Bradwell, Saskatchewan

Bradwell (2021 population: 164) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Blucher No. 343 and Census Division No. 11. The village is located about 36 kilometres (22 mi) southeast of the city of Saskatoon on Highway 763. In 1936, during gravel excavations for a highway, the partial skeleton of a neolithic human male were discovered and named "Bradwell Man". A stone scraper and some eagle talons were found nearby.^[6]

Bradwell
Village
Village of Bradwell
Former Saskatchewan Wheat Pool Grain elevator in Bradwell
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Coordinates: 51.9475°N 106.2315°W / 51.9475; -106.2315
Country	Canada
Province	Saskatchewan
Region	Central
Census division	15
Rural Municipality	Blucher
Post office founded	1906 (as Sunny Plain)
Post office closed	1986
Incorporated (Village)	1912
Government
• Type	Municipal
• Governing body	Bradwell Village Council
• Mayor	Timothy Yanke
• Administrator	Robert Thurmeier
• MP, Moose Jaw—Lake Centre—Lanigan	Fraser Tolmie (2021)
• MLA, Saskatoon Stonebridge-Dakota	Bronwyn Eyre (2020)
Area [1]
• Total	0.42 km2 (0.16 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	164
• Density	390.5/km2 (1,011/sq mi)
Time zone	CST
Postal code	S0K 0P0
Area code(s)	306, 639
Highways	Highway 763
Railways	Canadian National Railway
[2][3][4][5]

History

First Avenue and Struan Street, Bradwell.

Bradwell incorporated as a village on December 26, 1912.^[7]

Demographics

Population history
(1981–2021)

Year	Pop.	±%
1981	168	—
1986	162	−3.6%
1991	148	−8.6%
1996	145	−2.0%
2001	156	+7.6%
2006	182	+16.7%
2011	230	+26.4%
2016	166	−27.8%
2021	164	−1.2%
Source: Statistics Canada via Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics[8][9]

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Bradwell had a population of 164 living in 70 of its 78 total private dwellings, a change of -1.2% from its 2016 population of 166. With a land area of 0.42 km² (0.16 sq mi), it had a population density of 390.5/km² (1,011.3/sq mi) in 2021.^[1]

In the 2016 Census of Population, the village of Bradwell recorded a population of 166 living in 62 of its 65 total private dwellings, a -38.6% change from its 2011 population of 230. With a land area of 0.42 km² (0.16 sq mi), it had a population density of 395.2/km² (1,023.7/sq mi) in 2016.^[10]

See also

• List of communities in Saskatchewan
• List of villages in Saskatchewan
• Bradwell Reservoir

References

1. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
2. National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters, archived from the original on October 6, 2006
3. Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home, Municipal Directory System, archived from the original on November 21, 2008
4. Canadian Textiles Institute. (2005), CTI Determine your provincial constituency, archived from the original on September 11, 2007
5. Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005), Elections Canada On-line, archived from the original on April 21, 2007
6. Edmunds, F. H.; Jackson, J. L.; Spinks, J. W. T.; Vigfusson, V. A. (January 1938), "Some skeletal remains in Saskatchewan", American Antiquity, 3 (3), Society for American Archaeology: 244–246, doi:10.2307/275261, JSTOR 275261, S2CID 163483038
7. "Urban Municipality Incorporations". Saskatchewan Ministry of Government Relations. Archived from the original on October 15, 2014. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
8. "Saskatchewan Census Population" (PDF). Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 24, 2015. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
9. "Saskatchewan Census Population". Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
10. "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Saskatchewan)". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved May 30, 2020.