McCord,_Saskatchewan

McCord, Saskatchewan

McCord, Saskatchewan

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McCord is a hamlet in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.

It is located slightly south of Highway 18, between Ferland and Glentworth, in the south-central portion of the province. McCord has a multi-purpose town hall, a Lucky Dollar grocery store, Dee's Garden Shed, local contractor, a Co-Op with a small farming and hardware section, gas pumps, town museum featuring historical and CPR Railway artifacts, small campground area, two churches, and an arena that previously housed hockey, skating, rodeos and curling.

Etymology

McCord is named after James Samuel (Jim) McCord, an early rancher who homesteaded at N36-5-8-W3.[1]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, McCord had a population of 25 living in 16 of its 22 total private dwellings, a change of -16.7% from its 2016 population of 30. With a land area of 0.34 km2 (0.13 sq mi), it had a population density of 73.5/km2 (190.4/sq mi) in 2021.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Barry, Bill (September 2005). Geographic Names of Saskatchewan. Regina, Saskatchewan: People Places Publishing, Ltd. p. 258. ISBN 1-897010-19-2.
  2. [2]
    "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 31, 2022.

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