The Rural Municipality of Porcupine No. 395 (2016 population: ) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 14 and Division No. 4. It is located in the northeast-central portion of the province.
History The RM of Porcupine No. 395 incorporated as a rural municipality on February 28, 1944.
Geography Communities and localities The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the RM.
Towns Porcupine Plain
Villages Weekes
The following unincorporated communities are within the RM.
Organized hamlets Prairie River
Localities Carragana, dissolved as a village, March 25, 1998 Dillabough Somme
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the RM of Porcupine No. 395 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 Porcupine No. 395 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.
Government The RM of Porcupine No. 395 is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator that meets on the first Thursday of every month. The reeve of the RM is Steve Kwiatkowski while its administrator is Nicole Smith. The RM's office is located in Porcupine Plain.
Transportation Highway 23 - serves Carragana and Prairie River Highway 677 - serves Carragana Highway 38
See also List of rural municipalities in Saskatchewan
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