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Craven, Saskatchewan

Village in Saskatchewan, Canada

Summary

Village in Saskatchewan, Canada

Field	Value
name	Craven
official_name	Village of Craven
native_name
settlement_type	Village
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subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Canada
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Saskatchewan
subdivision_type2	Region
subdivision_name2	Central
subdivision_type3	Census division
subdivision_name3	6
subdivision_type4	Rural Municipality
subdivision_name4	Longlaketon No. 219
government_type	Municipal
leader_title	Governing body
leader_name	Craven Village Council
leader_title1	Mayor
leader_name1	Dayna Anderson
leader_title2	Administrator
leader_name2	Sherry Beatty-Henfrey
leader_title3	MLA
leader_title4	MP
established_title	Post office Founded
established_title2	Incorporated (Village)
unit_pref
area_land_km2	1.00
population_as_of	2011
population_total	214
population_density_km2	176.7
timezone	CST
utc_offset	−06:00
coordinates
postal_code_type	Postal code
postal_code	S0G 0W0
area_codes	306, 639, 474
blank_name	Highways
blank_info

blank1_name	Railways
blank1_info	Canadian Pacific Railway
footnotes	{{Citation
last	National Archives
first	Archivia Net
title	Post Offices and Postmasters
url	http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/post-offices/001001-100.01-e.php
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archive-date	2006-10-06
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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	2014-12-16
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	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
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Craven (2016 population: ) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Longlaketon No. 219 and Census Division No. 6. The village lies north-east of the town of Lumsden in the Qu'Appelle Valley. It sits at the confluence of the Qu'Appelle River and Last Mountain Creek. The Craven Dam is on the east side of the village.

Craven is host to an annual country music festival called Country Thunder Saskatchewan.{{cite web |access-date = 2010-08-17}} Originally called the Big Valley Jamboree, it was first established by Father Lucien Larré as a fundraiser for his Bosco Homes for emotionally disturbed youth.{{cite encyclopedia |access-date = 2014-12-02 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120318055740/http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/larre_lucien_1933-.html |archive-date = 2012-03-18 |url-status = dead

History

Craven was founded in 1882 by Colonel Stone and was originally called Sussex. The original settlement was located a half a mile east from the present site. Craven incorporated as a village on April 11, 1905.

Demographics

(1981–2016) |1981|206 |1986|235 |1991|267 |1996|278 |2001|264 |2006|274 |2011|234 |2016|214 In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Craven had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 1.22 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Craven recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of 1.21 km2, it had a population density of in 2016.

Notable people

Tanner Glass, a retired NHL ice hockey player

References

Canadian Textiles Institute.. (2005). "CTI Determine your provincial constituency".
Shiels, Leonard A.. (1980). "Villages: History of Craven". Our Roots – Canada's Local Histories Online.
"Urban Municipality Incorporations". Saskatchewan Ministry of Government Relations.
"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]].

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