiseton
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the RM of Milden No.
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