Rural Municipality of Lake Alma No. 8
The Rural Municipality of Lake Alma No. 8 is a rural municipality in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 2 and Division No. 2. Located in the southeast portion of the province, it is adjacent to the United States border, neighbouring Sheridan County in Montana and Divide County in North Dakota.
History
The RM of Lake Alma No. 8 incorporated as a rural municipality on May 5, 1913.Geography
Communities and localities
The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the RM.;Villages
The following unincorporated communities are within the RM.
;Organized hamlets
;Localities
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Sandoff Lake IBA
Sandoff Lake SK 015 is an Important Bird Area of Canada located in the RM of Lake Alma, about south of the village of Lake Alma. The IBA site encompasses Sandoff Lake and the surrounding shoreline totalling. Sandoff Lake is an endorheic, salt lake with an irregularly shaped shoreline with multiple small islands. The lake has a significant population of piping plovers and, as such, the eastern two-thirds of the north shore is designated as a critical piping plover habitat. This designation protects the lake from development below the high water mark.Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the RM of Lake Alma No. 8 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 Lake Alma No. 8 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.