Rosthern
Town in Saskatchewan, Canada
title: "Rosthern" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["towns-in-saskatchewan", "rosthern-no.-403,-saskatchewan", "division-no.-15,-saskatchewan", "mennonitism-in-saskatchewan", "russian-mennonite-diaspora-in-canada"] description: "Town in Saskatchewan, Canada" topic_path: "geography/canada" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosthern" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Town in Saskatchewan, Canada ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| official_name | Rosthern |
| settlement_type | Town |
| image_skyline | Business District Rosthern Saskatchewan.jpg |
| image_caption | Business District |
| Sixth Street | |
| pushpin_map | Saskatchewan#Canada |
| coordinates | |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Canada |
| subdivision_type1 | Province |
| subdivision_type2 | Rural municipality |
| subdivision_name1 | Saskatchewan |
| subdivision_name2 | Rosthern No. 403 |
| established_title | Post office founded |
| established_date | 1893-09-01 |
| established_title2 | Village established |
| established_date2 | 1898 |
| established_title3 | Town incorporated |
| established_date3 | 1903 |
| leader_title | Mayor |
| leader_name | Dennis Helmuth |
| leader_title1 | MP (Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek) |
| leader_name1 | Kelly Block |
| area_total_km2 | 4.31 |
| population_total | 1,688 |
| population_as_of | 2016 |
| population_density_km2 | 392.0 |
| postal_code_type | Postal code |
| postal_code | S0K 3R0 |
| area_code | 306 |
| website | |
| footnotes | |
| leader_title2 | M.L.A. (Rosthern-Shellbrook) |
| leader_name2 | Scott Moe |
| timezone | CST |
| utc_offset | -6 |
| blank_name | Highways |
| blank_info | |
| :: |
::callout[type=note] the town in Saskatchewan, Canada ::
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Rosthern is a town at the juncture of Highway 11 and Highway 312 in central Saskatchewan, Canada. It is roughly halfway between the cities of Prince Albert and Saskatoon.
History
Mennonite settlers, led by Gerhard Ens, began arriving in the area around 1890, with the establishment of the Qu'Appelle, Long Lake & Saskatchewan Railway to Prince Albert. The post office was established in 1893, and by 1898 the community achieved village status. In 1903, Rosthern was incorporated as a town.
There are several apocryphal versions of the story about how the town got its name. One is that in the late 1880s when the railway ran through from Regina to Prince Albert a man by the name of Ross drowned in the creek that flows through the town. Terne is old English for tarn meaning a pool, and the name stuck. In all likelihood, however, the town's name echoes an old world name brought over by a homesick worker on the railroad, in this case that of Rostherne, a village in the United Kingdom.
Attractions and recreation
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Rosthern has a public library, many parks and walking trails, Valley Regional Park with an 18-hole grass green golf course, two ball-diamonds, two indoor hockey rinks, a curling rink, bowling alley, and three school gyms. An outdoor swimming pool was completed in 2005. Rosthern is also home to the Youth Farm Bible Camp.
Nearby Rosthern is the Seager Wheeler Farm, a National Historic Site of Canada, and the Rosthern Mennonite Heritage Museum ( 1909–1910). It is a Municipal Heritage Property on the Canadian Register of Historic Places.
Valley Regional Park
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Valley Regional Park (), founded in 1974, is a regional park about 2 km north-east of Rosthern on the western shore of Rempel Lake. The park has an 18-hole golf course, campground, and picnic area. There is also a 100-foot slide and an 80-foot zip line. The campground has about 80 campsites and modern washrooms and showers. Access to the park is from Highway 11.
Valley Regional Park Golf Club is an 18-hole, par 72 course with grass greens and 6,577 total yards. There is a pro shop, practice green, and a licensed clubhouse.
