Creelman, Saskatchewan

Creelman (2021 population: 103) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the RM of Fillmore No. 96 and Census Division No. 2. The village lies 118 km southeast of the city of Regina, on Highway 33.

Creelman
Village
Village of Creelman
Village of Creelman
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Coordinates: 49.830°N 103.261°W / 49.830; -103.261
Country	Canada
Province	Saskatchewan
Region	Southeast
Census division	2
Rural Municipality	Fillmore No. 96
Government
• Type	Municipal
• Governing body	Creelman Village Council
• Mayor	Gordon
• Administrator	Vernna Wiggins
Area
• Total	1.14 km2 (0.44 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	103
• Density	90.4/km2 (234/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
Postal code	S0G 0X0
Area code	306
Highways	Highway 33 Highway 701
Railways	Canadian Pacific Railway
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History

Grain elevator and oil cars in Creelman

The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) constructed a line in a southeasterly direction from Regina. Completed in 1904, the line was soon lined with a series of small communities and post offices. As early as 1903 a townsite was laid out on the line which locals decided to name Hazel. However, officials with the CPR had other ideas and with the railway's completion they renamed the tiny community Creelman after the company's solicitor A.R. Creelman (that same year a post office was opened at the site). Gradually Creelman grew to become a thriving centre for the local farmers and would become an important market and social centre for the surrounding farming community.^[6] Creelman incorporated as a village on April 6, 1906.^[7]

Demographics

Population history
(1971–2021)

Year	Pop.	±%
1971	197	—
1976	178	−9.6%
1981	184	+3.4%
1986	167	−9.2%
1991	134	−19.8%
1996	128	−4.5%
2001	85	−33.6%
2006	81	−4.7%
2011	115	+42.0%
2016	113	−1.7%
2021	103	−8.8%
[8] Source: Statistics Canada via Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics[9][10]

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Creelman had a population of 103 living in 47 of its 62 total private dwellings, a change of -8.8% from its 2016 population of 113. With a land area of 1.35 km² (0.52 sq mi), it had a population density of 76.3/km² (197.6/sq mi) in 2021.^[1]

In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Creelman recorded a population of 113 living in 56 of its 75 total private dwellings, a -1.8% change from its 2011 population of 115. With a land area of 1.14 km² (0.44 sq mi), it had a population density of 99.1/km² (256.7/sq mi) in 2016.^[11]

Notable people

• Morris Mott, played in the NHL with the California Golden Seals and Winnipeg Jets

See also

• List of communities in Saskatchewan
• List of villages in Saskatchewan
• List of francophone communities in Saskatchewan

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. Celebrate Saskatchewan 1980 Committee (1980). Prairie Memories. Creelman and District. Celebrate Saskatchewan 1980 Committee. p. 1. ISBN 978-0-9690427-0-9.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
7. "Urban Municipality Incorporations". Saskatchewan Ministry of Government Relations. Archived from the original on October 15, 2014. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
8. "1976 Census of Canada. Volume 1, Population, geographic distributions: Census divisions and subdivisions, Western provinces and the Territories" (PDF). Government of Canada. Retrieved August 23, 2023.
9. "Saskatchewan Census Population" (PDF). Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 24, 2015. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
10. "Saskatchewan Census Population". Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
11. "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.

External links

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