Rural Municipality of Tullymet No. 216

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The Rural Municipality of Tullymet No. 216 (2016 population: 200) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 6 and SARM Division No. 1.

Tullymet No. 216
Rural municipality
Rural Municipality of Tullymet No. 216
Location of the RM of Tullymet No. 216 in Saskatchewan
Coordinates: 50.970°N 103.449°W / 50.970; -103.449[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Saskatchewan
Census division	6
SARM division	1
Formed[2]	January 1, 1913
Government [3]
• Reeve	Aaron Keisig
• Governing body	RM of Tullymet No. 216 Council
• Administrator	Sheila Keisig
• Office location	Balcarres
Area  (2016)[4]
• Land	562.99 km2 (217.37 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[4]
• Total	200
• Density	0.4/km2 (1/sq mi)
Time zone	CST
• Summer (DST)	CST
Area codes	306 and 639

History

The RM of Tullymet No. 216 incorporated as a rural municipality on January 1, 1913.^[2]

Heritage properties

There are three historical sites located within the RM.

• File Hills Post Office\Thompson Farm - Constructed in 1900, the site is located five kilometres south of the Town of Ituna.^[5]
• Jewish Cemetery (also called the Lipton Jewish Cemetery) - Established in 1902, the cemetery is the resting place for early Jewish Romania immigrants.^[6]
• Tullymet Yard (also called the Robertson Homestead; Tullymet Post Office; RM of Tullymet No. 216 Office) - Now used as a maintenance yard by the municipality, the yard was originally the Robertson Homestead when it was constructed from 1907 to 1937.^[7]

Demographics

Population history
(1981–2016)

Year	Pop.	±%
1981	480	—
1986	419	−12.7%
1991	378	−9.8%
1996	331	−12.4%
2001	268	−19.0%
2006	245	−8.6%
2011	220	−10.2%
2016	200	−9.1%
Source: Statistics Canada via Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics[8][9]

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the RM of Tullymet No. 216 had a population of 183 living in 78 of its 93 total private dwellings, a change of -8.5% from its 2016 population of 200. With a land area of 555.62 km² (214.53 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.3/km² (0.9/sq mi) in 2021.^[10]

In the 2016 Census of Population, the RM of Tullymet No. 216 recorded a population of 200 living in 87 of its 105 total private dwellings, a -9.1% change from its 2011 population of 220. With a land area of 562.99 km² (217.37 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.4/km² (0.9/sq mi) in 2016.^[4]

Government

The RM of Tullymet No. 216 is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator that meets on the first Tuesday of every month.^[3] The reeve of the RM is Aaron Keisig while its administrator is Sheila Keisig.^[3] The RM's office is located in Balcarres.^[3]

See also

• List of rural municipalities in Saskatchewan