Torquay, Saskatchewan

History

Torquay was established in 1912 when the land was sold to the Canadian Pacific Railway for $2,400. At the suggestion of a railroad superintendent's wife, the area was named after the English town of Torquay as like its namesake, it had an abundant water supply. The Ambrose-Torquay Border Crossing that connects Torquay with the North Dakota village of Ambrose opened in 1915 and remains in daily use today.

Politician Elmer Knutson, founder of the Confederations of Regions Party, was born on his family's farm in Torquay in 1914.

Torquay incorporated as a village on December 11, 1923. The first council meeting as the Village of Torquay was held on January 9, 1924.

In May 2018 the Canadian government announced plans to construct the country's first geothermal power plant in the area, with the eventual aim of using renewable energy to power hundreds of thousands of homes in Saskatchewan.

Demographics

(1981–2016) |1981|311 |1986|321 |1991|285 |1996|285 |2001|231 |2006|184 |2011|236 |2016|255 In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Torquay had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 1.35 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Torquay recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of 1.35 km2, it had a population density of in 2016.

References

References

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4. [https://leaderpost.com/news/saskatchewan/canadas-first-ever-geothermal-power-plant-in-the-works-for-torquay-area Canada's first-ever geothermal power plant in the words for Torquay] ''[[Regina Leader-Post]]''. 18 May 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
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