Fairlight, Saskatchewan

For other uses, see Fairlight (disambiguation).

Fairlight
Village
Village of Fairlight
Views of Fairlight, 1909
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Coordinates: 49°52′30″N101°40′48″W / 49.875°N 101.680°W / 49.875; -101.680
Country	Canada
Province	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
• Total	2.71 km2 (1.05 sq mi)
Population  (2016)
• Total	40
• Density	14.8/km2 (38/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
Postal code	S0G 1M0
Area code	306
Highways	Highway 8 Highway 48
Railways	Canadian National Railway
[1] [2] [3] [4]

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.

History

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

Demographics

Population history
(1981–2016)

Year	Pop.	±%
1981	74	—
1986	71	−4.1%
1991	68	−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 -37.5% from its 2016 population of 40. With a land area of 2.58 km² (1.00 sq mi), it had a population density of 9.7/km² (25.1/sq mi) in 2021. ^[9]

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 0% change from its 2011 population of 40. With a land area of 2.71 km² (1.05 sq mi), it had a population density of 14.8/km² (38.2/sq mi) in 2016. ^[10]

See also

• List of communities in Saskatchewan
• List of villages in Saskatchewan

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.
10. "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.

External links

• Media related to Fairlight, Saskatchewan at Wikimedia Commons
• Canadaportal