Rural Municipality of Wood River No. 74

This article is about the rural municipality in Canada. For other places with the same name, see Wood River (disambiguation).

The Rural Municipality of Wood River No. 74 (2016 population: 433) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 3 and SARM Division No. 2. It is located in the southwest portion of the province.

Wood River No. 74
Rural municipality
Rural Municipality of Wood River No. 74
Lafleche Woodrow Melaval
Location of the RM of Wood River No. 74 in Saskatchewan
Coordinates: 49.650°N 106.598°W / 49.650; -106.598[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Saskatchewan
Census division	3
SARM division	2
Federal riding	Cypress Hills—Grasslands
Provincial riding	Wood River
Formed[2]	December 9, 1912
Government [3]
• Reeve	David Sproule
• Governing body	RM of Wood River No. 74 Council
• Administrator	Brekke Massé
• Office location	Lafleche
Area  (2016)[4]
• Land	838.45 km2 (323.73 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[4]
• Total	433
• Density	0.5/km2 (1/sq mi)
Time zone	CST
• Summer (DST)	CST
Postal code	S0H 2K0
Area codes	306 and 639

History

The RM of Wood River No. 74 incorporated as a rural municipality on December 9, 1912.^[2]

Geography

Communities and localities

The following unincorporated communities are within the RM.

Localities

• Lafleche
• Melaval
• Woodrow

Parks

• Thomson Lake Regional Park

Demographics

Population history
(1981–2016)

Year	Pop.	±%
1981	542	—
1986	524	−3.3%
1991	487	−7.1%
1996	437	−10.3%
2001	370	−15.3%
2006	387	+4.6%
2011	324	−16.3%
2016	433	+33.6%
Source: Statistics Canada via Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics[5][6]

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the RM of Wood River No. 74 had a population of 466 living in 199 of its 281 total private dwellings, a change of 7.6% from its 2016 population of 433. With a land area of 824.84 km² (318.47 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.6/km² (1.5/sq mi) in 2021.^[7]

In the 2016 Census of Population, the RM of Wood River No. 74 recorded a population of 433 living in 183 of its 205 total private dwellings, a 33.6% change from its 2011 population of 324. With a land area of 838.45 km² (323.73 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.5/km² (1.3/sq mi) in 2016.^[4]

Government

The RM of Wood River No. 74 is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator that meets on the second Tuesday of every month.^[3] The reeve of the RM is David Sproule while its administrator is Brekke Massé.^[3] The RM's office is located in Lafleche.^[3]