Colonsay, Saskatchewan
Town in Saskatchewan, Canada
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::summary Town in Saskatchewan, Canada ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| settlement_type | Town |
| official_name | Colonsay |
| motto | "Isle of the Prairies" |
| image_skyline | Colonsay Saskatchewan Railway Avenue.jpg |
| image_caption | Railway Avenue |
| pushpin_map | Saskatchewan#Canada |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location of Colonsay in Saskatchewan |
| map_caption | Location of Colonsay |
| dot_x | |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_type1 | Province |
| subdivision_type2 | Rural Municipalities (R.M.) |
| subdivision_name | Canada |
| subdivision_name1 | Saskatchewan |
| subdivision_name2 | Colonsay No. 342 |
| leader_title | Mayor |
| leader_name | James Gray{{cite web |
| title | Municipal Directory System |
| access-date | 2012-12-24 |
| 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 |
| leader_title1 | Federal Electoral District Blackstrap (historical riding Rosthern) MP |
| leader_name1 | Lynne Yelich |
| leader_title2 | provincial electoral districts Constituency of Humboldt MLA |
| leader_name2 | Donna Harpauer |
| established_title | Post office Founded |
| established_date | 1908-05-21 |
| established_title2 | Village established |
| established_date2 | 1907 |
| established_title3 | Town incorporated |
| established_date3 | 1910 |
| area_total_sq_mi | 2.46 |
| population_as_of | 2011 |
| population_total | 475 |
| population_density_km2 | 193.1 |
| timezone_DST | CST |
| coordinates | |
| website | https://colonsay.ca/ |
| footnotes | {{Citation |
| last | National Archives |
| first | Archivia Net |
| title | Post Offices and Postmasters |
| url | http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/post-offices/001001-100.01-e.php |
| 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 |
| }}{{Citation | last |
| 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 |
| url-status | dead |
| archive-url | https://web.archive.org/web/20070421084430/http://www.elections.ca/home.asp |
| archive-date | 2007-04-21}} |
| :: |
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Colonsay is a town in the Rural Municipality of Colonsay No. 342, in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Colonsay is located on Highway 16 (the Yellowhead Highway part of the Trans-Canada Highway) running east–west in central Saskatchewan near the intersection with Highway 2.
Colonsay derived its name from the Inner Hebrides Scottish island of Colonsay.{{Citation |title=Colonsay Home |url=http://www.townofcolonsay.com/home.htm |access-date=2007-08-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070728205654/http://www.townofcolonsay.com/home.htm |archive-date=2007-07-28 }} All the streets in the village are also named after islands located along the west coast of Scotland.
History
Colonsay experienced a record setting 167-day-long frost-free period in 1978, which was, to the dismay of a number of residents, still not a long enough growing season for yams or sweet potatoes.{{Citation |last=Welcome to Weyburn's Community Atlas "WEYBURN ON THE WEB" produced by the students of St. Dominic ; Savio Elementary School |title=Canadian Communities Atlas |date=2006–2007 |url=http://www.saskschools.ca/~stdom/ccclimate.html |access-date=2007-08-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927003728/http://www.saskschools.ca/~stdom/ccclimate.html |archive-date=2007-09-27
The ship U-Sea Colonsay is named after the local potash mine.{{cite news |url = http://www.istockanalyst.com/business/news/5496910/u-sea-colonsay-sets-sail |title = U-SEA COLONSAY Sets Sail |work = iStockAnalyist |date = October 24, 2011 |access-date = 2011-11-10 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304191542/http://www.istockanalyst.com/business/news/5496910/u-sea-colonsay-sets-sail |archive-date = March 4, 2016 |url-status = dead |df = mdy-all
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Colonsay had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 2.4 km2, it had a population density of in 2021. |location = Colonsay |2021_population=446 | 2021_pop_delta=-1.1 | 2021_land_area=2.40 | 2021_pop_density=185.9 |2021_median_age=40.0 | 2021_median_age_m=38.4 | 2021_median_age_f=43.6 |2021_total_pvt_dwell=199 |2021_occ_pvt_dwell=181 |2021_mean_hh_income=85,000 |2021_geocode=2021A00054711079 | 2021_access_date=2023-10-19 |2011_population=475 |2011_pop_delta=+11.8 |2011_land_area=2.46 |2011_pop_density=193.1 |2011_pop_rank= |2011_median_age=38.8 |2011_median_age_m=37.6 |2011_median_age_f=39.6 |2011_total_pvt_dwell=202 |2011_total_pvt_dwell_usual=177 |2011_mean_hh_income= |2011_access_date=2012-12-24 |2006_population=425 |2006_pop_delta=-0.2 |2006_land_area=2.46 |2006_pop_density=172.8 |2006_pop_rank= |2006_median_age=41.9 |2006_median_age_m=40.4 |2006_median_age_f=43.2 |2006_total_pvt_dwell=184 |2006_total_pvt_dwell_usual=168 |2006_mean_hh_income=65,700 |2006_access_date=2012-12-24 |2001_population=426 |2001_pop_delta=-0.5 |2001_land_area=15.59 |2001_pop_density=137.0 |2001_pop_rank= |2001_median_age=39.6 |2001_median_age_m=36.0 |2001_median_age_f=42.0 |2001_total_pvt_dwell=184 |2001_total_pvt_dwell_usual= |2001_mean_hh_income=52,417 |2001_access_date=2012-12-24
