The village was formally dissolved in 2005; its remaining population is now counted as part of the rural municipality of Arm River.

[5] Prior to December 19, 2005, Girvin was unincorporated as a village, and was restructured as a hamlet under the jurisdiction of the rural municipality of Arm River on that date.

[7] The town’s name was in honour of John Alexander Girvin, a Winnipeg-based contractor who was responsible for the construction of countless railroad stations across the prairies.

[8] The Qu’Appelle, Long Lake, and Saskatchewan Railroad and Steamboat Company railway passed through the area in the 1890s.

[10] Today there are twenty residents with no businesses but the town is home to a large metal sculpture of a bison and Red River Cart created by Don Wilkins.