Rural Municipality of Porcupine No. 395

The Rural Municipality of Porcupine No. 395 (2016 population: 803) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 14 and SARM Division No. 4. It is located in the northeast-central portion of the province.

Porcupine No. 395
Rural municipality
Rural Municipality of Porcupine No. 395
Location of the RM of Porcupine No. 395 in Saskatchewan
Coordinates: 52.595°N 103.121°W / 52.595; -103.121[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Saskatchewan
Census division	14
SARM division	4
Formed[2]	February 28, 1944
Government [3]
• Reeve	Steve Kwiatkowski
• Governing body	RM of Porcupine No. 395 Council
• Administrator	Nicole Smith
• Office location	Porcupine Plain
Area  (2016)[4]
• Land	2,339.96 km2 (903.46 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[4]
• Total	803
• Density	0.3/km2 (0.8/sq mi)
Time zone	CST
• Summer (DST)	CST
Area codes	306 and 639

History

The RM of Porcupine No. 395 incorporated as a rural municipality on February 28, 1944.^[2]

Geography

Communities and localities

The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the RM.

Towns

• Porcupine Plain

Villages

• Weekes

The following unincorporated communities are within the RM.

Organized hamlets^[5]

• Prairie River

Localities

• Carragana, dissolved as a village, March 25, 1998^[6]
• Dillabough
• Somme

Demographics

Population history
(1981–2016)

Year	Pop.	±%
1981	1,750	—
1986	1,559	−10.9%
1991	1,321	−15.3%
1996	1,150	−12.9%
2001	1,096	−4.7%
2006	949	−13.4%
2011	820	−13.6%
2016	803	−2.1%
Source: Statistics Canada via Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics[7][8]

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the RM of Porcupine No. 395 had a population of 736 living in 328 of its 463 total private dwellings, a change of -8.3% from its 2016 population of 803. With a land area of 2,316.38 km² (894.36 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.3/km² (0.8/sq mi) in 2021.^[9]

In the 2016 Census of Population, the RM of Porcupine No. 395 recorded a population of 803 living in 359 of its 471 total private dwellings, a -2.1% change from its 2011 population of 820. With a land area of 2,339.96 km² (903.46 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.3/km² (0.9/sq mi) in 2016.^[4]

Government

The RM of Porcupine No. 395 is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator that meets on the first Thursday of every month.^[3] The reeve of the RM is Steve Kwiatkowski while its administrator is Nicole Smith.^[3] The RM's office is located in Porcupine Plain.^[3]

Transportation

• Highway 23 - serves Carragana and Prairie River
• Highway 677 - serves Carragana
• Highway 38

See also

• List of rural municipalities in Saskatchewan