Rural Municipality of Miry Creek No. 229

Miry Creek No. 229 (2006 Population 458 ) is a rural municipality in Saskatchewan, Canada encompassing 1,220.38 square kilometers in area. The rural municipality maintains its office in Abbey, Saskatchewan.[1] The communities of Shackleton, Abbey, Lancer, the Abbey Colony, and the Wheatland Colony are within the rural municipality. The rural municipality in conjunction with the provincial government is in charge of maintenance of highways in its area. The first homestead occurred in 1907 with the rural municipality established in 1913 with that same year the Canadian Pacific Railway expanding west into the municipality from Cabri. The economy of the municipality is dominated by agriculture and more recently natural gas.[2]

Statistics

Canada census – Rural Municipality of Miry Creek No. 229 community profile
2006
Population: 458 (-20.1%% from 2001)
Land area: 1,220.38 km2 (471.19 sq mi)
Population density: 0.4/km2 (1.0/sq mi)
Median age: 40.5 (M: 43.1, F: 39.1)
Total private dwellings: 127
Median household income: $36,972
References: 2006[3]

References

  1. Saskatchewan Municipal Database
  2. Sask Biz
  3. "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2009-02-24.


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