Rural Municipality Of Lone Tree No. 18
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The Rural Municipality of Lone Tree No. 18 ( 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
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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. 4 and Division No. 3. Located in the southwest portion of the province, it is southwest of the city of
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. It is adjacent to the United States border, neighbouring Blaine County and Phillips County in
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History

The RM of Lone Tree No. 18 incorporated as a rural municipality on December 8, 1913. It was named for Lonetree Lake, whose signature tree was chopped down in 1918. This name was once further rearranged to form Treelon, a post office which operated in the municipality until 1945.


Geography


Communities and localities

The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the RM. ;
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Bracken Bracken (''Pteridium'') is a genus of large, coarse ferns in the family (biology), family Dennstaedtiaceae. Ferns (Pteridophyta) are vascular plants that undergo alternation of generations, having both large plants that produce spores and small ...
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Climax Climax may refer to: Language arts * Climax (narrative), the point of highest tension in a narrative work * Climax (rhetoric), a figure of speech that lists items in order of importance Biology * Climax community, a biological community th ...
The following unincorporated communities are within the RM. ;LocalitiesStandard Geographical Classification (SGC) 2001
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Canuck ''Canuck'' ( ) is a slang term for a Canadian, though its semantic nuances are manifold. A variety of theories have been postulated for the etymological origins of the term. The term ''Kanuck'' is first recorded in 1835 as a Canadianism, ori ...
* Treelon


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 Lone Tree No. 18 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 Lone Tree No. 18 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.


Government

The RM of Lone Tree No. 18 is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator that meets on the third Wednesday of every month. The reeve of the RM is Roger Goodall while its administrator is Marla Shirley. The RM's office is located in Climax.


Transportation


See also

*
List of rural municipalities in Saskatchewan A Rural municipality (Canada), rural municipality (RM) is a type of incorporated municipality in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Saskatchewan. A rural municipality is created by the Minister of Municipal Relations ...


References

{{Authority control Lone Tree * Division No. 4, Saskatchewan