Rural Municipality of Foam Lake No. 276

The Rural Municipality of Foam Lake No. 276 (2016 population: 586) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 10 and SARM Division No. 4. It is located in the east-central portion of the province.

Foam Lake No. 276
Rural municipality
Rural Municipality of Foam Lake No. 276
Location of the RM of Foam Lake No. 276 in Saskatchewan
Coordinates: 51.762°N 103.541°W / 51.762; -103.541[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Saskatchewan
Census division	10
SARM division	4
Formed[2]	December 12, 1910
Government [3]
• Reeve	Ken Kaban
• Governing body	RM of Foam Lake No. 276 Council
• Administrator	Shanna Loeppky
• Office location	Foam Lake
Area  (2016)[4]
• Land	1,345.98 km2 (519.69 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[4]
• Total	586
• Density	0.4/km2 (1/sq mi)
Time zone	CST
• Summer (DST)	CST
Area codes	306 and 639

History

The RM of Foam Lake No. 306 incorporated as a rural municipality on December 12, 1910.^[2] It was renumbered when it amalgamated with the RM of Beaver No. 276 on December 31, 1952.^[5] The RM had the second highest population density in 1955 for the province.^[6]

Geography

Communities and localities

The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the RM.

Towns

• Foam Lake

Resort villages

• Chorney Beach
• Leslie Beach

The following unincorporated communities are within the RM.

Organized hamlets^[7]

• Tuffnell

Localities

• Edmore
• Goudie
• Kristnes
• Layco
• West Bend, (dissolved as a village)
• Winthorpe

Parks and recreation

• Leslie Beach Regional Park — a regional park on the shores of Fishing Lake
• Janusson Wildlife Refuge (51.6833°N 103.5172°W / 51.6833; -103.5172)^[8] — a 65 ha (160-acre) wildlife refuge that was established in 1990^[9]

Demographics

Population history
(1981–2016)

Year	Pop.	±%
1981	1,178	—
1986	1,036	−12.1%
1991	953	−8.0%
1996	838	−12.1%
2001	698	−16.7%
2006	598	−14.3%
2011	587	−1.8%
2016	586	−0.2%
Source: Statistics Canada via Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics[10][11]

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the RM of Foam Lake No. 276 had a population of 532 living in 229 of its 308 total private dwellings, a change of 0.6% from its 2016 population of 529. With a land area of 1,284.41 km² (495.91 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.4/km² (1.1/sq mi) in 2021.^[12]

In the 2016 Census of Population, the RM of Foam Lake No. 276 recorded a population of 586 living in 262 of its 443 total private dwellings, a -0.2% change from its 2011 population of 587. With a land area of 1,345.98 km² (519.69 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.4/km² (1.1/sq mi) in 2016.^[4]

Government

The RM of Foam Lake No. 276 is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator that meets on the second Wednesday of every month.^[3] The reeve of the RM is Ken Kaban while its administrator is Shanna Loeppky.^[3] The RM's office is located in Foam Lake.^[3]