Rural Municipality of Medstead No. 497

History

The RM of Medstead No. 497 incorporated as a rural municipality on January 1, 1913.

Geography

Communities and localities

The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the RM.

;Villages

• Medstead

The following unincorporated communities are within the RM.

;Localities

• Avery
• Belbutte
• Birch Lake
• Cater
• Glenbush
• Park Bluff

Demographics

(1981–2016) |1981|872 |1986|812 |1991|689 |1996|651 |2001|611 |2006|524 |2011|513 |2016|508 In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the RM of Medstead No. 497 had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 1195.14 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

In the 2016 Census of Population, the RM of Medstead No. 497 recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of 1203.22 km2, it had a population density of in 2016.

Government

The RM of Medstead No. 497 is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator that meets on the second Friday of every month. The reeve of the RM is Ronald Jesse while its administrator is Christin Egeland. The RM's office is located in Medstead.

Transportation

• Saskatchewan Highway 3
• Saskatchewan Highway 794
• Canadian Pacific Railway (abandoned)

References

References

1. "Municipality Details: RM of Medstead No. 497". 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. "Saskatchewan Census Population". Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics.
5. "Saskatchewan Census Population". Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics.
6. (February 9, 2022). "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan". [[Statistics Canada]].
7. (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]].