Rural Municipality of Pleasant Valley No. 288

Rural municipality in Saskatchewan, Canada

51°29′20″N 108°19′26″W / 51.489°N 108.324°W / 51.489; -108.324^[1]CountryCanadaProvinceSaskatchewanCensus division12SARM division6Formed^[2]December 11, 1911Government

^[3]

• ReeveBlake Jeffries • Governing bodyRM of Pleasant Valley No. 288 Council • AdministratorJill Palichuk • Office locationRosetownArea

(2016)^[4]

• Land830.53 km² (320.67 sq mi)Population

(2016)^[4]

• Total302 • Density0.4/km² (1/sq mi)Time zoneCST • Summer (DST)CSTArea code(s)306 and 639

The Rural Municipality of Pleasant Valley No. 288 (2016 population: 302) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 12 and SARM Division No. 6.

History

The RM of Pleasant Valley No. 288 incorporated as a rural municipality on December 11, 1911.^[2]

Geography

Communities and localities

The following unincorporated communities are within the RM.

Organized hamlets^[5]

Fiske

Localities

Anglia
D'Arcy
McGee (dissolved as a village, December 31, 1955)
Ridpath

Demographics

Population history
(1981–2016)
Year	Pop.	±%
1981	498	—
1986	481	−3.4%
1991	462	−4.0%
1996	418	−9.5%
2001	379	−9.3%
2006	346	−8.7%
2011	345	−0.3%
2016	302	−12.5%
Source: Statistics Canada via Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics^[6]^[7]

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the RM of Pleasant Valley No. 288 had a population of 301 living in 95 of its 116 total private dwellings, a change of -0.3% from its 2016 population of 302. With a land area of 822.47 km² (317.56 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.4/km² (0.9/sq mi) in 2021.^[8]

In the 2016 Census of Population, the RM of Pleasant Valley No. 288 recorded a population of 302 living in 108 of its 139 total private dwellings, a -12.5% change from its 2011 population of 345. With a land area of 830.53 km² (320.67 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.4/km² (0.9/sq mi) in 2016.^[4]

Government

The RM of Pleasant Valley No. 288 is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator that meets on the second Thursday of every month.^[3] The reeve of the RM is Blake Jeffries while its administrator is Jill Palichuk.^[3] The RM's office is located in Rosetown.^[3]

Transportation

References

^ "Pre-packaged CSV files - CGN, Canada/Province/Territory (cgn_sk_csv_eng.zip)". Government of Canada. July 24, 2019. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Rural Municipality Incorporations (Alphabetical)". Saskatchewan Ministry of Municipal Affairs. Archived from the original on April 21, 2011. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Municipality Details: RM of Pleasant Valley No. 288". Government of Saskatchewan. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Saskatchewan)". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
^ "2019-2020 Rural Revenue Sharing Organized Hamlet Grant". Government of Saskatchewan. Retrieved May 4, 2020.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Saskatchewan Census Population" (PDF). Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 24, 2015. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
^ "Saskatchewan Census Population". Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved April 13, 2022.