Simpson, Saskatchewan

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Simpson
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Simpson
Coordinates: 51°27′N105°27′W / 51.450°N 105.450°W / 51.450; -105.450
Country Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Province Flag of Saskatchewan.svg  Saskatchewan
Rural Municipalities (R.M.) RM of Wood Creek No. 281
Post office Founded1911-04-01
Area
  Total1.41 km2 (0.54 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)
  Total127 [1]
  Density89.8/km2 (233/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-6 (CST)
Website Simpson
[2] [3] [4] [5]

Simpson (2016 population: 127) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Wood Creek No. 281 and Census Division No. 11. It is between the cities of Regina and Saskatoon on Highway 2. The administrative office for the Rural Municipality of Wood Creek No. 281 is located in the village. The post office was founded in 1911 by Herman Bergren and Joseph Newman during construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway. It is named after George Simpson, a governor of the Hudson's Bay Company. [6]

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History

The early 1904 pioneer homestead settlers were George, John and Robert Simpson, Bill Grieve, William Cole, and E.C. Howie. Simpson incorporated as a village on July 11, 1911. [7]

Geography

Sites of interest

The previous Wood Creek No. 281 Rural Municipality Office was designated on April 5, 1982, as a municipal heritage site and now houses the Simpson district museum. [10]

Demographics

Population history
(1981–2021)
YearPop.±%
1981231    
1986224−3.0%
1991212−5.4%
1996 208−1.9%
2001 194−6.7%
2006 118−39.2%
2011 131+11.0%
2016 127−3.1%
2021 131+3.1%
Source: Statistics Canada via Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics [11] [12]

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Simpson had a population of 131 living in 64 of its 83 total private dwellings, a change of

In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Simpson recorded a population of 127 living in 66 of its 87 total private dwellings, a

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  6. Barry, Bill (2003), People Places: Contemporary Saskatchewan Placenames, Regina, Canada: Print West communications, p. 230, ISBN   1-894022-92-0
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