Redvers, Saskatchewan

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Town in Saskatchewan, Canada

title: "Redvers, Saskatchewan" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["towns-in-saskatchewan", "antler-no.-61,-saskatchewan", "division-no.-1,-saskatchewan"] description: "Town in Saskatchewan, Canada" topic_path: "general/towns-in-saskatchewan" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redvers,_Saskatchewan" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Town in Saskatchewan, Canada ::

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Field	Value
official_name	Redvers
native_name
settlement_type	Town
image_skyline	Redvers Mountie 2.jpg
image_caption	The Mountie statue, visible from Highway 13
dot_x
pushpin_map	Saskatchewan#Canada
pushpin_label_position	left
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Canada
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Saskatchewan
subdivision_type2	Provincial Electoral District
subdivision_name2	Cannington
subdivision_type3	Federal Electoral District
subdivision_name3	Souris—Moose Mountain
subdivision_type4	Rural Municipality
subdivision_name4	Antler No. 61
government_type	Mayor/Council
leader_title	Mayor
leader_name	Brad Bulbuck
leader_title1	Administrator
leader_name1	Bonnie Rutten
established_title	Post office established
established_date	1902-06-01
established_title2	Incorporated
established_date2	1904
unit_pref
area_total_km2	2.83
population_as_of	2011
population_footnotes	{{cite web
title	2011 Community Profiles
work	Statistics Canada
publisher	Government of Canada
url	http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E
access-date	2014-08-21
archive-date	26 December 2018
archive-url	https://web.archive.org/web/20181226120732/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E%0A
url-status	dead }}
population_total	975
population_density_km2	329.0
population_density_blank1_km2
coordinates
elevation_m	591
postal_code_type	Postal code
postal_code	S0C 2H0
area_code	306
website	Town of Redvers
footnotes	{{Cite web
last	National Archives
first	Archivia Net
title	Post Offices and Postmasters
url	http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/post-offices/001001-100.01-e.php
access-date	2014-08-21}}{{Cite web
last	Government of Saskatchewan
first	MRD Home
title	Municipal Directory System
url	http://www.mds.gov.sk.ca/apps/Pub/MDS/welcome.aspx
access-date	2014-08-21
archive-date	26 December 2018
archive-url	https://web.archive.org/web/20181226120731/http://www.mds.gov.sk.ca/apps/Pub/MDS/welcome.aspx%0A
url-status	dead }}
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Redvers is a town in southeast Saskatchewan, Canada. It is the first town when travelling west from Manitoba on the Red Coat Trail, the path taken by the North-West Mounted Police on their March West in 1874, and now modern Highway 13. A statue of a Mountie on a horse can be seen just west of the intersection of Highway 13 and Highway 8.

The town has a public school, hospital, two banks, and other businesses and services. Like most towns in the area, its economy is based on farming, oil drilling, and various services.

History

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8f/Views_of_Redvers,Saskatchewan(HS85-10-21843).jpg" caption="Views of Redvers in 1909"] ::

The town was named after General Sir Redvers Buller in 1897. Buller was then fighting in the Second Boer War, and had earlier in his career commanded a company to quell the Red River Rebellion. The town was incorporated in 1904.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Redvers had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 2.9 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

Sports

Redvers is home to the Redvers Rockets, a senior men's hockey team in the Big 6 Hockey League. It is also home to the Redvers A's of the Saskota Baseball League.

Climate

Notable people

Dean Kennedy — former NHL player
Val Sweeting — Curler
Bryan Trottier — former NHL player and Hall of Famer

References

"Town Of Redvers".
(February 9, 2022). "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan". [[Statistics Canada]].
"..::OFFICIAL SITE OF THE BIG SIX HOCKEY LEAGUE::.".
"Saskota Baseball League - Teams".

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