Country Canada Rural Municipality December 12, 1910 Area 830.6 km² Province Saskatchewan | Rural Municipality (RM) Great Bend No. 405 Time zone CST (UTC-6) Population 499 (2011) | |
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Local Improvement District Amalgamated June 4, 1910 | ||
Great Bend No. 405, Saskatchewan, is a rural municipality in west-central Saskatchewan, Canada, with a population of 499 residents (2011). The RM was incorporated on December 12, 1910.
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The RM was formerly Local Improvement District (L.I.D.) No. 405 (established June 4, 1910), which was itself an amalgamation of the former improvement districts 20 E 3 (June 5, 1905), 20 D 3 (August 13, 1906), and 21 D 3 (November 14, 1906).
The village of Borden and the town of Radisson are within the municipality.
The nearest major centre is Saskatoon, approximately 50 km (31 mi) to the southeast.
Demographics
The population of the region primarily descends from German and Ukrainian immigrants that homesteaded in the area beginning in the 1890s. The wave of immigration was mostly complete by the beginning of the First World War.
Like much of rural Saskatchewan, residents here tend to be older than their urban counterparts. The median age in the RM is nine years older than that of the province as a whole.
Communities
Economy
The majority of economic activity in the area is related to agriculture, predominantly grain farming and cattle ranching.