Fairlight, Saskatchewan

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Fairlight
Village of Fairlight
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Views of Fairlight, 1909.
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Location of Fairlight in Saskatchewan
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Fairlight, Saskatchewan (Canada)
Coordinates: 49°52′30″N101°40′48″W / 49.875°N 101.680°W / 49.875; -101.680
Country Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Province Flag of Saskatchewan.svg  Saskatchewan
Region Southeast
Census division 1
Rural Municipality Maryfield No. 91
Incorporated (Village)1910
Government
  Type Municipal
  Governing body Fairlight Village Council
   Mayor Barry Metz
   Administrator Nadia Metz
Area
  Total2.71 km2 (1.05 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)
  Total40
  Density14.8/km2 (38/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-6 (CST)
Postal code
S0G 1M0
Area code 306
Highways Saskatchewan Highway 8 (jct).svg Highway 8
Saskatchewan Highway 48 (jct).svg Highway 48
Railways Canadian National Railway
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Fairlight (2016 population: 40) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Maryfield No. 91 and Census Division No. 1. The village lies just south of Provincial Highway 48 [5] and the Canadian National Railway, about a kilometre west of Highway 8.

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History

Fairlight incorporated as a village on October 5, 1909. [6]

Demographics

Population history
(1981–2016)
YearPop.±%
198174    
198671−4.1%
199168−4.2%
1996 56−17.6%
2001 45−19.6%
2006 40−11.1%
2011 40+0.0%
2016 40+0.0%
Source: Statistics Canada via Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics [7] [8]

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Fairlight had a population of 25 living in 12 of its 21 total private dwellings, a change of

In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Fairlight recorded a population of 40 living in 18 of its 21 total private dwellings, a

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References

  1. National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters, archived from the original on October 6, 2006
  2. Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home, Municipal Directory System, archived from the original on November 21, 2008
  3. Canadian Textiles Institute. (2005), CTI Determine your provincial constituency, archived from the original on September 11, 2007
  4. Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005), Elections Canada On-line, archived from the original on April 21, 2007
  5. "South - Fairlight - Hwys 8, 48". Tourism Saskatchewan. Government of Saskatchewan. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
  6. "Urban Municipality Incorporations". Saskatchewan Ministry of Government Relations. Archived from the original on October 15, 2014. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  7. "Saskatchewan Census Population" (PDF). Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 24, 2015. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
  8. "Saskatchewan Census Population". Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
  9. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
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