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Eston, Saskatchewan

Town in Saskatchewan, Canada

Summary

Town in Saskatchewan, Canada

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subdivision_type2Region
subdivision_type3Census division
subdivision_name312
subdivision_type4Rural Municipality
subdivision_name4Snipe Lake
leader_titleGoverning body
leader_nameEston Town Council
leader_title1Reeve
leader_title2Administrator
leader_title3MP
leader_title4MLA
established_titleEstablished
established_title2Incorporated (Village)
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area_total_km22.72
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population_density_km2390.3
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postal_code_typePostal code
area_code306
blank_nameHighways
blank_infoHighway 30
Highway 44
blank1_nameRailways
blank1_infoCanadian National Railway
websiteOfficial Website - Town of Eston
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Highway 44 ||footnotes ={{Citation |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=6 October 2006 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070911025012/http://www.textiles.ca/eng/nonAuthProg/redirect.cfm?path=IssPolContacts&sectionID=7601.cfm |archive-date = 11 September 2007 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070421084430/http://www.elections.ca/home.asp |archive-date = 21 April 2007

Eston is a town in the Rural Municipality of Snipe Lake No. 259, Saskatchewan, Canada. The population was 1,061 at the 2016 Census. The town is located at the junction of Highway 30 and Highway 44, approximately 70 km south-east of Kindersley. Eston Riverside Regional Park is 21 km south of town on the north bank of the South Saskatchewan River.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Eston had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 2.65 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

Climate

Eston experiences a semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification BSk) with long, cold, dry winters and short but very warm summers. Precipitation is very low, with an annual average of 297mm, and is heavily concentrated in the warmer months.

The town experienced "severe damage" to buildings as a result of plough winds during a severe thunderstorm on July 14, 2019.

|Jan record high C = 9.5 |Feb record high C = 13.5 |Mar record high C = 20.5 |Apr record high C = 32.5 |May record high C = 36.1 |Jun record high C = 39.5 |Jul record high C = 39 |Aug record high C = 38.9 |Sep record high C = 36.7 |Oct record high C = 32.2 |Nov record high C = 21.7 |Dec record high C = 11.7 |year record high C = 39.5 |Jan record low C = −47.8 |Feb record low C = −40.5 |Mar record low C = −40.6 |Apr record low C = −28.6 |May record low C = −11.1 |Jun record low C = −4.4 |Jul record low C = −1.1 |Aug record low C = −2.8 |Sep record low C = −10.6 |Oct record low C = −26 |Nov record low C = −35 |Dec record low C = −43.9 |year record low C = −47.8 Canadian Climate Normals 1971–2000, accessed 27 July 2010

Notable people

  • Michael Helm, author
  • Robert Steadward, founder of the International Paralympic Committee

References

References

  1. "Census Profile". Statistics Canada.
  3. Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home. "Municipal Directory System".
  4. (February 9, 2022). "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan". [[Statistics Canada]].
  5. "Eston suffers extensive damage in overnight storm".
  6. (2010). "Robert D. Steadward OC, PhD, LLD (Hon)". Lieutenant Governor of Alberta.
  7. (2007). "Dr. Robert Steadward".
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