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Meota

Village in Saskatchewan, Canada

Summary

Village in Saskatchewan, Canada

Field	Value
name	Meota
official_name	Village of Meota
native_name
settlement_type	Village
motto	It is good here!
image_skyline	Meota Saskatchewan.jpg
image_caption	Meota business district
pushpin_map	CAN SK Meota#Saskatchewan#Canada
coordinates
pushpin_mapsize	200
dot_x		dot_y =
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Canada
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Saskatchewan
subdivision_type2	Region
subdivision_name2	Northwest
subdivision_type3	Census division
subdivision_name3	17
subdivision_type4	Rural Municipality
subdivision_name4	Meota No. 468
leader_title	Mayor
leader_name	Derek Welford
leader_title1	Administrator
leader_name1	Kristen Tokaryk
leader_title2	Governing body
leader_name2	Meota Village Council
leader_title3	MP
leader_title4	MLA
established_title	Established
established_date	1894
established_title2	Incorporated (Village)
established_date2	February 1, 1911
unit_pref
area_total_km2	1.55
population_as_of	2021
population_total	325
population_density_km2	191.9
population_density_blank1_km2		population_density_blank1_sq_mi =
timezone	CST
postal_code_type	Postal code
postal_code	S0M 1X0
area_code	306
blank_name	Highways
blank_info	Highway 26
blank1_name	Railways
blank1_info	Canadian Northern 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
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
}}</ref><ref>{{Citation	last	Government of Saskatchewan	first=MRD Home	title=Municipal Directory System	url=http://www.municipal.gov.sk.ca/index.html	url-status=dead	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121083646/http://www.municipal.gov.sk.ca/index.html	archive-date=November 21, 2008 }}{{Citation
last	Canadian Textiles Institute.
title	CTI Determine your provincial constituency
year	2005	url=http://www.textiles.ca/eng/nonAuthProg/redirect.cfm?path=IssPolContacts&sectionID=7601.cfm
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	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 }}

the village

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Meota (2021 population: ) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Meota No. 468 and Census Division No. 17. The village name is derived from the Cree phrase Meotate or Mo-Was-In-Ota, meaning "good place to camp" or "it is good here."

Meota is on the south-western shore of Jackfish Lake and is accessed from Highway 26. Meota Regional Park is adjacent to the community.

History

A post office named Meota was established in 1894, but it was located where the present-day community of Metinota is, leading to some confusion over the origins of the current village of Meota. The first post office in present-day Meota was established in 1910, although it was initially called Beachview.

Joseph A. Dart, an early merchant, had previously established a store in a tent near current-day Meota, and in 1910, he moved to the Meota townsite where his store operated in a building on Main Street. The Canadian Northern Railway opened its line through Meota in 1910–1911. Meota incorporated as a village on July 6, 1911. In 1912 the first grain elevator was constructed, and then a dance pavilion opened in 1921. Other industries included brick manufacturing, a flour mill, and commercial fishing ("Meota Whites"). A series of fires has since decimated the village's business district, and the advent of the automobile caused many local residents to drive to North Battleford for shopping.

Demographics

(1981–2016) |1981|235 |1986|241 |1991|268 |1996|274 |2001|293 |2006|297 |2011|307 |2016|304 In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Meota had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 1.61 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Meota recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of 1.55 km2, it had a population density of in 2016.

Meota Regional Park

Meota Regional Park () is a regional park in the village of Meota on the shore of Jackfish Lake. The park has a campground, lake access with a sandy beach, boat launch, ball diamonds, swimming pool, and a tennis court. The 9-hole Meota & District Lakeside Golf Course is adjacent to the park. The campground has 100 campsites, washrooms, showers, and laundry.

References

Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home. "Municipal Directory System".
Russell, Edmund T.. (1973). "What's In a Name: The Story Behind Saskatchewan Place Names (3rd edition)". Western Producer Prairie Books.
(2009). "Saskbiz Community Profiles: Meota". Enterprise Saskatchewan, Government of Saskatchewan.
McLennan, David. (2008). "Our Town: Saskatchewan Communities from Abbey to Zenon Park". Canadian Plains Research Center, University of Regina.
"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]].
"Meota Regional Park". Government of Canada.
"Meota and District Lakeside Golf Club". Government of Saskatchewan.
"Meota Regional Park". Government of Saskatchewan.
"Meota". Saskatchewan Regional Parks.

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