The Rural Municipality of Hudson Bay No. 394 (2016 population: ) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 14 and Division No. 4. At in area, it is the largest rural municipality in Saskatchewan. It is in the northeast-central portion of the province.
History The RM of Hudson Bay No. 394 incorporated as a rural municipality on May 1, 1977.
Geography Communities and localities The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the RM.
Towns Hudson Bay
The following unincorporated communities are within the RM.
Organized hamlets Elbow Lake Erwood Little Swan River
Localities Akosane Bertwell Etomami Hudson Bay Junction Reserve Veillardville
The RM also surrounds several First Nations communities.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the RM of Hudson Bay No. 394 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 Hudson Bay No. 394 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. It is the least densely populated rural municipality in Saskatchewan.
Government The RM of Hudson Bay No. 394 is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator that meets on the second Tuesday of every month. The reeve of the RM is Neal Hardy while its administrator is Tracy Smith. The RM's office is located in Hudson Bay.
Transportation RailCanadian Maps: January 1925 Waghorn's Guide. Post Offices in Man. Sask. Alta. and West Ontario. Hudson Bay Branch CNR — serves Hudson Bay Junction, Wachee, Ceba, Chemong) Swan River — Prince Albert Branch CNR — serves Baden, Powell, Barrows Junction, Westgate, Roscoe, Erwood, Hudson Bay Junction, Greenbush, Prairie River, Bannock, Mistatim, Peesane, Crooked River, Eldersley, Tisdale, Valparaiso Reserve station in Reserve is served by the Winnipeg-Churchill train.
RoadsEversoft Streets and Trips Highway 3—serves Hudson Bay and Erwood Highway 9—serves Hudson Bay Highway 55—Comes near Shoal Lake First Nation and Red Earth First Nation Highway 980—serves Woody River Recreation Site Highway 981—serves Erwood Highway 982 (Little Swan Road)—connects Hudson Bay and Swan Plain, Saskatchewan Highway 983 (McBride Lake Road)—serves Reserve
See also List of rural municipalities in Saskatchewan
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