Warman, Saskatchewan
City in Saskatchewan, Canada
title: "Warman, Saskatchewan" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["cities-in-saskatchewan", "division-no.-11,-saskatchewan"] description: "City in Saskatchewan, Canada" topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warman,_Saskatchewan" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary City in Saskatchewan, Canada ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Warman |
| official_name | City of Warman |
| native_name | |
| settlement_type | City |
| image_skyline | Municipal Office Warman Saskatchewan.jpg |
| image_caption | Warman Municipal Office |
| image_flag | Warman Saskatchewan Municipal Logo.jpg |
| pushpin_map | CAN SK Corman Park#Canada Saskatchewan |
| pushpin_label_position | |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Canada |
| subdivision_type1 | Province |
| subdivision_name1 | Saskatchewan |
| subdivision_type2 | Metropolitan area |
| subdivision_name2 | Saskatoon |
| subdivision_type3 | Rural municipality |
| subdivision_name3 | Corman Park No. 344 |
| government_footnotes | |
| leader_title | Mayor |
| leader_name | Gary Philipchuk |
| leader_title1 | Governing body |
| leader_name1 | |
| leader_title2 | MP (Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek) |
| leader_name2 | Kelly Block (CPC) |
| leader_title3 | MLA (Warman) |
| leader_name3 | Terry Jenson (SKP) |
| established_title | Established |
| established_date | 1904 |
| established_title2 | Town |
| established_date2 | 1966 |
| established_title3 | City |
| established_date3 | October 27, 2012 |
| unit_pref | |
| area_land_km2 | 13.10 |
| population_as_of | 2021 |
| population_footnotes | |
| population_total | 12,419 |
| population_density_km2 | 948.3 |
| timezone | CST |
| utc_offset | -6 |
| coordinates | |
| elevation_m | 508 |
| postal_code_type | Postal code |
| postal_code | S0K 4S0 & S0K 5S0 |
| area_code | +1-306 |
| blank_name | Highways |
| blank_info | Highway 11 |
| Highway 305 | |
| website | City of Warman |
| established_title1 | Incorporated |
| established_date1 | 1906 (village) |
| 1927 (hamlet) | |
| 1962 (village) |
| ::
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Warman (/ˈwɔrmən/) is the ninth-largest city in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It is located approximately 20 km north of the city of Saskatoon, and 5 km northeast of the city of Martensville. According to the 2021 census, Warman is the fastest growing municipality in Saskatchewan, and was the fastest growing municipality in Canada between 2011 and 2016. Warman is a bedroom community of Saskatoon. The current mayor is Gary Philipchuk.
Warman is the newest city in Saskatchewan, officially incorporated on October 27, 2012.{{cite news |url = https://thestarphoenix.com/news/Warman+will+city+this+fall/7148688/story.html |title = Warman will be a city this fall |last = Warren |first = Jeremy |work = The StarPhoenix |date = August 27, 2012 |access-date = 2012-08-27}} Warman is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Corman Park No. 344.
History
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::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/Central_Street_Warman_Saskatchewan.jpg" caption="Central Street business district"] ::
Warman was first established in the fall of 1904 when the Canadian Northern Railway built its northern line (running from Humboldt to North Battleford) at the intersection with the Canadian Pacific Railway north–south line (running from Regina to Prince Albert). The original railway station was opened in the spring of 1907, and currently holds heritage status. Operational until 1942, the building now serves as a senior citizens' drop-in centre.
Informally called "Diamond" due to the diamond shape made by the intersecting railway tracks, the name of the settlement was soon changed to Warman, in honour of Cy Warman (from Illinois), a journalist, author, and poet who worked as a publicity writer for Canadian Northern and the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway documenting the railway expansion boom in western Canada.
Following the completion of the new railway, there was an inflow of settlers into the region, drawn by the promise of a quarter section of farmland for $10 as well as by the economic opportunities in the new community. The government, newspapers, and railways all promoted settlement, and Warman quickly developed into a thriving community with a school, churches, a bank, two hotels, a newspaper, a blacksmith shop, a shoe repair shop, many general stores and wooden pavements.
A fire in 1908, followed by a tornado in 1910, destroyed most of the newly created village, including most of Main Street, reducing the population. Main Street became a residential side street, as the residents opted to rebuild along Central Street instead. The population continued to decline in the aftermath of World War I and by 1927, the village had dropped to unincorporated hamlet status, having its administrative affairs handled by the Rural Municipality of Warman.
