Rural Municipality of Hudson Bay No. 394

The Rural Municipality of Hudson Bay No. 394 (2016 population: ) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 14 and SARM Division No. 4. At 12462 km2 in area, it is the largest rural municipality in Saskatchewan. It is in the northeast-central portion of the province.

History
The RM of Hudson Bay No. 394 incorporated as a rural municipality on May 1, 1977.

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


 * Towns
 * Hudson Bay

The following unincorporated communities are within the RM.


 * Organized hamlets
 * Elbow Lake
 * Erwood
 * Little Swan River


 * Localities
 * Akosane
 * Bertwell
 * Etomami
 * Hudson Bay Junction
 * Reserve
 * Veillardville

The RM also surrounds several First Nations communities.

Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the RM of Hudson Bay No. 394 had a population of $1,145$ living in $494$ of its $849$ total private dwellings, a change of NaN% from its 2016 population of $1,092$. With a land area of 12399.12 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

In the 2016 Census of Population, the RM of Hudson Bay No. 394 recorded a population of living in  of its  total private dwellings, a NaN% change from its 2011 population of. With a land area of 12462.61 km2, it had a population density of in 2016. It is the least densely populated rural municipality in Saskatchewan.

Government
The RM of Hudson Bay No. 394 is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator that meets on the second Tuesday of every month. The reeve of the RM is Neal Hardy while its administrator is Tracy Smith. The RM's office is located in Hudson Bay.

Transportation

 * Rail
 * Hudson Bay Branch C.N.R. - serves Hudson Bay Junction, Wachee, Ceba, Chemong)
 * Swan River - Prince Albert Branch C.N.R. - serves Baden, Powell, Barrows Junction, Westgate, Roscoe, Erwood, Hudson Bay Junction, Greenbush, Prairie River, Bannock, Mistatim, Peesane, Crooked River, Eldersley, Tisdale, Valparaiso


 * Roads
 * Highway 3—serves Hudson Bay and Erwood
 * Highway 9—serves Hudson Bay
 * Highway 55—Comes near Shoal Lake First Nation and Red Earth First Nation
 * Highway 980—serves Woody River Recreation Site
 * Highway 981—serves Erwood
 * Highway 982 (Little Swan Road)—connects Hudson Bay and Swan Plain, Saskatchewan
 * Highway 983 (McBride Lake Road)—serves Reserve