The Rural Municipality of Mount Hope No. 279 (2016 population: ) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 10 and Division No. 5.
History
The RM of Mount Hope No. 279 incorporated as a rural municipality on December 11, 1911.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the RM of Mount Hope No. 279 had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
In the 2016 Census of Population, the RM of Mount Hope No. 279 recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.
Geography
Communities and localities
The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the RM.
Towns
Raymore
Villages
Punnichy
Quinton
Semans
The following unincorporated communities are within the RM.
Localities
Booth
Last Mountain
Tate (dissolved as a village, May 15, 1961)
Mount Hope Wildlife Management Unit
Mount Hope Wildlife Management Unit is a conservation area that totals of habitat that is provincially protected under the Wildlife Habitat Protection Act. The lake at the heart of the conservation area – Kurawagan Lake – is a saline lake split into three basins and regulated by dykes. It is the centre of the Kutawagan (SK 064) Important Bird Area of Canada and an important habitat for birds such as various ducks and geese. Specific birds include the northern pintail, tundra swan, greater white-fronted goose, sandhill crane, least sandpiper, piping plover, and the eared Grebe.
Attractions
Raymore Pioneer Museum
Semans & District Museum
Raymore Recreation Site – a rustic campground about north of Raymore along Highway 6 Semans Recreation Centre (originally Madison Recreation Academy)
Government
The RM of Mount Hope No. 279 is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator that meets on the second Tuesday of every month. The reeve of the RM is Brian Jordan and its administrator is Jamie Schachtel. The RM's office is located in Semans.