Rocanville,_Saskatchewan

Rocanville

Rocanville

Town in Saskatchewan, Canada

Rocanville is a community in Saskatchewan, Canada, and home to the largest oil can in the world.[1] It is home of the Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan (PCS) potash mine which recently announced a $1.6 billion expansion. Rocanville is also home of the Symons Oiler factory which produced over 1 million oil cans during the Second World War.[2] The town erected the giant oil can to commemorate the factory.

For the surrounding rural municipality, see Rural Municipality of Rocanville No. 151.
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Rocanville is also known for crop circles that were discovered there in the fall of 1996.[3]

Fort Espérance, an archaeological site in Rocanville believed to contain the remains of two late 18th- and early 19th-century fur trade forts, was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1944.[4] The Rocanville and District Museum Site, the Rocanville Farmers Building and the Symons Metalworks have all been designated as Municipal Heritage Properties under the provincial Heritage Property Act.[5]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Rocanville had a population of 889 living in 398 of its 471 total private dwellings, a change of 3% from its 2016 population of 863. With a land area of 2.36 km2 (0.91 sq mi), it had a population density of 376.7/km2 (975.6/sq mi) in 2021.[6]

Climate

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    "World's Largest Oil Can, Rocanville, SK, Canada" Roadside Attractions on WayMarking
  2. [2]
    McLennan, David "Rocanville" Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan
  3. [3]
    Deetken, Chad (1996) "Preliminary Report on Rocanville, Saskatchewan Crop Circle Formations" Mutual UFO Network
  4. [4]
    Fort Espérance National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  5. [5]
    Rocanville and District Museum Site. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 31 October 2014. , Rocanville Farmers Building. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 31 October 2014. , Symons Metalworkers Company Limited. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  6. [6]
    "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan". Statistics Canada. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  7. [7]
    Environment Canada - Canadian Climate Normals 1971-2000—Canadian Climate Normals 1971–2000, accessed 19 December 2010


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