Tompkins, Saskatchewan

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Tompkins
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Village of Tompkins
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Tompkins
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Tompkins
Coordinates: 50°03′45″N108°47′41″W / 50.0625°N 108.7948°W / 50.0625; -108.7948 Coordinates: 50°03′45″N108°47′41″W / 50.0625°N 108.7948°W / 50.0625; -108.7948
CountryCanada
Province Saskatchewan
Population
 (2016) [1]
 • Total152
Time zone UTC−06:00 (CST)
Website tompkins.ca

Tompkins (2016 population: 152) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Gull Lake No. 139 and Census Division No. 8. The village is on the Trans-Canada Highway between the Town of Maple Creek and the City of Swift Current. The village was named for Thomas Tompkins, a CPR railroad contractor. [2]

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History

Tompkins incorporated as a village on June 2, 1910. [3]

Demographics

Population history
(1981–2016)
YearPop.±%
1981275—    
1986286+4.0%
1991227−20.6%
1996 201−11.5%
2001 191−5.0%
2006 173−9.4%
2011 170−1.7%
2016 152−10.6%
Source: Statistics Canada via Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics [4] [5]

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Tompkins had a population of 153 living in 84 of its 99 total private dwellings, a change of

In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Tompkins recorded a population of 152 living in 89 of its 104 total private dwellings, a

Economy

Tompkins has several small businesses which thrive on the local shopping and dedication which have always been an asset to the citizens of Tompkins.

Tompkins' most famous celebrity was Gus Wickstrom who was known worldwide, and was featured on such programmes as the Daily Show, numerous Canada-wide TV shows, and various other USA TV and radio shows. He predicted the weather by looking at raw pig spleens for their colour, width, length and fatty deposits. From this, he predicted temperature, extreme heat/cold periods, snow/rainfall and drought up to eight months in advance. This is a famous practice dating back to his Scandinavian heritage. Gus died in 2007.

The popular Canadian sit-com Corner Gas pays tribute to both Gus Wickstrom and Tompkins in having the publisher/editor/writer of the local newspaper The Howler named Gus Tompkins. The character, though often talked about, is never seen.

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References

  1. ↑ "Census Profile, 2016 Census Tompkins, Village [Census subdivision], Saskatchewan and Division No. 8, Census division [Census division], Saskatchewan" . Retrieved 2020-01-12.
  2. ↑ Barry, Bill (1998) People Places: The Dictionary of Saskatchewan Place Names, p. 359, Regina, Sask: People Places Publishing Ltd., ISBN   1-894022-19-X
  3. ↑ "Urban Municipality Incorporations". Saskatchewan Ministry of Government Relations. Archived from the original on October 15, 2014. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Saskatchewan Census Population" (PDF). Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 24, 2015. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Saskatchewan Census Population". Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
  7. ↑ "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.


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