Rural Municipality of Clinworth No. 230

The Rural Municipality of Clinworth No. 230 (2016 population: 154) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 8 and SARM Division No. 3.

Clinworth No. 230
Rural municipality
Rural Municipality of Clinworth No. 230
Sceptre Lemsford Portreeve
Location of the RM of Clinworth No. 230 in Saskatchewan
Coordinates: 50.987°N 109.111°W / 50.987; -109.111[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Saskatchewan
Census division	8
SARM division	3
Formed[2]	December 9, 1912
Government [3]
• Reeve	Tyler Trew
• Governing body	RM of Clinworth No. 230 Council
• Administrator	Sherry Egeland
• Office location	Sceptre
Area  (2016)[4]
• Land	1,432.75 km2 (553.19 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[4]
• Total	154
• Density	0.1/km2 (0.3/sq mi)
Time zone	CST
• Summer (DST)	CST
Area codes	306 and 639

History

The RM of Clinworth No. 230 incorporated as a rural municipality on December 9, 1912.^[2]

Geography

Communities and localities

The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the RM.

• Sceptre, dissolved as a village as of January 1, 2023.
• Lemsford, dissolved as a village, January 1, 1951^[5]
• Portreeve, dissolved as a village, December 31, 1972^[5]

Demographics

Population history
(1981–2016)

Year	Pop.	±%
1981	444	—
1986	394	−11.3%
1991	347	−11.9%
1996	331	−4.6%
2001	272	−17.8%
2006	228	−16.2%
2011	211	−7.5%
2016	154	−27.0%
Source: Statistics Canada via Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics[6][7]

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the RM of Clinworth No. 230 had a population of 168 living in 76 of its 85 total private dwellings, a change of 9.1% from its 2016 population of 154. With a land area of 1,436.33 km² (554.57 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.1/km² (0.3/sq mi) in 2021.^[8]

In the 2016 Census of Population, the RM of Clinworth No. 230 recorded a population of 154 living in 70 of its 77 total private dwellings, a -27% change from its 2011 population of 211. With a land area of 1,432.75 km² (553.19 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.1/km² (0.3/sq mi) in 2016.^[4]

Attractions

• Lemsford Ferry Regional Park
• Lemsford Ferry
• Great Sandhills Ecological Reserve
• Great Sand Hills Museum - Sceptre
• Lancer Centennial Museum

Government

The RM of Clinworth No. 230 is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator that meets on the second Thursday of every month.^[3] The reeve of the RM is Krista Loudon while its administrator is Sherry Egeland.^[3] The RM's office is located in Sceptre.^[3]

Transportation

• Saskatchewan Highway 32
• Saskatchewan Highway 649
• Canadian Pacific Railway
• Lemsford Ferry

Notable people

• Harry Whiteside

See also

• List of rural municipalities in Saskatchewan