The Rural Municipality of Wise Creek No. 77 (2016 population: ) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 4 and Division No. 3. It is located in the southwest portion of the province near Admiral.

History

The RM of Wise Creek No. 77 incorporated as a rural municipality on January 1, 1913.

Rural Municipality of Wise Creek No. 77

Geography

Communities and localities

The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the RM.

Rural Municipality of Wise Creek No. 77

Villages

Cadillac

The following unincorporated communities are within the RM.

Rural Municipality of Wise Creek No. 77

Localities

Admiral, dissolved from village status on August 17, 2006

Crichton

Driscol Lake

Frenchville

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the RM of Wise Creek No. 77 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 Wise Creek No. 77 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.

Government

The RM of Wise Creek No. 77 is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator that meets on the second Wednesday of every month. The reeve of the RM is Denis Chenard while its administrator is Kathy Collins. The RM's office is located in Shaunavon. The RM shares this office with the RM of Grassy Creek.

Transportation

Highway 13—serves Shaunavon

Highway 37—serves Shaunavon

Highway 722—serves Shaunavon

See also

List of rural municipalities in Saskatchewan

References

Wise Creek

Division No. 4, Saskatchewan