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 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.

Geography 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 Pasqua Lake

The following unincorporated communities are within the RM.

Organized hamlets Taylor Beach

Localities Katepwa South Muscow 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 living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , 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 change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of , 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 Nik Whalen while its administrator is Charmain Wowk. The RM's office is located in Fort Qu'Appelle.

Transportation RailCanadian Maps: January 1925 Waghorn's Guide. Post Offices in Man. Sask. Alta. and West Ontario. 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

See also List of rural municipalities in Saskatchewan

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