Porcupine_Plain,_Saskatchewan

Porcupine Plain

Porcupine Plain

Town in Saskatchewan, Canada

Porcupine Plain is a town in Saskatchewan, Canada. It is accessed by Highway 23. Greenwater Lake Provincial Park is 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) southwest on Highway 38. The town is located within the Porcupine Provincial Forest. The town was originally settled by returning World War I veterans who settled in the area during the early 1920s.[5] Quilly Willy is the town mascot used on promotional material. Porcupine Plain is the hometown of Calgary Hitmen play-by-play man Brad Curle, St. Louis Blues alumnus Kelly Chase, Paralympic athlete Colette Bourgonje, and TSN SportsCentre sportscaster Darren Dutchyshen, and the company Sweet Pure Honey.

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Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Porcupine Plain had a population of 817 living in 357 of its 400 total private dwellings, a change of -5.2% from its 2016 population of 862. With a land area of 2.12 km2 (0.82 sq mi), it had a population density of 385.4/km2 (998.1/sq mi) in 2021.[6]

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Canada census – Porcupine Plain community profile
References: 2021[7] 2011[8] earlier[9][10]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters
  2. [2]
    Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home, Municipal Directory System, archived from the original on November 21, 2008
  3. [3]
    Canadian Textiles Institute. (2005), CTI Determine your provincial constituency, archived from the original on 2007-09-11
  4. [4]
    Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005), Elections Canada On-line
  5. [5]
    Sask Biz
  6. [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. [7]
    "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. February 4, 2022. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
  8. [8]
    "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2012-08-22.
  9. [9]
    "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. August 20, 2019.
  10. [10]
    "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. July 18, 2021.

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