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Balcarres, Saskatchewan
Town in Saskatchewan, Canada
Town in Saskatchewan, Canada
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| official_name | Balcarres | |
| settlement_type | Town | |
| pushpin_map | Saskatchewan | |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location of Balcarres in Saskatchewan | |
| image_skyline | File:Balcarres Saskatchewan Main Street 1968.jpg | |
| image_caption | Balcarres Main Street in 1968 | |
| subdivision_type | Country | |
| subdivision_type1 | Province | |
| subdivision_type2 | Rural Municipality (RM) | |
| subdivision_name | Canada | |
| subdivision_name1 | Saskatchewan | |
| subdivision_name2 | Abernethy No. 186 | |
| leader_title | Mayor | |
| leader_name | Dwight Dixon | |
| leader_title1 | Administrator | |
| leader_name1 | Bev Gelech | |
| leader_title2 | Governing body | |
| leader_name2 | Balcarres Town Council | |
| established_title | Post Office founded NWT | |
| established_date | 1884-04-01 | |
| established_title2 | Village established | |
| established_title3 | Town incorporated | |
| area_total_km2 | 1.57 | |
| population_as_of | 2011 | |
| population_total | 617 | |
| population_density_km2 | 392.9 | |
| utc_offset | −6 | |
| timezone_DST | CST | |
| coordinates | ||
| postal_code_type | Postal code | |
| postal_code | S0G 0C0 | |
| area_code | 306 | |
| blank_name | Highways | |
| blank_info | Highway 10 Highway 22 Highway 619 Highway 310 | |
| website | ||
| 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 | 2014-03-20 | |
| archive-date | 26 December 2018 | |
| archive-url | https://web.archive.org/web/20181226031630/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E%0A | |
| url-status | dead | |
| 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 | 2014-03-20 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | 2014-03-20 | |
| 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 | |
| last | Canadian Textiles Institute | |
| title | CTI Determine your provincial constituency | |
| year | 2005 | url=http://www.textiles.ca/eng/nonAuthProg/redirect.cfm?path=IssPolContacts§ionID=7601.cfm |
| url-status | dead | |
| archive-url | https://web.archive.org/web/20070911025012/http://www.textiles.ca/eng/nonAuthProg/redirect.cfm?path=IssPolContacts§ionID=7601.cfm | |
| archive-date | 2007-09-11 | |
| 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 }} |
| access-date =2014-03-20 | archive-date =26 December 2018 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20181226031630/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E%0A | url-status =dead |access-date=2014-03-20 |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 |access-date=2014-03-20 |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 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070911025012/http://www.textiles.ca/eng/nonAuthProg/redirect.cfm?path=IssPolContacts§ionID=7601.cfm |archive-date=2007-09-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070421084430/http://www.elections.ca/home.asp |archive-date=2007-04-21 }}
Balcarres ( ); 2006 population 598) is a town located in southern Saskatchewan, Canada, along Highway 10 and Highway 22, approximately 85 km northeast of Regina. Highways 619 and 310 are nearby highways to this community. The town is about 15 km northeast of the Fishing Lakes.
Neighbouring communities include Fort Qu'Appelle to the west, to the southeast Abernethy, and to the north Ituna. The File Hills First Nations of Little Black Bear, Peepeekisis, Okanese, and Star Blanket are also located to the northeast.
History
Balcarres post office was established in the North-West Territories on 1 April 1884.{{cite web |author-link=Library and Archives Canada |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130115072550/http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/post-offices/001001-119.01-e.php?&isn_id_nbr=9046&interval=24&&PHPSESSID=9pb4hjm9klhi7ggg85imctea30 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-01-15 |access-date=2007-07-02
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Balcarres had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 1.62 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.
Amenities
The town is home to several businesses including a grocery store, inn, pharmacy, bank, and restaurants. Terminal 22, a large inland grain terminal, is located west of town along the Canadian National Railway rail line.
Balcarres has a hospital and senior citizens home called the Balcarres Integrated Care Centre or BICC, and an elementary and high school, which educates children from the communities of Balcarres, Abernethy, and the File Hills Indian reserves. There is a Baptist church.
Notable people
- Walter Deiter, chief of the National Indian Brotherhood
- James Garfield Gardiner, premier of Saskatchewan and minister in the Canadian Cabinet
- Mandy Meyer, guitar player for Asia and Krokus
- Kenneth Moore, ice hockey player in the 1932 Winter Olympics.
- Noel Starblanket, chief of the National Indian Brotherhood
- Doug Trapp, ice hockey player
- Jerry Walker, ice hockey player
References
References
- The Canadian Press. (2017). "The Canadian Press Stylebook". [[The Canadian Press]].
- Furrows in Time: A History of Balcarres and District. Balcarres History Book Committee, 1987. {{ISBN. 978-0-919781-37-5.
- (February 9, 2022). "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan". [[Statistics Canada]].
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