Happyland No. 231 | |
Official Name: | Rural Municipality of Happyland No. 231 |
Settlement Type: | Rural municipality |
Other Name: | Prussia No. 231 (1913 – 1917) |
Image Map1: | SK RM 231 Happyland.svg |
Mapsize1: | 200 |
Map Caption1: | Location of the RM of Happyland No. 231 in Saskatchewan |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Saskatchewan |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
Subdivision Name3: | 8 |
Subdivision Type4: | division |
Subdivision Name4: | 3 |
Subdivision Type5: | Federal riding |
Subdivision Name5: | Cypress Hills—Grasslands |
Subdivision Type6: | Provincial riding |
Subdivision Name6: | Cypress Hills |
Government Footnotes: | [1] |
Leader Title: | Reeve |
Leader Name: | Timothy Geiger |
Leader Title1: | Governing body |
Leader Name1: | RM of Happyland No. 231 Council |
Leader Title2: | Administrator |
Leader Name2: | Kim Lacelle |
Leader Title3: | Office location |
Leader Name3: | Leader |
Established Title: | Formed |
Established Title2: | Formed |
Established Date2: | January 1, 1913 |
Established Title3: | Name change |
Established Date3: | 1917 |
Established Title4: | Name change |
Established Title5: | Amalgamated |
Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
Area Land Km2: | 1269.18 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 285 |
Population Density Km2: | 0.2 |
Timezone: | CST |
Timezone Dst: | CST |
Coordinates: | 50.899°N -109.578°W[2] |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Area Code: | 306 and 639 |
Blank Name: | Highway(s) |
Blank Info: | |
Blank1 Name: | Railway(s) |
Blank1 Info: | Great Sandhills Railway |
Blank2 Name: | Waterway(s) |
The Rural Municipality of Happyland No. 231 (2021 population:) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 8 and Division No. 3. Located in the southwest portion of the province, it is adjacent to the Alberta boundary and south of the South Saskatchewan River.
On January 1, 1913, the RM of Happyland No. 231 became a rural municipality.[3] It was originally named the RM of Prussia No. 231 but its name was changed sometime during 1917, at the height of the First World War and anti-German sentiment in Saskatchewan.[4]
The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the RM.
The following unincorporated communities are within the RM.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the RM of Happyland No. 231 had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 1269.18km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[5]
In the 2016 Census of Population, the RM of Happyland No. 231 recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of 1259km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[6]
The RM of Happyland No. 231 is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator that meets on the second Tuesday of every month.[1] The reeve of the RM is Timothy Geiger while its administrator is Kim Lacelle.[1] The RM's office is located in Leader.[1]