Rural Municipality of Oakdale No. 320

The Rural Municipality of Oakdale No. 320 (2016 population: ) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 13 and SARM Division No. 6. Located in the west-central portion of the province, it is near the Alberta boundary.

History
The RM of Oakdale No. 320 incorporated as a rural municipality on December 13, 1909.

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


 * Villages
 * Coleville

The following unincorporated communities are within the RM.


 * Localities
 * Beaufield (Ednaburg)
 * Driver

Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the RM of Oakdale No. 320 had a population of $216$ living in $95$ of its $118$ total private dwellings, a change of NaN% from its 2016 population of $253$. With a land area of 826.79 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

In the 2016 Census of Population, the RM of Oakdale No. 320 recorded a population of living in  of its  total private dwellings, a NaN% change from its 2011 population of. With a land area of 805.92 km2, it had a population density of in 2016.

Government
The RM of Oakdale No. 320 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 Darwin Whitfield while its administrator is Gillain Lund. The RM's office is located in Coleville.

Education

 * Current school divisions
 * Sun West School Division No. 207 &mdash; As of 2006, the Kindersley School Division and 5 other divisions were amalgamated into the Sun West School Division.


 * Former amalgamated school divisions
 * Kindersley Schoold Division No. 34 (1947–2006)


 * Former 'single-room schoolhouse' school districts
 * Algoma School District No. 2876 (1914–1946)
 * Ashford School District No. 3773 (1916–1947)
 * Avoca School District No. 3363 (1914–1947)
 * Beaufield School District No. 3169 (1913–1947)
 * Bonn School District No. 2475 (1909–1947)
 * Buffalo Coulee School District No. 4278 (1919–1947)
 * Coleville School District No. 3645 (1915–1946)
 * Driver School District No. 811 (1912–1947)
 * Elm Point School District No. 2779 (1911–1947)
 * Eureka School District No. 2174 (1908–1947)
 * Gleneath School District No. 4453 (1921–1947)
 * Hopedale School District No. 346 (1911–1947)
 * McKellar School District No. 584 (1910–1947)
 * St. Florence School District No. 4299 (1920–1947)
 * Somme School District No. 4127 (19??-1947)
 * Teo Lake School District No. 1358 (1912–1947)
 * Warwick School District No. 3080 (1913–1940)

Transportation

 * Rail
 * C.N.R. Dodsland Branch &mdash; served Beaufield, Coleville, and Driver
 * C.N.R. Outlook-Kerrobert Branch &mdash; served Ermine


 * Roads
 * Highway 21
 * Highway 307 &mdash; serves Coleville