| Mount Hope No. 279 | |
| Official Name: | Rural Municipality of Mount Hope No. 279 |
| 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: | 10 |
| Subdivision Type4: | division |
| Subdivision Name4: | 5 |
| Subdivision Type5: | Federal riding |
| Subdivision Type6: | Provincial riding |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] |
| Leader Title: | Reeve |
| Leader Name: | Brian Jordan |
| Leader Title1: | Governing body |
| Leader Name1: | RM of Mount Hope No. 279 Council |
| Leader Title2: | Administrator |
| Leader Name2: | Jamie Schachtel |
| Leader Title3: | Office location |
| Leader Name3: | Semans |
| Established Title: | Formed |
| Established Title2: | Formed |
| Established Date2: | December 11, 1911 |
| Established Title3: | Name change |
| Established Title4: | Name change |
| Established Title5: | Amalgamated |
| Area Footnotes: | (2016) |
| Area Land Km2: | 1669.17 |
| Population As Of: | 2016 |
| Population Total: | 531 |
| Population Density Km2: | 0.3 |
| Timezone: | CST |
| Timezone Dst: | CST |
| Coordinates: | 51.451°N -104.303°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 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.
The RM of Mount Hope No. 279 incorporated as a rural municipality on December 11, 1911.[3]
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 1624.57km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[4]
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 1669.17km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[5]
The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the RM.
The following unincorporated communities are within the RM.
Mount Hope Wildlife Management Unit[6] 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.[7]
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.[1] The reeve of the RM is Brian Jordan and its administrator is Jamie Schachtel.[1] The RM's office is located in Semans.[1]