Cabri, Saskatchewan
Town in Saskatchewan, Canada
title: "Cabri, Saskatchewan" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["towns-in-saskatchewan", "important-bird-areas-of-saskatchewan"] description: "Town in Saskatchewan, Canada" topic_path: "general/towns-in-saskatchewan" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabri,_Saskatchewan" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Town in Saskatchewan, Canada ::
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| official_name | Cabri |
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| settlement_type | Town |
| image_skyline | File:Cabri, Saskatchewan 2011.jpg |
| image_caption | Grain elevators along Railway Avenue, Cabri. |
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| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Canada |
| subdivision_type1 | Province |
| subdivision_name1 | Saskatchewan |
| subdivision_type2 | Region |
| subdivision_type3 | Census division |
| subdivision_name3 | No. 8 |
| subdivision_type4 | Rural Municipality |
| subdivision_name4 | Riverside |
| leader_title | Mayor |
| leader_name | David Gossard |
| leader_title1 | Town Administrator |
| leader_name1 | Dianne Hahn |
| established_title | Post office established |
| established_date | 1912 |
| established_title2 | Incorporated (village) |
| established_date2 | May 13, 1912 |
| established_title3 | Incorporated (town) |
| established_date3 | April 16, 1917 |
| unit_pref | |
| area_total_km2 | 1.33 |
| population_as_of | 2011 |
| population_total | 399 |
| population_density_km2 | 298.9 |
| timezone | CST |
| elevation_footnotes | |
| postal_code_type | Postal code |
| postal_code | S0N 0J0 |
| area_code | 306 |
| website | |
| footnotes | {{Cite web |
| last | National Archives |
| first | Archivia Net |
| title | Post Offices and Postmasters |
| access-date | 2014-03-17 |
| url-status | dead |
| archive-url | https://web.archive.org/web/20061006045957/http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/post-offices/001001-100.01-e.php |
| archive-date | 2006-10-06 |
| last | Government of Saskatchewan |
| first | MRD Home |
| title | Municipal Directory System |
| access-date | 2014-03-17 |
| url-status | dead |
| archive-url | https://web.archive.org/web/20160115125115/http://www.mds.gov.sk.ca/apps/Pub/MDS/welcome.aspx |
| archive-date | 2016-01-15 |
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Cabri is a town in southwestern Saskatchewan directly north of Gull Lake, northwest of Swift Current and east of the Great Sand Hills. It was incorporated as a village in 1912 and as a town in 1917.{{cite web |url = http://www.municipal.gov.sk.ca/Municipal-History/Urban-Incorporated-Dates |title = Urban Municipality Incorporations |publisher = Saskatchewan Ministry of Government Relations |access-date = 2011-11-02 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120225140937/http://www.municipal.gov.sk.ca/Municipal-History/Urban-Incorporated-Dates |archive-date = 2012-02-25
The Cabri ferry started operation in 1912, crossing the South Saskatchewan River between the village of Cabri and the town that is now known as Kyle.
Name
There are several interpretations surrounding the origin of the town's name, all of which revolve around the indigenous pronghorn antelope. Local folklore suggests that it was the early settlers' pronunciation of the First Nations word for "antelope". Another possibility is that it was derived from the Latin word Antilocapridae, the genus to which the pronghorn belongs. Another suggestion is that voyageurs and Metis thought that pronghorns look like goats, and called them "cabri", a French equivalent word for goat.{{cite web |url = http://www.cabri.ca/history_of_cabri.html |title = History of Cabri |publisher = Town of Cabri |access-date = 2012-11-02 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120724113436/http://www.cabri.ca/history_of_cabri.html |archive-date = 2012-07-24 |url-status = dead
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Cabri had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 1.36 km2, it had a population density of in 2021. |location = Cabri |2021_population=413 | 2021_pop_delta=+5.9 | 2021_land_area=1.36 | 2021_pop_density=303.7 |2021_median_age=52.0 | 2021_median_age_m=51.2 | 2021_median_age_f=52.0 |2021_total_pvt_dwell=246 |2021_occ_pvt_dwell=203 |2021_mean_hh_income=61,200 |2021_geocode=2021A00054708032 | 2021_access_date=2023-10-19 |2011_population=399 |2011_pop_delta=-9.1 |2011_land_area=1.33 |2011_pop_density=298.9 |2011_pop_rank= |2011_median_age=53.5 |2011_median_age_m=51.9 |2011_median_age_f=55.7 |2011_total_pvt_dwell=235 |2011_mean_hh_income= |2011_access_date=2012-08-04 |2006_population=439 |2006_pop_delta=-9.1 |2006_land_area=1.33 |2006_pop_density=328.9 |2006_pop_rank= |2006_median_age=51.4 |2006_median_age_m=50.1 |2006_median_age_f=55.0 |2006_total_pvt_dwell=252 |2006_mean_hh_income=63,015 |2006_access_date=2007-03-13}}
Education
Cabri School, part of the Chinook School Division, is a small school with about 100 students.{{cite web |url = http://schools.chinooksd.ca/cabri/index.php?NewsTab=9 |title = Cabri School |publisher = Chinook School Division |access-date = 2012-11-02
Transportation
Cabri is along Highway 32, which runs from the city of Swift Current to the town of Leader. It is also along the Great Sandhill Railway line from Swift Current to Burstall.{{cite web |url = http://www.gsrail.ca/home.html |title = Great Sandhills Railway |publisher = Great Sandhills Railway |access-date = 2012-11-02 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120904155811/http://www.gsrail.ca/home.html |archive-date = 2012-09-04 |url-status = dead
Cabri Area IBA
The town of Cabri is at the centre of the Cabri Area (SK 045) Important Bird Area (IBA) of Canada. The IBA is roughly circular in shape and covers an area of 237.36 km2 and spans three RMs: Riverside No. 168, Miry Creek No. 229, and Pittville No. 169. The site is an important habitat for the burrowing owl, ferruginous hawk, Ross's goose, and the mallard duck.
Notable residents
- Bobby Gimby - orchestra leader, trumpeter, and singer/songwriter
References
References
- (February 9, 2022). "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan". [[Statistics Canada]].
- "Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas". Nature Saskatchewan.
- "Cabri Area". Birds Canada.
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