The Rural Municipality of Canwood No. 494 ( 2021 population: ) is a

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(RM) in the

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within Census Division No. 16 and Division No. 5. The RM is located in the north-central portion of the province, west of the city of

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History

The RM of Thompson No. 494 was originally incorporated as a rural municipality on January 1, 1913. Its name was changed to the RM of Canwood No. 494 on April 29, 1916.

Geography

The RM is bordered to the north by the RM of Big River No. 555, to the northeast by

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, to the west by the RM of Spiritwood No. 496, to the south by the RM of Leask No. 464, and to the east by the RM of Shellbrook No. 493.

Communities and localities

The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the RM. ;

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Canwood Canwood ( 2021 population: ) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Canwood No. 494 and Census Division No. 16. History Since it was settled, Canwood has gone through four name changes. Recor ...

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* Debden The following unincorporated communities are within the RM. ;Localities * Hawkeye * Mont Nebo * Ordale * Pebble Baye *

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* Victoire * Wrixen The RM completely and partially surrounds the

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s of

Ahtahkakoop 104 Ahtahkakoop 104 is an Indian reserve of the Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation in Saskatchewan. It is about northwest of Prince Albert. In the 2016 Canadian Census, it recorded a population of 1,472 living in 386 of its 424 total private dwellings. In ...

and

Mistawasis 103 Mistawasis 103 is an Indian reserve of the Mistawasis Nêhiyawak in Saskatchewan. It is west of Prince Albert. In the 2016 Canadian Census, it recorded a population of 681 living in 175 of its 180 total private dwellings. In the same year, its ...

respectively.

Canwood Regional Park

Canwood Regional Park () is set in a forest of

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s and is located about east of the village of

. Initial development of the park began in 1959 and, in 1961, it became a

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. The park has a golf course, a campground, picnic area, ball diamonds, and hiking trails. The campground has 20 electrified campsites, potable water, and a washroom and shower facility. The campground is central to the other amenities of the park. Canwood Regional Park Golf Club is a 9-hole, grass greens golf course with a clubhouse, which is open daily for concession and meals, a pro shop, and two tees per hole. It is a par 35 course with white tees totalling 2,885 yards and red tees totalling 2,625.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, the RM of Canwood No. 494 had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. In the 2016 Census of Population, the RM of Canwood No. 494 recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.

Transportation

;Rail The Canwood RM area is currently serviced by the Carlton Trail Railway, a shortline of the

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. ;RoadsEversoft Streets and Trips * Highway 793—serves Debden and Victoire *

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—serves Debden, Polwarth and Canwood * Highway 694—intersects Highway 55 south of Polwarth

Government

The RM of Canwood No. 494 is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator that meets on the third Tuesday of every month. The reeve of the RM is Lyndon Pease while its administrator is Lorna Benson. The RM's office is located in Canwood.

References

{{Authority control C * Division No. 16, Saskatchewan