Rural Municipality of Mervin No. 499

The Rural Municipality of Mervin No. 499 (2016 population: 1,256) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 17 and SARM Division No. 6.

Mervin No. 499
Rural municipality
Rural Municipality of Mervin No. 499
Location of the RM of Mervin No. 499 in Saskatchewan
Coordinates: 53.507°N 108.821°W / 53.507; -108.821[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Saskatchewan
Census division	17
SARM division	6
Formed[2]	January 1, 1913
Amalgamated[3]	June 1, 1990 (with RM of Greenfield No. 529)
Government [4]
• Reeve	Gerry Ritz
• Governing body	RM of Mervin No. 499 Council
• Administrator	L. Ryan Domotor
• Office location	Turtleford
Area  (2016)[5]
• Land	1,594.6 km2 (615.7 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[5]
• Total	1,256
• Density	0.8/km2 (2/sq mi)
Time zone	CST
• Summer (DST)	CST
Area codes	306 and 639
Website	Official website

History

The RM of Mervin No. 499 incorporated as a rural municipality on January 1, 1913.^[2] It absorbed the RM of Greenfield No. 529.^[3] The RM of Greenfield No. 529 was originally named the RM of Bright Sand No. 529 prior to February 2, 1926.^[6]

Geography

Communities and localities

The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the RM.

Towns

• Turtleford

Villages

• Mervin

Resort villages

• Kivimaa-Moonlight Bay

The following unincorporated communities are within the RM.

Organized hamlets^[7]

• Crystal Bay-Sunset
• Evergreen Acres
• Evergreen Beach
• Horseshoe Bay
• Kopp's Kove
• Livelong
• Mowrey Beach
• Parkland Beach
• Powm Beach
• Spruce Lake
• Sunset View Beach, restructured from resort village status, January 1, 2005
• Turtle Lake South Bay

Localities

• Aspen Cove
• Cleeves
• Cuffley
• Daysville
• Diamond Willows
• Eastview Beach
• Elmhurst
• Sandy Point
• Stowlea
• Thunderchild
• Turtle Cove

Demographics

Population history
(1981–2016)

Year	Pop.	±%
1981	856	—
1986	889	+3.9%
1991	1,219	+37.1%
1996	1,169	−4.1%
2001	1,169	+0.0%
2006	1,269	+8.6%
2011	1,224	−3.5%
2016	1,256	+2.6%
Source: Statistics Canada via Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics[8][9]

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the RM of Mervin No. 499 had a population of 1,711 living in 781 of its 1,631 total private dwellings, a change of 36.2% from its 2016 population of 1,256. With a land area of 1,581.66 km² (610.68 sq mi), it had a population density of 1.1/km² (2.8/sq mi) in 2021.^[10]

In the 2016 Census of Population, the RM of Mervin No. 499 recorded a population of 1,256 living in 583 of its 1,607 total private dwellings, a 2.6% change from its 2011 population of 1,224. With a land area of 1,594.6 km² (615.7 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.8/km² (2.0/sq mi) in 2016.^[5]

Government

The RM of Mervin No. 499 is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator that meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of every month.^[4] The reeve of the RM is Gerry Ritz while its administrator is L. Ryan Domotor.^[4] The RM's office is located in Turtleford.^[4]

Attractions

• Turtle Lake
• Brightsand Lake
  • Brightsand Lake Regional Park

Transportation

• Saskatchewan Highway 3
• Saskatchewan Highway 26
• Saskatchewan Highway 303
• Saskatchewan Highway 794
• Saskatchewan Highway 795
• Saskatchewan Highway 796

See also

• List of rural municipalities in Saskatchewan