In the early 1950s Warman began to grow again, as one of the first bedroom communities of Saskatoon. By 1961, the population of Warman had reached 659, so it was decided in 1962 to reincorporate as a village, then as a town four years later. By 2011, the town grew to a population of 7,084. The town council applied for city status in 2012, which was approved by the provincial government in the summer of that year. Warman officially became a city on October 27, 2012.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Warman had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 13.1 km2, it had a population density of in 2021. |2016_population=11,020 | 2016_pop_delta=55.1 | 2016_land_area=13.05 | 2016_pop_density=844.6 |2016_total_pvt_dwell=3,874 |2011_population=7,104 | 2011_pop_delta=48.5 | 2011_land_area=8.54 | 2011_pop_density=829.7 |2011_total_pvt_dwell=2,475 |2006_population=4,764 | 2006_pop_delta=36.9 | 2006_land_area=5.34 | 2006_pop_density=891.8 |2006_median_age=30.5 | 2006_median_age_m=30.4 | 2006_median_age_f=30.6 |2006_total_pvt_dwell=1,679 | 2006_mean_hh_income=65,067 | 2006_access_date=2011-03-06 |2001_population=3,481 | 2001_pop_delta=22.6 | 2001_land_area=5.01 | 2001_pop_density=695.1 |2001_median_age=30.5 | 2001_median_age_m=30.4 | 2001_median_age_f=30.6 |2001_total_pvt_dwell=1,199 |2001_mean_hh_income=47,914 | 2001_access_date=2011-03-06
Ethnicity
::data[format=table title="[[Panethnicity|Panethnic]] groups in the City of Warman (2001−2021)"]
| Panethnic group | 2021 | 2016 | 2011 | 2006 | 2001 | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Total responses | 12,175 | 10,950 | 7,030 | 4,725 | 3,440 | Total population | 12,419 | 11,020 | 7,104 | 4,764 | 3,481 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| European | 10,245 | 9,480 | 6,360 | 4,515 | 3,365 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indigenous | 1,355 | 905 | 530 | 185 | 65 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Asian | 170 | 140 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southeast Asian | 165 | 210 | 90 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| African | 150 | 95 | 10 | 10 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Latin American | 30 | 65 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| East Asian | 25 | 40 | 0 | 10 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Middle Eastern | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other/multiracial | 0 | 25 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Education
Prairie Spirit School Division provides public education in Warman, and operates four schools in the city:
- Warman Elementary School
- Traditions Elementary School
- Warman Community Middle School
- Warman High School
Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools operates one school in the city:
- Holy Trinity Catholic School
Great Plains College, offering post-secondary education, has one campus in the city.
Media
Due to its proximity to Saskatoon, Warman receives radio and television broadcasts from the city. Warman has a local newspaper, the Clark's Crossing Gazette, which also serves Martensville and other surrounding areas.
Infrastructure
Transportation
Warman is situation on the Louis Riel Trail (Highway 11), which links Saskatoon to Prince Albert. Highways 305 and 784 provide access to Martensville to the west. The closest major airport is the Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport.
Notable people
Ed Dyck, former NHL hockey player, was born in Warman.
References
References
- "Council Members". Town of Warman.
- (April 25, 2023). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Warman, City (CY) [Census subdivision], Saskatchewan".
- (April 25, 2023). "History of Warman". [[City of Warman]].
- "Warman, Martensville lead way as fastest growing Saskatchewan cities".
- (February 8, 2017). "Census 2016: Warman, Sask. fastest growing municipality in Canada".
- "Canadian National Railway Station, Warman SK - Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan".
- "HistoricPlaces.ca - HistoricPlaces.ca".
- "Cy Warman: Pioneer Railroad Writer". Great Eastern.
- "History of Warman {{!}} Warman, SK - Official Website".
- (February 9, 2022). "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan". [[Statistics Canada]].
- Government of Canada, Statistics Canada. (2022-10-26). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population".
- Government of Canada, Statistics Canada. (2021-10-27). "Census Profile, 2016 Census".
- Government of Canada, Statistics Canada. (2015-11-27). "NHS Profile".
- Government of Canada, Statistics Canada. (2019-08-20). "2006 Community Profiles".
- Government of Canada, Statistics Canada. (2019-07-02). "2001 Community Profiles".
- "Education: Schools in Warman {{!}} Warman, SK - Official Website".
- (2014-06-01). "Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools now represents the City of Warman". [[GSCS]].
- (2015-06-23). "New Catholic schools get names". [[The StarPhoenix]].
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