Wapella, Saskatchewan

For other uses, see Wapella.

Wapella (/wəˈpɛlə/) is a town of 354 located northwest of Moosomin on the Trans-Canada Highway.

Town of Wapella
Town
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Coordinates: 50.251083°N 101.978966°W / 50.251083; -101.978966
Country	Canada
Province	Saskatchewan
Census division	5
Rural Municipality	Martin No. 122
Government
• Mayor	Gale Matheson
• Governing body	Wapella Town Council
Area
• Total	838.836 km2 (323.876 sq mi)
Elevation	587 m (1,926 ft)
Population  (2001)
• Total	354
Time zone	CST
Postal code	S0G 4Z0
Area code	306
Highways	Highway
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Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Wapella had a population of 278 living in 117 of its 143 total private dwellings, a change of -14.7% from its 2016 population of 326. With a land area of 2.63 km² (1.02 sq mi), it had a population density of 105.7/km² (273.8/sq mi) in 2021.^[5]

Climate

Climate data for Wapella
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	8 (46)	9 (48)	21 (70)	32.5 (90.5)	36.5 (97.7)	35.5 (95.9)	38 (100)	37.5 (99.5)	33.5 (92.3)	29.5 (85.1)	22.5 (72.5)	12 (54)	38 (100)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	−10.5 (13.1)	−6.7 (19.9)	−0.3 (31.5)	10 (50)	17.8 (64.0)	21.8 (71.2)	24.4 (75.9)	24 (75)	17.6 (63.7)	10 (50)	−1.3 (29.7)	−8.6 (16.5)	8.2 (46.8)
Daily mean °C (°F)	−15.8 (3.6)	−11.4 (11.5)	−5.2 (22.6)	3.9 (39.0)	11 (52)	15.5 (59.9)	18.1 (64.6)	17.3 (63.1)	11.4 (52.5)	4.6 (40.3)	−5.5 (22.1)	−13.4 (7.9)	2.5 (36.5)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−21 (−6)	−16.2 (2.8)	−10.2 (13.6)	−2.2 (28.0)	4.2 (39.6)	9.2 (48.6)	11.6 (52.9)	10.6 (51.1)	5 (41)	−0.9 (30.4)	−9.7 (14.5)	−18.1 (−0.6)	−3.1 (26.4)
Record low °C (°F)	−42 (−44)	−41 (−42)	−35.5 (−31.9)	−23.5 (−10.3)	−11.5 (11.3)	−2 (28)	2 (36)	−3.5 (25.7)	−7.5 (18.5)	−21 (−6)	−36.5 (−33.7)	−42 (−44)	−42 (−44)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	19.8 (0.78)	16.9 (0.67)	21.8 (0.86)	21.1 (0.83)	49.5 (1.95)	70.5 (2.78)	69.7 (2.74)	66 (2.6)	47.9 (1.89)	27.8 (1.09)	18.5 (0.73)	16.4 (0.65)	445.7 (17.55)
Source: Environment Canada[6]

Notable people

• Brett Clark, professional hockey player in NHL
• Bud Holloway, a professional hockey player
• Cyril Edel Leonoff is the grandson of Edel Brotman, a homesteader and rabbi of the Wapella, Saskatchewan, farm colony, 1889–1906.^[7]

See also

• List of communities in Saskatchewan
• List of place names in Canada of Indigenous origin
• List of towns in Saskatchewan