Frobisher, Saskatchewan

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Frobisher
Village
Village of Frobisher
Frobisher is located in Saskatchewan
Frobisher
Frobisher
Location of Frobisher in Saskatchewan
Coordinates: 49°12′00″N 102°27′00″W / 49.200°N 102.450°W / 49.200; -102.450
Country Canada
Province Saskatchewan
RegionSoutheast
Census division1
Rural MunicipalityCoalfields No. 4
Post office Founded1902-02-01
Government
 • TypeMunicipal
 • Governing bodyFrobisher Village Council
 • MayorKyla MacCuish
 • AdministratorHolley Odgers
 • MLADan D'Autremont
 • MPRobert Kitchen
Area
 • Total1.35 km2 (0.52 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)
 • Total160
 • Density118.5/km2 (307/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
Postal code
S0C 0Y0
Area code(s)306
Highways Hwy 18

 Hwy 604
[1][2][3][4]

Frobisher (2016 population: 160) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Coalfields No. 4 and Census Division No. 1. It has an elevation of 576 metres (1891 feet) above sea level.

Frobisher is located along Highway 18, in the heart of south-east Saskatchewan's oil patch. Many pumpjacks and oil batteries are found in the area. Within the village, there's a post office,[5] Frobisher United Church,[6] a restaurant/convenience store, and oil field related businesses.

History[]

Frobisher was originally known as Frobyshire[7] but due to an error in the original village plans, it had to be renamed. In 1903, there were four grain elevators, each with a capacity of 25,000 bushels, one of which still stands. Frobisher was built at the cross-roads of two rail lines, the Canadian Pacific Railway Souris Line and the Grand Trunk Regina-Boundary Branch Line.[8] The Grand Trunk line was a Canadian National Railway line, which is now gone as CN had issued a notice of discontinuance for the section which went from Northgate to Lampman on 16 October 2007.[9] Frobisher was incorporated as a village on July 4, 1904.[10]

Parks and recreation[]

The closest park to Frobisher is Moose Creek Regional Park,[11] 27 kilometres east. The park is located along the east side of Grant Devine Reservoir. While Frobisher no longer has an ice rink, the Frobisher Flyers were among the four founding teams of the Big 6 Hockey League.[12] The Flyers never won a championship.

Demographics[]

Population history
(1981–2016)
YearPop.±%
1981166—    
1986187+12.7%
1991158−15.5%
1996165+4.4%
2001149−9.7%
2006145−2.7%
2011166+14.5%
2016160−3.6%
Source: Statistics Canada via Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics[13][14]

In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Frobisher recorded a population of 160 living in 65 of its 88 total private dwellings, a -3.8% change from its 2011 population of 166. With a land area of 1.35 km2 (0.52 sq mi), it had a population density of 118.5/km2 (307.0/sq mi) in 2016.[15]

In the 2011 Census of Population, the Village of Frobisher recorded a population of 166, a 14.5% change from its 2006 population of 145. With a land area of 1.35 km2 (0.52 sq mi), it had a population density of 123.0/km2 (318.5/sq mi) in 2011.[16]

See also[]

  • List of communities in Saskatchewan
  • Villages of Saskatchewan

References[]

  1. ^ National Archives, Archivia Net. "Post Offices and Postmasters". Archived from the original on 2006-10-06. Retrieved 2014-08-21.
  2. ^ Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home. "Municipal Directory System". Archived from the original on 2016-01-15. Retrieved 2014-08-21.
  3. ^ Canadian Textiles Institute. (2005), CTI Determine your provincial constituency, archived from the original on 2007-09-11
  4. ^ Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005), Elections Canada On-line, archived from the original on 2007-04-21
  5. ^ https://www.canadapost-postescanada.ca/information/app/fpo/personal/findpostofficedetail?outletId=0000542806
  6. ^ https://www.saskatchewan-businessdirectory.com/c-city-centre-family-physicians_9026%3Cbr%20/c-frobisher-united-church_15845
  7. ^ https://www.tourismsaskatchewan.com/community/62/frobisher#sort=relevancy
  8. ^ https://www.gent.name/sask:towns:frobisher:start
  9. ^ https://otc-cta.gc.ca/eng/notices-rail-line-discontinuance
  10. ^ name=Incorporation>"Urban Municipality Incorporations". Saskatchewan Ministry of Government Relations. Archived from the original on October 15, 2014. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  11. ^ http://saskregionalparks.ca/park/moose-creek/
  12. ^ https://www.bigsixhockey.com/
  13. ^ "Saskatchewan Census Population" (PDF). Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 24, 2015. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
  14. ^ "Saskatchewan Census Population". Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
  15. ^ "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.
  16. ^ "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.

Coordinates: 49°12′00″N 102°27′00″W / 49.200°N 102.450°W / 49.200; -102.450

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