Bracken, Saskatchewan

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Bracken
Village
Village of Bracken
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Bracken
Coordinates: 49°10′46″N108°05′38″W / 49.1795°N 108.094°W / 49.1795; -108.094
Country Canada
Province Saskatchewan
Region Southwest
Rural municipality Lone Tree No. 18
Government
 • Type Municipal
 • Governing body Bracken Village Council
 •  Mayor Steve Dueck
 •  Administrator Monique Fehr
 •  MLA Dave Marit
 •  MP Jeremy Patzer
Area
 • Total0.60 km2 (0.23 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)
 • Total25
 • Density33.5/km2 (87/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-6 (CST)
Postal code
S0N 0G0
Area code(s) 306
Highways Saskatchewan Highway 18 (jct).svg Hwy 18
Railway Great Western Railway

Bracken (2016 population: 20) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Lone Tree No. 18 and Census Division No. 4. The village is named after John Bracken, Premier of Manitoba and leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, who was a professor at the University of Saskatchewan. The small village is located approximately 160 km south of the City of Swift Current on Highway 18, directly north of Grasslands National Park, and approximately 20 km north of the Montana-Saskatchewan border.

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History

Bracken incorporated as a village on January 4, 1926. [1]

Demographics

Population history
(1981–2016)
YearPop.±%
198166—    
198654−18.2%
199148−11.1%
1996 56+16.7%
2001 35−37.5%
2006 25−28.6%
2011 30+20.0%
2016 20−33.3%
Source: Statistics Canada via Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics [2] [3]

In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Bracken recorded a population of 20 living in 9 of its 13 total private dwellings, a

In the 2011 Census of Population, the Village of Bracken recorded a population of 30, a

Attractions

Education

Students in Bracken are bused to Frontier, which has a school that covers kindergarten through grade 12 in the Chinook School Division.

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References

  1. ↑ "Urban Municipality Incorporations". Saskatchewan Ministry of Government Relations. Archived from the original on October 15, 2014. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Saskatchewan Census Population" (PDF). Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 24, 2015. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Saskatchewan Census Population". Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Saskatchewan)". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2011 and 2006 censuses (Saskatchewan)". Statistics Canada. June 3, 2019. Retrieved May 30, 2020.

Coordinates: 49°10′46″N108°05′38″W / 49.1795°N 108.094°W / 49.1795; -108.094


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