Macoun, Saskatchewan

History

After a Soo Line extension in 1898 linked more settled areas of North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota with the Canadian Pacific line, a section of land along the rail line became favoured by incoming land seekers, eventually being named Macoun on railway maps.

Macoun incorporated as a village on October 16, 1903. On April 20, 1914, an acetylene gas plant explosion in the cellar of the Macoun Hotel and the resulting fire caused 13 deaths.{{Cite web | access-date = 2014-08-15}} In the early 1900s acetylene was widely used for illumination.

The village is named for John Macoun, an Irish-born Canadian naturalist, botanist and explorer who studied the prairies on behalf of the Canadian government.

Demographics

(1981–2016) |1981|190 |1986|178 |1991|157 |1996|148 |2001|170 |2006|168 |2011|246 |2016|269 In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Macoun had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 1.7 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Macoun recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of 1.68 km2, it had a population density of in 2016.

Notable residents

Notable people from Macoun include:

• Lenard Gustafson, Canadian senator
• Kim Thorson, politician
• Gladys Arnold, Journalist

References

References

1. [http://www.mds.gov.sk.ca/apps/Pub/MDS/muniDetails.aspx?cat=10&mun=2080 Municipal Directory System]
3. "Discover Macoun".
4. "Urban Municipality Incorporations". Saskatchewan Ministry of Government Relations.
5. "John Macoun".
6. "Saskatchewan Census Population". Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics.
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8. (February 9, 2022). "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan". [[Statistics Canada]].
9. (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]].