Richmound

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|leader_title = Mayor

|leader_name = Brad Miller

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|leader_name1 = Stacey Jansma

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|established_date = 1912-08-15

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|postal_code = S0N 2E0

|area_code = 306

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|blank_info = Highway 371
Highway 635

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|website = [http://www.richmound.ca Official website]

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}}{{Citation| last =Canadian Textiles Institute.| title =CTI Determine your provincial constituency| year =2005| url =http://www.textiles.ca/eng/nonAuthProg/redirect.cfm?path=IssPolContacts§ionID=7601.cfm| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20070911025012/http://www.textiles.ca/eng/nonAuthProg/redirect.cfm?path=IssPolContacts§ionID=7601.cfm| archive-date =2007-09-11}}{{Citation

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Richmound (2016 population: {{nts|147}}) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Enterprise No. 142 and Census Division No. 8. It is approximately {{convert|80|km}} northeast of Medicine Hat, Alberta. The economy is driven in large part by the oil and gas sector as well as agriculture. The area was originally settled by Germans, mostly Catholics from South Russia.

The village has a community hall, church, skating arena, ball diamonds, a credit union and a general store. The K-12 School was closed in 2008, and students are now bussed to a neighbouring village.

In September 2023, the leader of a sovereign citizen group Romana Didulo and about fifteen to twenty-five supporters took up residence in a former school.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66930536|title=A QAnon 'queen' and the Canada town that wants her gone|first=Mike|last=Wendling|publisher=BBC News|date=2023-09-28|accessdate=2023-09-28}}{{cite web|title='Go Home': Locals Drive QAnon Queen Cult Leader Out of Yet Another Town|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/5d9wan/go-home-locals-drive-qanon-queen-cult-leader-out-of-yet-another-town|first=Mack|last=Lamoureux|publisher=Vice.com|date=2023-09-20|accessdate=2023-09-28}} Didulo responded to demonstrations against her presence in Richmound by allegedly threatening local officials through emails and social media posts.{{Cite news |date=6 October 2023 |title=Cult of self-proclaimed 'Queen of Canada' threatens Sask. village with public executions |work=CBC News |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/cult-of-self-proclaimed-queen-of-canada-threaten-sask-village-with-public-executions-1.6988680 |url-status=live |access-date=6 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231006221209/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/cult-of-self-proclaimed-queen-of-canada-threaten-sask-village-with-public-executions-1.6988680 |archive-date=6 October 2023}}{{Cite news |last=Lamoureux |first=Mack |date=6 October 2023 |title=Death Threats, Closed Playgrounds: QAnon Queen Wreaks Havoc in Small Town Canada |work=Vice News |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/7kx7q9/death-threats-closed-playgrounds-qanon-queen-wreaks-havoc-in-small-town-canada |url-status=live |access-date=7 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231007105638/https://www.vice.com/en/article/7kx7q9/death-threats-closed-playgrounds-qanon-queen-wreaks-havoc-in-small-town-canada |archive-date=7 October 2023}}{{Cite news |date=4 October 2023 |title=Ominous letters from 'Queen of Canada' concern Richmound mayor |work=CKOM News |url=https://www.ckom.com/2023/10/04/ominous-letters-from-queen-of-canada-concern-richmound-mayor/ |url-status=live |access-date=7 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231007105624/https://www.ckom.com/2023/10/04/ominous-letters-from-queen-of-canada-concern-richmound-mayor/ |archive-date=7 October 2023}}

History

Richmound incorporated as a village on May 5, 1947.{{cite web | url=http://municipal.gov.sk.ca/Municipal-History/Urban-Incorporated-Dates | title=Urban Municipality Incorporations | publisher=Saskatchewan Ministry of Government Relations | access-date=June 1, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141015042810/http://municipal.gov.sk.ca/Municipal-History/Urban-Incorporated-Dates | archive-date=October 15, 2014}}

Demographics

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{{Historical populations

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(1981–2016)

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| footnote = Source: Statistics Canada via Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics{{cite web | url=http://www.stats.gov.sk.ca/stats/population/SaskCensusPopulation8106.pdf | title=Saskatchewan Census Population | publisher=Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics | access-date=May 31, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924105944/http://www.stats.gov.sk.ca/stats/population/SaskCensusPopulation8106.pdf | archive-date=September 24, 2015 | url-status=dead}}{{cite web | url=https://publications.saskatchewan.ca/api/v1/products/86690/formats/100724/download | title=Saskatchewan Census Population | publisher=Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics | access-date=May 31, 2020}}

|1981|188

|1986|199

|1991|236

|1996|203

|2001|193

|2006|159

|2011|154

|2016|147

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In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Richmound had a population of {{val|118|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|55|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|61|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:118-147}}|147|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|147|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|0.48|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|118|0.48|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000203&geocode=A000247 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=April 1, 2022}}

In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Richmound recorded a population of {{nts|147}} living in {{nts|66}} of its {{nts|78}} total private dwellings, a {{percentage|{{#expr:147-154}}|147|1}} change from its 2011 population of {{nts|154}}. With a land area of {{convert|0.47|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|147|0.47|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2016.{{cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table.cfm?Lang=Eng&T=302&SR=1&S=86&O=A&RPP=9999&PR=47 | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Saskatchewan) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 8, 2017 | access-date=May 30, 2020}}