Churches
Rosthern is home to over ten churches including Mennonite, Ukrainian Orthodox, Swedenborgian, Pentecostal, Anglican, Roman Catholic, Ukrainian Catholic, Lutheran, Seventh-day Adventist, Christian & Missionary Alliance, and Baptist.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Rosthern had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 4.14 km2, it had a population density of in 2021. |location = Rosthern |2021_population=1,602 |2021_pop_delta=-5.1 |2021_land_area=4.14 |2021_pop_density=386.9 |2021_median_age=41.2 |2021_median_age_m=40 |2021_median_age_f=42.4 |2021_total_pvt_dwell=645 |2021_mean_hh_income= |2021_geocode=2021A00054715032 |2021_access_date=2022-04-27 |2001_population = 1,504 |2001_pop_delta= |2001_land_area= 4.01 |2001_pop_density=375.4 |2001_median_age=41.5 |2001_median_age_m=39.2 |2001_median_age_f= 43.9 |2001_total_pvt_dwell=702 |2001_mean_hh_income=29,671 |2006_population= 1,382 |2006_pop_delta=-8.1 |2006_land_area=4.01 |2006_pop_density=375.4 |2006_median_age=N/A |2006_median_age_m=N/A |2006_median_age_f=N/A |2006_total_pvt_dwell=660 |2006_total_pvt_dwell_usual=607 |2006_mean_hh_income=N/A |2006_access_date=2009-02-24 |2011_population= 1,572 |2011_pop_delta=13.7 |2011_land_area=4.31 |2011_pop_density=365.0 |2011_median_age=46.0 |2011_median_age_m=43.6 |2011_median_age_f=47.7 |2011_total_pvt_dwell=731 |2011_total_pvt_dwell_usual=706 |2011_mean_hh_income=N/A |2011_access_date=2012-07-01 |2016_access_date=2017-06-05|2016_land_area=4.31|2016_mean_hh_income=N/A|2016_median_age=43.3|2016_median_age_f=44.8|2016_median_age_m=41.8|2016_pop_delta=7.4|2016_pop_density=392.0|2016_population=1,688|2016_total_pvt_dwell=747|2016_total_pvt_dwell_usual=689}}
Notable people
- Bill Braden, politician
- George Braden, 2nd Premier of Northwest Territories
- Russ Brayshaw, hockey player
- Onésime Dorval, educator
- Wayne Elhard, politician
- Isaak Elias, politician
- Gerhard Ens, town founder
- Jerry Friesen, football player
- Ben Heppner, politician
- Jim Hrycuik, hockey player
- Roger Kortko, hockey player
- George Langley, politician
- Frederick Loveroff, artist
- Archibald Peter McNab, 6th Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan
- Myles Morin, politician
- Earle Morris, curler
- Barbara Nickel, writer
- Erdman Penner, Disney screenwriter
- Jim Penner, businessman and politician
- J. D. Denis Pelletier, judge
- Richie Regehr, hockey player
- Robyn Regehr, hockey player
- Jeanne Thomarat, artist
- Maurice Vellacott, politician
- Seager Wheeler, author
- Art Wiebe, hockey player
- Berny Wiens, politician
References
References
- "2011 Community Profiles". Government of Canada.
- National Archives, Archivia Net. "Post Offices and Postmasters".
- Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home. "Municipal Directory System".
- Canadian Textiles Institute.. (2005). "CTI Determine your provincial constituency".
- Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada. (2005). "Elections Canada On-line".
- "Rosthern (Saskatchewan, Canada)". Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia.
- (2006). "Rosthern". Canadian Plains Research Center, [[University of Regina]].
- Russell, E. T.. (1975). "What's in a Name?". Western Producer Prairie Books.
- Barry, Bill. (2003). "People Places Contemporary Saskatchewan Placenames". Print West communications.
- link. (2012-02-24 Canadian Register of Historic Places.)
- "Valley Regional Park (Rosthern Section)". Government of Canada.
- "Golf, Regional Park Campground, Municipal / Regional Park". Government of Saskatchewan.
- "Valley". Saskatchewan Regional Parks.
- "Valley Regional Park Golf Club". Golf Canada.
- (February 9, 2022). "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan". [[Statistics Canada]].
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