St. Peter No. 369 Saskatchewan Information

The Rural Municipality of St. Peter No. 369 (2016 population: 773) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 15 and SARM Division No. 5. _x000D_ The RM of St. Peter No. 369 was largely settled during the early 20th-century by German-American Roman Catholics from Stearns County, Minnesota. _x000D_ St. Peter’s Abbey began in 1903 with the arrival of seven Benedictine monks under the obedience of Peter Engel O.S.B. the abbot of Saint John’s Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota. The monks established parishes and were able to serve local congregations due to their knowledge of the distinctive Stearns County dialect of the German language. _x000D_ St. Peter was incorporated as a rural municipality on December 11, 1911. _x000D_ The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the RM. _x000D_ In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the RM of St. Peter No. 369 had a population of 723 living in 278 of its 299 total private dwellings, a change of -6.5% from its 2016 population of 773. With a land area of 827.39 km2 (319.46 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.9/km2 (2.3/sq mi) in 2021. _x000D_ In the 2016 Census of Population, the RM of St. Peter No. 369 recorded a population of 773 living in 277 of its 300 total private dwellings, a -2.2% change from its 2011 population of 790. With a land area of 823.21 km2 (317.84 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.9/km2 (2.4/sq mi) in 2016. _x000D_ The RM of St. Peter No. 369 is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator that meets on the second Thursday of every month. The reeve of the RM is Glenn Ehalt while its administrator is Angie Peake. The RM’s office is located in Annaheim. _x000D_ _x000D_ Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_St._Peter_No._369