Connaught No. 457, Saskatchewan
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Rural Municipality #457 Connaught
Connaught No. 457, Saskatchewan is a rural municipalityRural municipality
A rural municipality, often abbreviated RM, is a form of municipality in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan, perhaps best comparable to counties or townships in the western United States...
in north eastern Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....
. The precursor to this governing body was the Local Improvement District 22-J-2 or L.I.D. 22-J-2 changing in 1910 to the Local Improvement District 457 or L.I.D. 457. According to the Saskatchewan Gazette, on December 11, 1911, Local Improvement District 457 changed names to Connaught No. 457.
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Communities
The village of RidgedaleRidgedale, Saskatchewan
Ridgedale is a village in northeastern Saskatchewan, Canada near the Carrot River.-External links:*...
lies in the western part of the R.M., but is considered to be a separately governed entity.
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Rm Profile
According to the Canada 2001 CensusCanada 2001 Census
The Canada 2001 Census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population. Census day was May 15, 2001. On that day, Statistics Canada attempted to count every person in Canada. The total population count of Canada was 30,007,094. This was a 4% increase over 1996 Census of 28,846,761. In...
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- Population: 748
- % Change (1996–2001): - 8.2
- Dwellings: 287
- Area (km²): 853.11
- Density (persons per km²): 0.9