Wadena, Saskatchewan

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subdivision_type2Census division
subdivision_name210
subdivision_type3Rural municipality (RM)
subdivision_name3Lakeview No. 337
leader_titleMayor
leader_nameSara Sobchyshyn (2020)
leader_title1Chief Administrative Officer
leader_name1Laura Rudolph
leader_title2Governing body
leader_name2Wadena Town Council
leader_title3MP Yorkton—Melville
leader_name3Cathay Wagantall (2025)
leader_title4MLA Kelvington-Wadena
leader_name4Hugh Nerlien (2020)
established_titleFounded
established_date1906
established_title1Post office established
established_date1June 12, 1905
established_title2Incorporated (village)
established_date21910
established_title3Incorporated (town)
established_date3February 27, 1912
area_footnotes
area_land_sq_mi1.15
area_land_km22.99
population_as_of2021
population_footnotes
population_total1,269
population_density_km2424.4
population_density_sq_mi1,099.2
population_demonymWadenan
timezoneCST
utc_offset-6
coordinates
postal_code_typePostal code
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area_codes306 / 639 / 474
blank_nameHighways
blank_info
blank1_nameRailways
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blank2_nameWaterways
blank2_infoQuill Lakes, Fishing Lake, Milligan Creek
website
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Wadena ( ) is a town in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, located east of Saskatoon, north of Fort Qu'Appelle and northwest of Yorkton on the eastern shore of the Quill Lakes. The town is known for its birdwatching and hunting opportunities as Quill Lakes is part of a major flight path. The Wadena and District Museum, located just south of Wadena on Highway 35, also hosts an annual Vintage Day in July.

Wadena is the administrative centre of the Rural Municipality of Lakeview. It is also the administrative headquarters of the Fishing Lake First Nation band government.

The town is named after Wadena, Minnesota, the place of origin of some early settlers of Scandinavian American descent. The town in Minnesota was in turn named after a Chippewa/Saulteaux Chief.

Demographics

In the 2011 Canada Census conducted by Statistics Canada, Wadena's population was 1,306 living within 2.91 km2, for a population density of 449.5 /km2.

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Wadena had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 2.99 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

Notable people

References

References

  1. [http://www.fishinglakefirstnation.com/ Fishing Lake First Nation]
  2. "Wadena". Canadian Plains Research Center.
  3. (8 February 2012). "Canada Census 2011 (Community Profiles)".
  4. (February 9, 2022). "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan". [[Statistics Canada]].
  5. Sanderson, Anne. (January 7, 2009). "Wallin attends first meeting as Canadian Senator". Wadena News.
  6. "Keith Magnuson".
  7. "Deputy Commander UNC".

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