Alameda, Saskatchewan

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Town in Saskatchewan

title: "Alameda, Saskatchewan" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["towns-in-saskatchewan", "division-no.-1,-saskatchewan"] description: "Town in Saskatchewan" topic_path: "general/towns-in-saskatchewan" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alameda,_Saskatchewan" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Town in Saskatchewan ::

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Field	Value
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settlement_type	Town
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image_caption	Alameda
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coordinates
dot_x
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Canada
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Saskatchewan
subdivision_type2	Region
subdivision_type3	Census division
subdivision_name3	1
subdivision_type4	Rural Municipality
subdivision_name4	Moose Creek No. 33
leader_title	Mayor
leader_name	Perry Kinder
leader_title1	Town Manager
leader_name1	Michelle Needham
leader_title2	Governing body
leader_name2	Alameda Town Council
established_title	Post office Founded
established_date	1883
established_title2	Incorporated (Village)
established_title3	Incorporated (Town)
unit_pref
area_total_km2	2.55
population_as_of	2021
population_total	345
population_density_km2	144.5
population_density_blank1_km2
timezone	CST
postal_code_type	Postal code
postal_code	S0C 0A0
area_code	306
blank_name	Highways
blank_info
blank1_name	Waterways
blank1_info	Grant Devine Reservoir
blank2_name	Climate
blank2_info	Dfb
website	Official website
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archive-date	2006-10-06
last	Government of Saskatchewan
first	MRD Home
title	Municipal Directory System
access-date	2014-04-26
url-status	dead
archive-url	https://web.archive.org/web/20160115125115/http://www.mds.gov.sk.ca/apps/Pub/MDS/welcome.aspx
archive-date	January 15, 2016
}}<ref name	"federal"{{Cite web
last	Commissioner of Canada Elections
first	Chief Electoral Officer of Canada
title	Elections Canada On-line
year	2005
url	http://www.elections.ca/home.asp
access-date	2014-04-26
url-status	dead
archive-url	https://web.archive.org/web/20070421084430/http://www.elections.ca/home.asp
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Alameda is a town in south-eastern Saskatchewan, Canada, approximately 50 km east of Estevan. A translation of Alameda from Spanish is "Poplar Grove" or "Tree Lined Avenue". One popular story is that the town was named for Alameda, California although there is no written documentation to support this. Alameda had a population of 345 in the Canada Census of 2021.

Alameda is situated in the south-east corner of Saskatchewan. The closest larger centres to Alameda are Estevan, Weyburn, Regina. Alameda sits in an area that is abundant with grain, oil, and water.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Alameda had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 2.53 km2, it had a population density of in 2021. |location = Alameda |2021_population=345 | 2021_pop_delta=-6.5 | 2021_land_area=2.53 | 2021_pop_density=136.6 |2021_median_age=40.0 | 2021_median_age_m=38.0 | 2021_median_age_f=43.2 |2021_total_pvt_dwell=187 |2021_occ_pvt_dwell=162 |2021_mean_hh_income=88,000 |2021_geocode=2021A00054701037 | 2021_access_date=2023-10-19 |2011_population=342 |2011_pop_delta=+11.0 |2011_land_area=2.55 |2011_pop_density=133.9 |2011_pop_rank= |2011_median_age=44.2 |2011_median_age_m=39.0 |2011_median_age_f=46.7 |2011_total_pvt_dwell=162 |2011_total_pvt_dwell_usual=156 |2011_mean_hh_income= |2011_access_date=2014-04-26 |2006_population=311 |2006_pop_delta=-1.0% |2006_land_area=2.55 |2006_pop_density=120.6 |2006_pop_rank=3,645th |2006_median_age=42.0 |2006_median_age_m=39.0 |2006_median_age_f=46.3 |2006_total_pvt_dwell=157 |2006_total_pvt_dwell_usual=139 |2006_mean_hh_income=29,960 |2006_access_date=2009-02-24 |2016_Population=369}}

Amenities

Alameda offers the following community facilities: a community ice rink (skating, curling), Heritage museum, and the Alameda Merry Makers Senior Centre.

Alameda offered a wide range of services for its residents, which included a full-service grocery and meat store, a restaurant, a banking institution, full-service campground as well as many others. As with other small communities in Saskatchewan, many of the businesses are closing and/or closed and the residents drive to other communities for services that once were in their community.

Alameda is near the Grant Devine Dam (formerly the Alameda Dam). There is a full-service regional park on the eastern shore of Grant Devine Reservoir called Moose Creek Regional Park. The Grant Devine Reservoir is the home of the Alameda Fishing Derby which takes place the 3rd weekend of June each year.

Alameda hosts various events throughout the year including the Alameda Agricultural Society fair and 4-H show and sale and the Alameda Flower Show.

Gallery

File:Alameda Reservoir-Alameda Dam (625135522).jpg|Grant Devine Reservoir & Dam File:Views of Alameda, Saskatchewan (HS85-10-20391).jpg|Views of Alameda 1909 File:Alameda, Saskatchewan 1908.jpg|Fifth Street in 1908

Notable people

George Ramsay Cook — OC, FRSC, Canadian historian and general editor of the Dictionary of Canadian Biography.
John James Harrop — Politician
Trent Whitfield — former National Hockey League player

References

(2001). "Naming Canada: Stories about Canadian Place Names". University of Toronto Press.
(February 9, 2022). "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan". [[Statistics Canada]].

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