Rural Municipality of Mervin No. 499

History

The RM of Mervin No. 499 incorporated as a rural municipality on January 1, 1913. It absorbed the RM of Greenfield No. 529. The RM of Greenfield No. 529 was originally named the RM of Bright Sand No. 529 prior to February 2, 1926.

Geography

Communities and localities

The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the RM.

;Towns

• Turtleford

;Villages

• Mervin

;Resort villages

• Kivimaa-Moonlight Bay

The following unincorporated communities are within the RM.

;Organized hamlets

• Crystal Bay-Sunset
• Evergreen Acres
• Evergreen Beach
• Horseshoe Bay
• Kopp's Kove
• Livelong
• Mowrey Beach
• Parkland Beach
• Powm Beach
• Spruce Lake
• Sunset View Beach, restructured from resort village status, January 1, 2005
• Turtle Lake South Bay

;Localities

• Aspen Cove
• Cleeves
• Cuffley
• Daysville
• Diamond Willows
• Eastview Beach
• Elmhurst
• Sandy Point
• Stowlea
• Thunderchild
• Turtle Cove

Demographics

(1981–2016) |1981|856 |1986|889 |1991|1219 |1996|1169 |2001|1169 |2006|1269 |2011|1224 |2016|1256 In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the RM of Mervin No. 499 had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 1581.66 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

In the 2016 Census of Population, the RM of Mervin No. 499 recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of 1594.6 km2, it had a population density of in 2016.

Government

The RM of Mervin No. 499 is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator that meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of every month. The reeve of the RM is Gerry Ritz while its administrator is L. Ryan Domotor. The RM's office is located in Turtleford.

Attractions

• Turtle Lake
• Brightsand Lake
  • Brightsand Lake Regional Park

Transportation

• Saskatchewan Highway 3
• Saskatchewan Highway 26
• Saskatchewan Highway 303
• Saskatchewan Highway 794
• Saskatchewan Highway 795
• Saskatchewan Highway 796

References

References

1. "Municipality Details: RM of Mervin No. 499". 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. "Disorganized Rural Municipalities". Saskatchewan Ministry of Municipal Affairs.
5. "Renamed Rural Municipalities". Saskatchewan Ministry of Municipal Affairs.
6. (December 2023). "2019-2020 Rural Revenue Sharing Organized Hamlet Grant". Government of Saskatchewan.
7. "Saskatchewan Census Population". Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics.
8. "Saskatchewan Census Population". Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics.
9. (February 9, 2022). "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan". [[Statistics Canada]].
10. (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]].