Rural Municipality of North Qu'Appelle No. 187

The Rural Municipality of North Qu'Appelle No. 187 (2016 population: ) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 6 and SARM Division No. 1. It is located in the south-east portion of the province.

History
The RM of North Qu'Appelle No. 187 incorporated as a rural municipality on December 12, 1910.

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


 * Towns
 * Fort Qu'Appelle


 * Villages
 * Lebret


 * Resort villages
 * B-Say-Tah
 * Fort San

The following unincorporated communities are within the RM.


 * Organized hamlets
 * Pasqua Lake
 * Taylor Beach


 * Localities
 * Katepwa South
 * Lake View Beach

Several First Nations Indian reserves are adjacent to RM of North Qu'Appelle.

Lakes and Rivers
The Qu'Appelle River travels through the heart of the RM of North Qu'Appelle. Along the course of this section of the river are the four Fishing Lakes, Pasqua, Echo, Mission, and Katepwa. At the western end of the RM is a fifth lake that is sometimes referred to as one of the Fishing Lakes, Lake Muscowpetung.

Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the RM of North Qu'Appelle No. 187 had a population of $918$ living in $430$ of its $781$ total private dwellings, a change of NaN% from its 2016 population of $855$. With a land area of 489.53 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

In the 2016 Census of Population, the RM of North Qu'Appelle No. 187 recorded a population of living in  of its  total private dwellings, a NaN% change from its 2011 population of. With a land area of 494.98 km2, it had a population density of in 2016.

Parks and recreation

 * Mission Ridge Winter Park

Government
The RM of North Qu'Appelle No. 187 is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator that meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of every month. The reeve of the RM is Lee Carlson while its administrator is Dawn Lugrin. The RM's office is located in Fort Qu'Appelle.

Transportation

 * Rail
 * Swan River - Preeceville - Melville - Regina Branch C.N.R—serves Melville, Colmer, Duff, Finnie, Lorlie, Gillespie, Balcarres, Hugonard, Lebret, Fort Qu'Appelle, Muscow, Edgeley, Avonhurst, Edewold, Frankslake, Zehner, Victoria Plains, Regina.


 * Roads
 * Highway 56—serves Lebret
 * Highway 10—serves Fort Qu'Appelle
 * Highway 20
 * Highway 35—serves Fort Qu'Appelle
 * Highway 22—intersects with Saskatchewan Highway 35