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Willowdale No. 153 Saskatchewan Information

The Rural Municipality of Willowdale No. 153 (2016 population: 299) is a rural municipality (RM) in the southeast portion of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 5 and SARM Division No. 1. _x000D_ The RM of Willowdale No. 153 incorporated as a rural municipality on January 1, 1913. _x000D_ New Finland is a Finnish speaking block settlement locates within the RM. The St. John’s New Finland Lutheran Church, with an active congregation, was officially declared a municipal heritage property on May 4, 2007. The church building was built in 1907, and then the community moved it in 1934 by steam engine to the present location five miles south of the original construction site. This arduous undertaking necessitated sawing the church in half. _x000D_ The RM’s municipal office building, located at 711 Lalonde Street in Whitewood, was originally built in 1935 to house Whitewood’s post office. The building is a designated heritage property. The building was constructed by the federal government as a make-work project during the depression era. _x000D_ The burrowing owl (athene cunicularia), an endangered animal, makes its home in this area, and the monarch butterfly (danaus plexippus) is also monitored in this area by conservationists. _x000D_ The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the RM. _x000D_ In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the RM of Willowdale No. 153 had a population of 248 living in 91 of its 99 total private dwellings, a change of -15.6% from its 2016 population of 294. With a land area of 594.03 km2 (229.36 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.4/km2 (1.1/sq mi) in 2021. _x000D_ In the 2016 Census of Population, the RM of Willowdale No. 153 recorded a population of 299 living in 116 of its 133 total private dwellings, a 0.7% change from its 2011 population of 297. With a land area of 604.13 km2 (233.26 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.5/km2 (1.3/sq mi) in 2016. _x000D_ The RM of Willowdale No. 153 is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator that meets on the second Wednesday of every month. The reeve of the RM is Larry Sippola while its administrator is Andrea Smyth. The RM’s office is located in Whitewood. _x000D_ _x000D_ Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_Willowdale_No._153