Division No. 8, Saskatchewan

Division No. 8 is one of eighteen census divisions in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, as defined by Statistics Canada. It is located in the west-southwestern part of the province, bordering Alberta. The most populous community in this division is Swift Current.

Division No. 8
Census division in Saskatchewan
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Country	Canada
Province	Saskatchewan
Area
• Total	22,244.10 km2 (8,588.50 sq mi)
	As of 2016
Population  (2016)
• Total	30,718
• Density	1.4/km2 (3.6/sq mi)

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Division No. 8 had a population of 30,840 living in 12,739 of its 14,833 total private dwellings, a change of 0.4% from its 2016 population of 30,718. With a land area of 22,356.91 km² (8,632.05 sq mi), it had a population density of 1.4/km² (3.6/sq mi) in 2021.^[1]

Knowledge of languages in Division No. 8 (1991−2021)

Language	2021[2]		2011[3][4]		2001[5][6]		1991[7]
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
English	28,685	99.57%	29,480	99.7%	30,155	99.47%	32,080	99.72%
Tagalog	1,185	4.11%	465	1.57%	20	0.07%	0	0%
French	995	3.45%	940	3.18%	1,085	3.58%	1,270	3.95%
German[a]	635	2.2%	1,400	4.73%	2,840	9.37%	3,710	11.53%
Spanish	290	1.01%	155	0.52%	115	0.38%	60	0.19%
Chinese[b]	225	0.78%	210	0.71%	210	0.69%	175	0.54%
Hindustani[c]	135	0.47%	45	0.15%	60	0.2%	55	0.17%
Ukrainian	105	0.36%	55	0.19%	115	0.38%	235	0.73%
Punjabi	100	0.35%	15	0.05%	70	0.23%	40	0.12%
Greek	85	0.3%	0	0%	85	0.28%	0	0%
Russian	80	0.28%	35	0.12%	10	0.03%	15	0.05%
Arabic	40	0.14%	30	0.1%	35	0.12%	50	0.16%
Polish	30	0.1%	20	0.07%	40	0.13%	55	0.17%
Cree[d]	30	0.1%	15	0.05%	20	0.07%	20	0.06%
Dutch	20	0.07%	85	0.29%	155	0.51%	210	0.65%
Italian	15	0.05%	0	0%	25	0.08%	10	0.03%
Portuguese	10	0.03%	0	0%	30	0.1%	10	0.03%
Vietnamese	0	0%	0	0%	55	0.18%	0	0%
Hungarian	0	0%	0	0%	10	0.03%	20	0.06%
Total responses	28,810	93.42%	29,570	98.69%	30,315	98.68%	32,170	98.77%
Total population	30,840	100%	29,962	100%	30,720	100%	32,569	100%

Census subdivisions

The following census subdivisions (municipalities or municipal equivalents) are located within Saskatchewan's Division No. 8.

City

• Swift Current

Towns

• Burstall
• Cabri
• Eatonia
• Elrose
• Eston
• Gull Lake
• Kyle
• Leader

Villages

• Abbey
• Fox Valley
• Golden Prairie
• Hazlet
• Lancer
• Mendham
• Pennant
• Prelate
• Richmound
• Sceptre
• Shackleton
• Stewart Valley
• Success
• Tompkins
• Webb

Rural municipalities

• RM No. 137 Swift Current
• RM No. 138 Webb
• RM No. 139 Gull Lake
• RM No. 141 Big Stick
• RM No. 142 Enterprise
• RM No. 167 Saskatchewan Landing
• RM No. 168 Riverside
• RM No. 169 Pittville
• RM No. 171 Fox Valley
• RM No. 228 Lacadena
• RM No. 229 Miry Creek
• RM No. 230 Clinworth
• RM No. 231 Happyland
• RM No. 232 Deer Forks
• RM No. 257 Monet
• RM No. 259 Snipe Lake
• RM No. 260 Newcombe
• RM No. 261 Chesterfield

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Indian reserves

• Carry the Kettle Nakoda Nation
  • Carry the Kettle 76-33
  • Carry the Kettle 76-37
  • Carry the Kettle 76-38

Unincorporated communities

Hamlets

• Laporte

Organized hamlets

• White Bear
• Wymark

Special service areas

• Mantario

Unincorporated communities

• Abbey Colony
• Aikins
• Beverley
• Cantuar
• Chipperfield
• Cuthbert
• Duncairn
• Dunelm
• Estuary
• Eyre
• Forgan
• Gascoigne
• Glidden
• Greenan
• Gunnworth
• Hak
• High Point
• Horsham
• Hughton
• Inglebright
• Isham
• Java
• Lacadena
• Leinan
• Lemsford
• Lille
• Linacre
• Madison
• Matador
• Mondou
• Nadeauville
• Penkill
• Plato
• Player
• Portreeve
• Rhineland
• Richlea
• Roadene
• Rosengart
• Roseray
• Saltburn
• Sanctuary
• Schantzenfeld
• Schoenfeld
• Schoenwiese
• Shackleton
• Snipe Lake
• Springfeld
• Surprise
• Tuberose
• Tunstall
• Tyner
• Verlo
• Wartime
• Wheatland Colony
• Witley
• Wyatt

See also

• List of census divisions of Saskatchewan
• List of communities in Saskatchewan

Notes

1. Combined responses of the High German languages, including Standard German, Pennsylvania German, Swiss German, and Yiddish.
2. 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..
3. Combined responses of Hindi and Urdu as they form mutually intelligible registers of the Hindustani language.
4. Combined responses of the Cree-Innu languages, previously categorized under "Cree" in past censuses.

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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