Rural Municipality of Hudson Bay No. 394
The Rural Municipality of Hudson Bay No. 394 is a rural municipality 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
;Organized hamlets
- Elbow Lake
- Erwood
- Little Swan River
- Akosane
- Bertwell
- Etomami
- Hudson Bay Junction
- Reserve
- Veillardville
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
;Rail- 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.
- 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 —connects Hudson Bay and Swan Plain, Saskatchewan
- Highway 983 —serves Reserve