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Bethune, Saskatchewan
Village in Saskatchewan, Canada
Village in Saskatchewan, Canada
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| name | Bethune | |
| official_name | Village of Bethune | |
| native_name | ||
| settlement_type | Village | |
| image_skyline | Bethune Saskatchewan.jpg | |
| image_caption | Main Street Bethune | |
| pushpin_map | Saskatchewan#Canada | |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location of Bethune in Saskatchewan | |
| coordinates | ||
| subdivision_type | Country | |
| subdivision_name | Canada | |
| subdivision_type1 | Province | |
| subdivision_name1 | Saskatchewan | |
| subdivision_type2 | Region | |
| subdivision_name2 | Southwest | |
| subdivision_type3 | Census division | |
| subdivision_name3 | 6 | |
| subdivision_type4 | Rural Municipality | |
| subdivision_name4 | Dufferin No. 190 | |
| government_type | Municipal | |
| leader_title | Governing body | |
| leader_name | Bethune Village Council | |
| leader_title1 | Mayor | |
| leader_name1 | Christoper Lloyd | |
| leader_title2 | Administrator | |
| leader_name2 | Rodney Audette | |
| leader_title3 | MP | |
| leader_title4 | MLA | |
| established_title | Post office Founded | |
| established_date | 1905-06-05 | |
| established_title2 | Incorporated (Village) | |
| established_date2 | 1912 | |
| area_total_km2 | 1.04 | |
| 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/20181226131643/http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E%0A | |
| url-status | dead | |
| population_total | 399 | |
| population_as_of | 2016 | |
| population_density_km2 | 383.1 | |
| timezone | Central | |
| utc_offset | -6 | |
| postal_code_type | Postal code | |
| postal_code | S0G 0H0 | |
| area_code | 306 | |
| blank_name | Highways | |
| blank_info | ||
| blank1_name | Railways | |
| website | ||
| 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 | |
| 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 | 2014-08-21 | |
| 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 }} |
| access-date =2014-08-21 | archive-date =26 December 2018 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20181226131643/http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E%0A | url-status =dead
|access-date=2014-08-21 |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=2014-08-21 |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 }}
Bethune (2016 population: ) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Dufferin No. 190 and Census Division No. 6. The village is 56 km north-west of Regina on Highway 11 (the Louis Riel Trail). Arm River flows along a river valley north of Bethune, which features camping sites.
The post office of Bethune, Assiniboia, NWT was established on 5 June 1905, three months before Saskatchewan became a province.
History
Bethune incorporated as a village on 2 August 1912. The village takes its name from C.B. Bethune, the engineer on the first train to travel the railway in 1887.
Demographics
(1981–2016) |1981|369 |1986|373 |1991|369 |1996|375 |2001|380 |2006|369 |2011|400 |2016|399 In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Bethune had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 2.38 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.
In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Bethune recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of 2.38 km2, it had a population density of in 2016.
Attractions
Bethune has a skating rink, curling rink, park, school, and baseball diamonds located on the outskirts of town at McLean Park. It has a playground splash pad and four baseball diamonds. Bethune is home to the Bethune Bulldogs of the senior men's Highway Hockey League.
The Gillis Blakley Bethune and District Heritage Museum is a Municipal Heritage Property on the Canadian Register of Historic Places.
Nearby attractions include Buffalo Pound Provincial Park, Grandview Beach, Kedleston Beach, and Regina Beach Recreation Site.
References
References
- [http://villageofbethune.com/administration-governance/ Administration & Governance]
- The Canadian Press. (2017). "The Canadian Press Stylebook". [[The Canadian Press]].
- "Bethune". Village of Bethune.
- "Urban Municipality Incorporations". Saskatchewan Ministry of Government Relations.
- "About us". Town of Bethune.
- "Saskatchewan Census Population". Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics.
- "Saskatchewan Census Population". Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics.
- (February 9, 2022). "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan". [[Statistics Canada]].
- (February 8, 2017). "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Saskatchewan)". [[Statistics Canada]].
- "Highway Hockey League". Highway Hockey.
- "HistoricPlaces.ca - Recherche".
- WebPAC PRO © Innovative Interfaces, Inc.. "University of Saskatchewan Online Library Database".
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