| Excel No. 71 | |
| Official Name: | Rural Municipality of Excel No. 71 |
| Settlement Type: | Rural municipality |
| Mapsize: | 200 |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Saskatchewan |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
| Subdivision Name3: | 3 |
| Subdivision Type4: | division |
| Subdivision Name4: | 2 |
| Subdivision Type5: | Federal riding |
| Subdivision Name5: | Souris—Moose Mountain |
| Subdivision Type6: | Provincial riding |
| Subdivision Name6: | Wood River |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] |
| Leader Title: | Reeve |
| Leader Name: | Arnold Montgomery |
| Leader Title1: | Governing body |
| Leader Name1: | RM of Excel No. 71 Council |
| Leader Title2: | Administrator |
| Leader Name2: | Jan McDonald |
| Leader Title3: | Office location |
| Leader Name3: | Viceroy |
| Established Title: | Formed |
| Established Title2: | Formed |
| Established Date2: | January 1, 1913 |
| Established Title3: | Name change |
| Established Title4: | Name change |
| Established Title5: | Amalgamated |
| Area Footnotes: | (2016) |
| Area Land Km2: | 1122.02 |
| Population As Of: | 2016 |
| Population Total: | 391 |
| Population Density Km2: | 0.3 |
| Timezone: | CST |
| Timezone Dst: | CST |
| Coordinates: | 49.605°N -105.444°W[2] |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | S0H 4H0 |
| Area Code: | 306 and 639 |
| Blank Name: | Highway(s) |
| Blank1 Name: | Railway(s) |
| Blank2 Name: | Waterway(s) |
The Rural Municipality of Excel No. 71 (2016 population:) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 3 and Division No. 2. It is located in the south-central portion of the province.
The RM of Excel No. 71 incorporated as a rural municipality on January 1, 1913.[3]
The following unincorporated communities are within the RM.
Dryboro/ Burn Lake (SK 029) is an Important Bird Area (IBA) of Canada within the RM of Excel.[5] The IBA is located west of Ormiston and covers an area of in the Missouri Coteau region. Dryboro[6] and Burn Lakes[7] are part of a larger complex of connected intermittent salt lakes in a semi-arid landscape surrounded by hilly terrain that is part of a federal Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration. The lakes are an important habitat for the endangered piping plover and are protected from development up to the high water mark. Other birds found in the area include the Baird's sparrow, Sprague's pipit, chestnut-collared longspur, clay-coloured sparrow, and the horned lark.[8]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the RM of Excel No. 71 had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 1093.31km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[9]
In the 2016 Census of Population, the RM of Excel No. 71 recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of 1122.02km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[10]
The RM of Excel No. 71 is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator that meets on the first Tuesday of every month.[1] The reeve of the RM is Arnold Montgomery while its administrator is Jan McDonald.[1] The RM's office is located in Viceroy.[1]
The Red Coat & Rail Ltd. operates a short-line railway through the rural municipality. It is primarily used for the transport of agricultural products.[11]