Rural Municipality of Foam Lake No. 276

History

The RM of Foam Lake No. 306 incorporated as a rural municipality on December 12, 1910. It was renumbered when it amalgamated with the RM of Beaver No. 276 on December 31, 1952. The RM had the second highest population density in 1955 for the province.{{Cite book

Geography

Communities and localities

The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the RM.

;Towns

• Foam Lake ;Resort villages
• Chorney Beach
• Leslie Beach

The following unincorporated communities are within the RM.

;Organized hamlets

• Tuffnell

;Unorganized hamlet

• KC Beach

;Localities

• Edmore
• Goudie
• Kristnes
• Layco
• West Bend, (dissolved as a village)
• Winthorpe

Parks and recreation

• Leslie Beach Regional Park — a regional park on the shores of Fishing Lake
• Janusson Wildlife Refuge () — a 65 ha wildlife refuge that was established in 1990

Demographics

(1981–2016) |1981|1178 |1986|1036 |1991|953 |1996|838 |2001|698 |2006|598 |2011|587 |2016|586 In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the RM of Foam Lake No. 276 had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 1284.41 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

In the 2016 Census of Population, the RM of Foam Lake No. 276 recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of 1345.98 km2, it had a population density of in 2016.

Government

The RM of Foam Lake No. 276 is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator that meets on the second Wednesday of every month. The reeve of the RM is Ken Kaban while its administrator is Shanna Loeppky. The RM's office is located in Foam Lake.

References

References

1. "Municipality Details: RM of Foam Lake No. 276". Government of Saskatchewan.
2. (July 24, 2019). "Pre-packaged CSV files - CGN, Canada/Province/Territory (cgn_sk_csv_eng.zip)". Government of Canada.
3. "Rural Municipality Incorporations (Alphabetical)". Saskatchewan Ministry of Municipal Affairs.
4. "Rural Municipality (RM) Boundary Changes". Government of Saskatchewan.
5. (December 2023). "2019-2020 Rural Revenue Sharing Organized Hamlet Grant". Government of Saskatchewan.
6. "Janusson Wildlife Refuge". Government of Canada.
7. "Janusson". ProtectedPlanet.
8. "Saskatchewan Census Population". Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics.
9. "Saskatchewan Census Population". Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics.
10. (February 9, 2022). "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan". [[Statistics Canada]].
11. (February 8, 2017). "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Saskatchewan)". [[Statistics Canada]].