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.

History

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

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

• Prairie River

Localities

• Carragana, dissolved as a village, March 25, 1998
• Dillabough
• Somme

Demographics

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 km (894.36 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.3/km (0.8/sq mi) in 2021.

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 km (903.46 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.3/km (0.9/sq mi) in 2016.

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. The reeve of the RM is Steve Kwiatkowski while its administrator is Nicole Smith. The RM's office is located in Porcupine Plain.

Transportation

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

See also

• List of rural municipalities in Saskatchewan