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Wilcox, Saskatchewan
Village in Saskatchewan, Canada
Village in Saskatchewan, Canada
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| official_name | Wilcox | |
| native_name | ||
| settlement_type | Village | |
| dot_x | dot_y = | |
| pushpin_map | Saskatchewan#Canada | |
| pushpin_label_position | pushpin_mapsize = | |
| subdivision_type | Country | |
| subdivision_name | Canada | |
| subdivision_type1 | Province | |
| subdivision_name1 | Saskatchewan | |
| subdivision_type2 | Region | |
| subdivision_name2 | Saskatchewan | |
| subdivision_type3 | Census division | |
| subdivision_name3 | 6 | |
| subdivision_type4 | Rural Municipality | |
| subdivision_name4 | Bratt's Lake | |
| leader_title | Mayor | |
| leader_name | Wayne Hoffart | |
| leader_title1 | Administrator | |
| leader_name1 | Tammi Ritchie | |
| leader_title2 | Governing body | |
| leader_name2 | Wilcox Village Council | |
| established_title | Post office Founded | |
| established_date | 1902-11-01 | |
| established_title2 | Incorporated (Village) | |
| established_date2 | 1907{{cite web | |
| title | Wilcok 100 Years | |
| url | http://www.wilcox.ca/index.php | |
| access-date | 2013-05-19}} | |
| unit_pref | ||
| area_total_km2 | 1.48 | |
| population_as_of | 2001 | |
| population_total | 322 | |
| population_density_km2 | 218.2 | |
| population_blank1_title | National Population Rank (Out of 5,008) | |
| population_density_blank1_km2 | population_density_blank1_sq_mi = | |
| timezone | CST | |
| coordinates | ||
| elevation_footnotes | ||
| postal_code_type | Postal code | |
| postal_code | S0G 5E0 | |
| area_code | 306 | |
| blank_name | Highways | |
| blank_info | Highway 39 | |
| website | http://www.wilcox.ca/ | |
| 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 | |
| last | Government of Saskatchewan | |
| first | MRD Home | |
| title | Municipal Directory System | url=http://www.mds.gov.sk.ca/apps/Pub/MDS/welcome.aspx |
| access-date | 2013-05-19 | |
| url-status | dead | |
| archive-url | https://web.archive.org/web/20160115125115/http://www.mds.gov.sk.ca/apps/Pub/MDS/welcome.aspx | |
| archive-date | 2016-01-15 | |
| last | Canadian Textiles Institute. | |
| title | CTI Determine your provincial constituency | |
| year | 2005 | url=http://www.textiles.ca/eng/nonAuthProg/redirect.cfm?path=IssPolContacts§ionID=7601.cfm |
| url-status | dead | |
| archive-url | https://web.archive.org/web/20070911025012/http://www.textiles.ca/eng/nonAuthProg/redirect.cfm?path=IssPolContacts§ionID=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 }} |
| access-date =2013-05-19}} ||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=2006-10-06 |access-date=2013-05-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160115125115/http://www.mds.gov.sk.ca/apps/Pub/MDS/welcome.aspx |archive-date=2016-01-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070911025012/http://www.textiles.ca/eng/nonAuthProg/redirect.cfm?path=IssPolContacts§ionID=7601.cfm |archive-date=2007-09-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070421084430/http://www.elections.ca/home.asp |archive-date=2007-04-21 }}
Wilcox (2016 population: ) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Bratt's Lake No. 129 and Census Division No. 6. It is approximately 41 km south of the city of Regina.
Wilcox is the home of the Athol Murray College of Notre Dame, a boarding school for students in grades 9-12. The village was also home to the Notre Dame Hounds ice hockey team in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League. The Hounds relocated to Warman in 2025 to become the Warman Wolverines.
History
In 1902, the post office formed in the Provisional District of Assiniboia West of the North West Territories and a federal electoral district then named Qu'Appelle. Saskatchewan became a province in 1905. Wilcox incorporated as a village on April 20, 1907.
A one-room school house named Wilcox School District #1633 formed at Tsp 13 Rge 21 W of the 2 Meridian.
Demographics
(1981–2016) |1981|202 |1986|224 |1991|230 |1996|311 |2001|322 |2006|262 |2011|339 |2016|264 In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Wilcox had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 1.43 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.
In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Wilcox recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of 1.48 km2, it had a population density of in 2016.
Notable people
- Jon Cooper, head coach of the NHL Tampa Bay Lightning
- Ralph Goodale, former federal Minister of Public Safety and former Member of Parliament for Regina-Wascana
- Jason Kenney, Premier Of Alberta
- Brothers Nick Metz and Don Metz of the Toronto Maple Leafs both hail from Wilcox.
- Father Athol Murray founder of Notre Dame College of the Prairies, 1919
- Jaden Schwartz (2011 - current) of the NHL Seattle Kraken
In film
- The 1980 film, The Hounds of Notre Dame, was shot in the village.
References
References
- "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]].
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