217 (2016 population: 381) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No.

A section of the Carlton Trail[8] from the Touchwood Hills[9] to the Fishing Lakes in Qu'Appelle Valley was called the Fort Qu'Appelle-Touchwood Hills Trail[10] and a portion of it passed through the RM of Lipton No.

The route was used regularly by traders, settlers, Métis, and First Nations from the 1850s until 1890 when the railway came through the area.

In 1885 General Frederick Middleton used this trail with his column of militia en route to Batoche, Saskatchewan during the North-West Rebellion.

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the RM of Lipton No.

217 is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator that meets on the first Tuesday of every month.