Rural Municipality of Buffalo No. 409

The Rural Municipality of Buffalo No. 409 (2016 population: ) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 13 and SARM Division No. 6.

History
The RM of Buffalo No. 409 incorporated as a rural municipality on December 13, 1909.

Communities and localities
The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the RM.


 * Towns
 * Wilkie

The following unincorporated communities are located within the RM.


 * Unincorporated hamlets
 * Bush
 * Cloan
 * Phippen
 * Red Pheasant
 * Swarthmore
 * Thackeray

Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the RM of Buffalo No. 409 had a population of $420$ living in $173$ of its $188$ total private dwellings, a change of NaN% from its 2016 population of $506$. With a land area of 1204.97 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

In the 2016 Census of Population, the RM of Buffalo No. 409 recorded a population of living in  of its  total private dwellings, a NaN% change from its 2011 population of. With a land area of 1222.08 km2, it had a population density of in 2016.

Government
The RM of Buffalo No. 409 is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator that meets on the second Monday of every month. The reeve of the RM is Leslie Kroschinski while its administrator is Sherry Huber. The RM's office is located in Wilkie.