| Lumsden No. 189 | |
| Official Name: | Rural Municipality of Lumsden No. 189 |
| 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: | 6 |
| Subdivision Type4: | division |
| Subdivision Name4: | 2 |
| Subdivision Type5: | Federal riding |
| Subdivision Type6: | Provincial riding |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] |
| Leader Title: | Reeve |
| Leader Name: | Kent Farago |
| Leader Title1: | Governing body |
| Leader Name1: | RM of Lumsden No. 189 Council |
| Leader Title2: | Administrator |
| Leader Name2: | Monica Merkosky |
| Leader Title3: | Office location |
| Leader Name3: | Lumsden |
| Established Title: | Formed |
| Established Title2: | Formed |
| Established Date2: | December 9, 1912 |
| Established Title3: | Name change |
| Established Title4: | Name change |
| Established Title5: | Amalgamated |
| Area Footnotes: | (2016) |
| Area Land Km2: | 817.13 |
| Population As Of: | 2016 |
| Population Total: | 1938 |
| Population Density Km2: | 2.4 |
| Timezone: | CST |
| Timezone Dst: | CST |
| Coordinates: | 50.756°N -104.803°W[2] |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Area Code: | 306 and 639 |
| Blank Name: | Highway(s) |
| Blank1 Name: | Railway(s) |
| Blank2 Name: | Waterway(s) |
The Rural Municipality of Lumsden No. 189 (2016 population:) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 6 and Division No. 2. It is located in the south-east portion of the province.
The RM of Lumsden No. 189 incorporated as a rural municipality on December 9, 1912.[3] It is named after Hugh D. Lumsden who was the chief surveyor on the project in 1887 to take the railroad from Regina to Prince Albert.
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 Lumsden No. 189 had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 816.17km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[5]
In the 2016 Census of Population, the RM of Lumsden No. 189 recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of 817.13km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[6]
The RM of Lumsden No. 189 is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator that meets on the second and fourth Thursday of every month.[1] The reeve of the RM is Kent Farago while its administrator is Monica Merkosky.[1] The RM's office is located in Lumsden.[1]
Hidden Valley Wildlife Refuge [7] is a designated provincial wildlife refuge owned and operated by the charitable Nature Regina. The 130ha refuge is in the Qu'Appelle Valley on the south side of the Qu'Appelle River near Craven. It is open to the public and access is from Highway 729. The refuge has multiple walking and hiking paths that traverse the wooded hills and coulees of the Qu'Appelle Valley.[8]
Nature Regina originally leased the land in 1945. Nine years later, in 1954, it acquired the land. "The purpose of the Hidden Valley Sanctuary is to preserve and protect wild fauna and flora and the surface itself in a natural form".[9]