Rural Municipality of Swift Current No. 137

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

Swift Current No. 137
Rural municipality
Rural Municipality of Swift Current No. 137
Swift Current Wymark Cantuar Beverley Schoenfeld Rhineland Dunelm Wyatt Duncairn
Location of the RM of Swift Current No. 137 in Saskatchewan
Coordinates: 50.256°N 107.811°W / 50.256; -107.811[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Saskatchewan
SARM division	3
Formed[2]	December 12, 1910
Government [3]
• Reeve	Robert Neufeld
• Governing body	RM of Swift Current No. 137 Council
• Administrator	Linda Boser
• Office location	Swift Current
Area  (2016)[4]
• Land	1,102.43 km^2 (425.65 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[4]
• Total	1,932
• Density	1.8/km^2 (5/sq mi)
Time zone	CST
• Summer (DST)	CST
Area code(s)	306 and 639
Website	Official website

The Rural Municipality of Swift Current No. 137 (2016 population: 1,932) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within SARM Division No. 3. Located in the southwest portion of the office, it surrounds the city of Swift Current.

History

The RM of Swift Current No. 137 incorporated as a rural municipality on December 12, 1910.^[2]

Geography

Communities and localities

The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the RM.

Cities

• Swift Current

The following unincorporated communities are within the RM.

Organized hamlets^[5]

• Wymark

Localities^[6][7]

• Aikins
• Beverley
• Cantuar
• Duncairn
• Dunelm
• Hak
• Java
• Player
• Pondarosa Trailer Court
• Rhineland
• Rosengart
• Schantzenfel
• Schoenfeld
• Schoenwiese
• Smith Field Airport
• Springfeld
• Swift Current Airport
• Wyatt

Demographics

Population history
(1981–2016)

Year	Pop.	±%
1981	1,827	—
1986	1,801	−1.4%
1991	1,614	−10.4%
1996	1,547	−4.2%
2001	1,706	+10.3%
2006	1,587	−7.0%
2011	2,032	+28.0%
2016	1,932	−4.9%
Source: Statistics Canada via Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics[8][9]

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the RM of Swift Current No. 137 had a population of 1,995 living in 735 of its 778 total private dwellings, a change of 3.3% from its 2016 population of 1,932. With a land area of 1,100.47 km² (424.89 sq mi), it had a population density of 1.8/km² (4.7/sq mi) in 2021.^[10]

In the 2016 Census of Population, the RM of Swift Current No. 137 recorded a population of 1,932 living in 705 of its 743 total private dwellings, a -2.5% change from its 2011 population of 1,981. With a land area of 1,102.43 km² (425.65 sq mi), it had a population density of 1.8/km² (4.5/sq mi) in 2016.^[4]

Government

The RM of Swift Current No. 137 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 Robert Neufeld while its administrator is Linda Boser.^[3] The RM's office is located in Swift Current.^[3]

See also

• List of rural municipalities in Saskatchewan

References

1. "Pre-packaged CSV files - CGN, Canada/Province/Territory (cgn_sk_csv_eng.zip)". Government of Canada. July 24, 2019. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
2. "Rural Municipality Incorporations (Alphabetical)". Saskatchewan Ministry of Municipal Affairs. Archived from the original on April 21, 2011. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
3. "Municipality Details: RM of Swift Current No. 137". Government of Saskatchewan. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
4. "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Saskatchewan)". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
5. "2019-2020 Rural Revenue Sharing Organized Hamlet Grant". Government of Saskatchewan. Retrieved May 4, 2020.^{[permanent dead link]}
6. Saskatchewan Genealogy Association, retrieved December 29, 2007
7. "4708001 - Swift Current No. 137, geographical codes and localities, 2006", Statistics Canada, Government of Canada, retrieved December 29, 2007
8. "Saskatchewan Census Population" (PDF). Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 24, 2015. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
9. "Saskatchewan Census Population". Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
10. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved April 13, 2022.

External links

• Official website