Division No. 2, Saskatchewan

Division No. 2 is one of eighteen census divisions in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, as defined by Statistics Canada. It is located in the south-southeastern part of the province, on the United States border. The most populous community in this division is Weyburn.

Division No. 2
Census division in Saskatchewan
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Country	Canada
Province	Saskatchewan
Area
• Total	16,859.18 km2 (6,509.37 sq mi)
	As of 2016
Population  (2016)
• Total	22,825
• Density	1.4/km2 (3.5/sq mi)

Demographics

In the 2021 Canadian census conducted by Statistics Canada, Division No. 2 had a population of 22,497 living in 9,362 of its 10,642 total private dwellings, a change of -1.4% from its 2016 population of 22,825. With a land area of 16,535.88 km² (6,384.54 sq mi), it had a population density of 1.4/km² (3.5/sq mi) in 2021.^[1]

Knowledge of languages in Division No. 2 (1991−2021)

Language	2021[2]		2011[3][4]		2001[5][6]		1991[7]
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
English	21,905	99.79%	21,760	99.82%	21,070	99.95%	23,610	99.94%
Tagalog	665	3.03%	170	0.78%	35	0.17%	10	0.04%
French	380	1.73%	440	2.02%	710	3.37%	675	2.86%
German[a]	255	1.16%	545	2.5%	385	1.83%	675	2.86%
Hindustani[b]	210	0.96%	65	0.3%	0	0%	0	0%
Russian	115	0.52%	50	0.23%	35	0.17%	0	0%
Ukrainian	110	0.5%	95	0.44%	145	0.69%	315	1.33%
Punjabi	100	0.46%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
Spanish	90	0.41%	140	0.64%	55	0.26%	25	0.11%
Chinese[c]	55	0.25%	25	0.11%	60	0.28%	45	0.19%
Polish	35	0.16%	75	0.34%	130	0.62%	170	0.72%
Arabic	30	0.14%	0	0%	10	0.05%	10	0.04%
Vietnamese	25	0.11%	25	0.11%	15	0.07%	15	0.06%
Greek	25	0.11%	0	0%	0	0%	10	0.04%
Portuguese	20	0.09%	0	0%	10	0.05%	0	0%
Dutch	10	0.05%	130	0.6%	45	0.21%	85	0.36%
Hungarian	10	0.05%	0	0%	30	0.14%	50	0.21%
Italian	0	0%	0	0%	10	0.05%	10	0.04%
Persian[d]	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	25	0.11%
Total responses	21,950	97.57%	21,800	97.91%	21,080	97.43%	23,625	97.68%
Total population	22,497	100%	22,266	100%	21,635	100%	24,186	100%

Census subdivisions

The following census subdivisions (municipalities or municipal equivalents) are located within Saskatchewan's Division No. 2.

City

• Weyburn

Towns

• Bengough
• Midale
• Milestone
• Ogema
• Radville
• Yellow Grass

Villages

• Avonlea
• Ceylon
• Creelman
• Fillmore
• Goodwater
• Halbrite
• Lang
• Macoun
• McTaggart
• Minton
• Osage
• Pangman
• Torquay

Rural municipalities

• RM No. 6 Cambria
• RM No. 7 Souris Valley
• RM No. 8 Lake Alma
• RM No. 9 Surprise Valley
• RM No. 10 Happy Valley
• RM No. 36 Cymri
• RM No. 37 Lomond
• RM No. 38 Laurier
• RM No. 39 The Gap
• RM No. 40 Bengough
• RM No. 66 Griffin
• RM No. 67 Weyburn
• RM No. 68 Brokenshell
• RM No. 69 Norton
• RM No. 70 Key West
• RM No. 96 Fillmore
• RM No. 97 Wellington
• RM No. 98 Scott
• RM No. 99 Caledonia
• RM No. 100 Elmsthorpe

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Indian reserves

• Piapot Cree Nation
  • Piapot Cree First Nation 75H^[8]

See also

• List of census divisions of Saskatchewan
• List of communities in Saskatchewan
• SARM Division No. 2

Notes

1. Combined responses of the High German languages, including Standard German, Pennsylvania German, Swiss German, and Yiddish.
2. Combined responses of Hindi and Urdu as they form mutually intelligible registers of the Hindustani language.
3. Combined responses of the Chinese languages, including Mandarin, Cantonese, Min Nan, Hakka, Wu (Shanghainese), Min Dong, Chinese, n.o.s., and Chinese languages, n.i.e..
4. Combined responses of Iranian Persian, Dari, and Persian (Farsi), n.o.s., as they form mutually intelligible registers of the Persian language

References

1. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and census divisions". Statistics Canada. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
2. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (17 August 2022). "Knowledge of languages by age and gender: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
3. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (27 November 2015). "NHS Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
4. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (31 May 2016). "Census Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
5. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (23 December 2013). "2001 Census Topic-based tabulations Various Non-official Languages Spoken (76), Age Groups (13) and Sex (3) for Population, for Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2001 Census - 20% Sample Data". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
6. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (23 December 2013). "2001 Census Topic-based tabulations Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Age Groups (13) and Sex (3) for Population, for Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2001 Census - 20% Sample Data". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
7. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (29 March 2019). "1991 Census Area Profiles Profile of Census Divisions and Subdivisions - Part B". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
8. Statistics Canada. 2002 2001 Community Profiles. Archived 2005-12-22 at the Wayback Machine Released June 27, 2002. Last modified: 2005-11-30. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 93F0053XIE. Page accessed January 5, 2007

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