Climate
|location = Colonsay |metric first = yes |single line = yes |collapsed = yes |Jan record high C = 7 |Feb record high C = 9 |Mar record high C = 19 |Apr record high C = 31 |May record high C = 37.2 |Jun record high C = 40 |Jul record high C = 37 |Aug record high C = 36.1 |Sep record high C = 33.5 |Oct record high C = 27.8 |Nov record high C = 19.4 |Dec record high C = 10 |year record high C = 40 |Jan high C = -10.6 |Feb high C = -8.3 |Mar high C = -0.9 |Apr high C = 9.7 |May high C = 18.1 |Jun high C = 22.3 |Jul high C = 24.7 |Aug high C = 23.7 |Sep high C = 17 |Oct high C = 10.1 |Nov high C = -1.9 |Dec high C = -9.5 |year high C = 7.9 |Jan mean C = −15.4 |Feb mean C = −12.9 |Mar mean C = −5.6 |Apr mean C = 4.1 |May mean C = 11.8 |Jun mean C = 16.3 |Jul mean C = 18.6 |Aug mean C = 17.4 |Sep mean C = 11.2 |Oct mean C = 4.7 |Nov mean C = -5.9 |Dec mean C = -14 |year mean C = 2.5 |Jan low C = -20.3 |Feb low C = -17.6 |Mar low C = -10.3 |Apr low C = -1.6 |May low C = 5.4 |Jun low C = 10.2 |Jul low C = 12.4 |Aug low C = 10.9 |Sep low C = 5.4 |Oct low C = -0.8 |Nov low C = -10 |Dec low C = -18.5 |year low C = -2.9 |Jan record low C = -44.4 |Feb record low C = -39 |Mar record low C = -36.7 |Apr record low C = -24.4 |May record low C = -7 |Jun record low C = 1 |Jul record low C = 4 |Aug record low C = -1.5 |Sep record low C = -5 |Oct record low C = -21 |Nov record low C = -32 |Dec record low C = -47 |year record low C = -47 |Jan precipitation mm = 11.8 |Feb precipitation mm = 9.8 |Mar precipitation mm = 10.5 |Apr precipitation mm = 21.8 |May precipitation mm = 46.3 |Jun precipitation mm = 59.1 |Jul precipitation mm = 64.9 |Aug precipitation mm = 47.4 |Sep precipitation mm = 31.8 |Oct precipitation mm = 17.9 |Nov precipitation mm = 9.4 |Dec precipitation mm = 13.8 |year precipitation mm = 344.4 |source 1 = Environment CanadaEnvironment Canada Canadian Climate Normals 1971–2000, accessed May 30, 2021 |date=August 2010
Economy
The main economy of the area is agriculture featuring grain crops such as wheat, canola, barley, oats, rye, as well as lentils and peas. Livestock raised in the vicinity are cattle, hogs, sheep, and buffalo. The potash mine of Colonsay was first named Noranda Mines Potash Division then separately constituted as Central Canada Potash. Central Canada Potash was acquired by Imc. Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan, Colonsay, IMC Potash Colonsay and is now Mosaic Potash Colonsay. Potash is mined and sold to crop nutrient manufacturers for fertilizer, as well as for use as an icemelter ingredient and water softener regenerant.
Sports
Colonsay & District Sports Centre was re-opened in 2006 following fund raising efforts by the community as well as funding initiatives such as the Green Municipal Investment Fund, a joint venture of the Government of Canada and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. The Sports Centre has a new heating system as well as ice-cube heat which will allow a longer artificial ice season for skaters, curlers and ice hockey players. The Sports Centre was closed in 2004 due to safety concerns with the refrigeration system. The original ice plant was improperly installed and designed. {{Citation | last =The Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities | title =Rural Councillor Back Issues Colonsay's Arena: A Community Effort and Environmentally Responsible Example | year =2006 | url =http://www.sarm.ca/rc_back_issues.php?article=249 | access-date = 2007-08-01}} the complex was built in 1978.
The Colonsay Monarchs were a team that played for the Northern Saskatchewan Baseball League as of 1951. | last = Western Canada Baseball | title =1951 | orig-year = 2003 | year = 2007 | url =http://www.attheplate.com/wcbl/1951_1j.htm | access-date = 2007-08-01 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061108042033/http://www.attheplate.com/wcbl/1951_1j.htm |archive-date = 2006-11-08}}
References
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