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Simpson, Saskatchewan

Village in Saskatchewan, Canada

Summary

Village in Saskatchewan, Canada

Field	Value
official_name	Simpson
settlement_type
image_skyline	Simpson Saskatchewan.jpg
image_caption	Railway Avenue
pushpin_map	Saskatchewan
latd	51.45
longd	-105.45
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Canada
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Saskatchewan
subdivision_type2	Rural Municipalities (R.M.)
subdivision_name2	RM of Wood Creek No. 281
established_title	Post office Founded
established_date	1911-04-01
established_title2	Village established
established_title3	Town incorporated
leader_title	Mayor
leader_title1	Federal Electoral District
leader_title2	Provincial Constituency M.L.A.
area_total_km2	1.41
population_total	127
population_as_of	2016
population_density_km2	89.8
timezone	CST
utc_offset	-6
website	Simpson
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	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

-- Moose Jaw - Lake Centre M.P. |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 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070421084430/http://www.elections.ca/home.asp |archive-date = 2007-04-21

Simpson (2016 population: ) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Wood Creek No. 281 and Census Division No. 11. It is between the cities of Regina and Saskatoon on Highway 2. The administrative office for the Rural Municipality of Wood Creek No. 281 is located in the village. The post office was founded in 1911 by Herman Bergren and Joseph Newman during construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway. It is named after George Simpson, a governor of the Hudson's Bay Company.{{Citation

History

The early 1904 pioneer homestead settlers were George, John and Robert Simpson, Bill Grieve, William Cole, and E.C. Howie. Simpson incorporated as a village on July 11, 1911.

Geography

Last Mountain Lake Sanctuary, North America's oldest sanctuary for birds, is a nearby tourist attraction. Last Mountain Lake National Wildlife Area, Last Mountain Lake Wildlife Management Unit, and Last Mountain Regional Park are all conservation areas near Simpson on Long Lake or Last Mountain Lake.{{Citation |access-date=2025-07-08
Manitou Beach, located on a salt water lake - the land of healing waters - and the historic Danceland dance hall are located near Simpson at Watrous. This is also a major tourist attraction for the area.

Sites of interest

The previous Wood Creek No. 281 Rural Municipality Office was designated on April 5, 1982, as a municipal heritage site and now houses the Simpson district museum.{{Citation | access-date = 2025-07-08

Demographics

(1981–2021) |1981|231 |1986|224 |1991|212 |1996|208 |2001|194 |2006|118 |2011|131 |2016|127 |2021|131 In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Simpson had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 1.57 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Simpson recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of 1.41 km2, it had a population density of in 2016.

References

(8 February 2017). "Census Profile". Statistics Canada.
Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home. "Municipal Directory System".
Canadian Textiles Institute.. (2005). "CTI Determine your provincial constituency".
"Urban Municipality Incorporations". Saskatchewan Ministry of Government Relations.
"Manitou Beach Online".
"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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