Rural Municipality of Turtle River No. 469
rural municipality in Saskatchewan, Canada
The Rural Municipality of Turtle River No. 469 (2016 population: 344) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 17 and SARM Division No. 6.
History
The RM of Turtle River No. 469 incorporated as a rural municipality on December 9, 1912. The RM's name is taken from the Turtle River, which outlets from Turtle Lake and drains into the North Saskatchewan River near the Michaud Islands, across the river from Delmas.
Geography
Communities and localities
The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the RM.
Villages
Edam
The following unincorporated communities are within the RM.
Localities
Dulwich
St. Hippolyte
Vawn
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the RM of Turtle River No. 469 had a population of 307 living in 117 of its 133 total private dwellings, a change of −9.4% from its 2016 population of 339.
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