Speers, Saskatchewan

Speers, Saskatchewan
Village
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Coordinates: 52°25′25″N107°19′59″W / 52.423505°N 107.332959°W / 52.423505; -107.332959
Country	Canada
Province	Saskatchewan
Region	South-central
Census division	16
Rural Municipality	Douglas
Established	1913
Incorporated (Village)	1915
Government
• Governing body	Speers Village Council
•  Mayor	Kenneth Rebeyka [1]
• Administrator	Dean Nicholson
Area
• Total	0.69 km2 (0.27 sq mi)
Population  (2006)
• Total	74
• Density	107.9/km2 (279/sq mi)
Time zone	CST
Postal code	S0M 2V0
Area code(s)	306
Highways	Highway 40
Railways	Canadian National Railway
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Speers (2016 population: 60) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Douglas No. 436 and Census Division No. 16. The village is located approximately 50 minutes southeast of the City of North Battleford on Highway 40.

The community is named for Charles Wesley Speers, the colonization agent for Western Canada, who came from Eastern Canada to settle at Griswold, Manitoba, in 1884.

History

Speers incorporated as a village on December 24, 1915. ^[6]

Demographics

Population history
(1981–2016)

Year	Pop.	±%
1981	114	—
1986	110	−3.5%
1991	91	−17.3%
1996	84	−7.7%
2001	71	−15.5%
2006	74	+4.2%
2011	65	−12.2%
2016	60	−7.7%
Source: Statistics Canada via Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics [7] [8]

In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Speers recorded a population of 60 living in 26 of its 34 total private dwellings, a -8.3% change from its 2011 population of 65. With a land area of 0.69 km² (0.27 sq mi), it had a population density of 87.0/km² (225.2/sq mi) in 2016. ^[9]

In the 2011 Census of Population, the Village of Speers recorded a population of 65, a -12.2% change from its 2006 population of 74. With a land area of 0.69 km² (0.27 sq mi), it had a population density of 94.2/km² (244.0/sq mi) in 2011. ^[10]

See also

• List of communities in Saskatchewan
• Villages of Saskatchewan

References

1. Municipal Directory System
2. National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters
3. Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home, Municipal Directory System, archived from the original on November 21, 2008
4. Canadian Textiles Institute. (2005), CTI Determine your provincial constituency, archived from the original on 2007-09-11
5. Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005), Elections Canada On-line
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, 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.
10. "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.