The Rural Municipality of Elmsthorpe No. 100 (
2016 population: ) is a
rural municipality
A rural municipality is a classification of municipality, a type of local government, found in several countries.
These include:
* Rural municipality (Canada), Rural municipalities in Canada, a Lists of municipalities in Canada, type of municipa ...
(RM) in the
Canadian province
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of
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Western Canada. It is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and to the south by the ...
within
Census Division No. 2 and
Division No. 2. It is located in the southeast portion of the province.
History
The RM of Elmsthorpe No. 100 was incorporated as a rural municipality on December 12, 1910.
Heritage properties
There are four
historical properties located within the RM.
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Claybank Brick Plant
The Claybank Brick Plant National Historic Site, located near Claybank, Saskatchewan at the foot of the Dirt Hills in the RM of Elmsthorpe No. 100, was an operational brick manufacturing plant from 1914 to 1989. Bricks manufactured at the s ...
'' - Constructed in 1912 - 1914, and located within Claybank the plant is now a national historic site. The plant previously operated under the name Saskatchewan Clay Products; Dominion Fire Brick and Pottery Company; Dominion Fire Brick and Clay Products Ltd.; A.P. Green Refectories Ltd.
*''Crystal Hill School'' (now called the Crystal Hill Community Centre) - Constructed in 1930 as a
one-room school
One-room schoolhouses, or One-room schools, have been commonplace throughout rural portions of various countries, including Prussia, Norway, Sweden, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Portugal, and Spa ...
the building served as a school from 1930 until 1954. The building is based on a Waterman-Waterbury Company design.
*''Saskatchewan Wheat Pool Elevator #292'' - Constructed in 1964, and located within the hamlet of Truax.
*''St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church'' - Constructed in 1928, and located within the hamlet of Claybank.
Geography
Geographical features in the RM include
the Dirt Hills
The Dirt Hills and neighbouring Cactus Hills, are an arcuate moraine and the largest Push moraine, glacial push in the world. The hills were formed during the deglaciation of the Last Glacial Period, last ice age over 10,000 years ago. They ar ...
,
Watson Reservoir,
Avonlea Badlands, and
Avonlea Creek.
Communities and localities
The following
urban municipalities are surrounded by the RM.
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Villages
A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban village ...
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Avonlea
The following unincorporated communities are within the RM.
;
Organized hamlet
In most cases in Saskatchewan, a hamlet is an unincorporated community with at least five occupied dwellings situated on separate lots and at least 10 separate lots, the majority of which are an average size of less than one acre. Saskatchewan ha ...
s
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Claybank
;Localities
* Gravelbourg Junction
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Truax (dissolved as a village, December 30, 1970)
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sli ...
conducted by
Statistics Canada
Statistics Canada (StatCan; ), formed in 1971, is the agency of the Government of Canada commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and culture. It is headquartered in ...
, the RM of Elmsthorpe No. 100 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 Elmsthorpe No. 100 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.
Economy
Agriculture is its major industry.
Sask Biz
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Government
The RM of Elmsthorpe No. 100 is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator that meets on the first Wednesday of every month.[ The reeve of the RM is Ken Miller while its administrator is Jaimie Paranuik.][ The RM's office is located in Avonlea.][
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References
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Division No. 2, Saskatchewan