Flaxcombe, Saskatchewan

Village in Saskatchewan, Canada

51°27′32″N 109°37′19″W / 51.459°N 109.622°W / 51.459; -109.622CountryCanadaProvinceSaskatchewanRural municipalityKindersley No. 290Post office FoundedMarch 1, 1910Government

• TypeMunicipal • Governing bodyFlaxcombe Village Council • MayorBlaine Sautner • AdministratorCharlotte Helfrich • MLAKen Francis • MPJeremy PatzerArea

• Total1.49 km² (0.58 sq mi)Population

(2016)

• Total129 • Density74.6/km² (193/sq mi)Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)Postal code

S0L 1E0

Area code306Highways

Hwy 7Railways Canadian National Railway^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Flaxcombe (2016 population: 124) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Kindersley No. 290 and Census Division No. 13. The village is located approximately 30 km west of the Town of Kindersley, on Highway 7, and approximately 27 km east of the Alberta-Saskatchewan border.

History

Flaxcombe incorporated as a village on June 4, 1913.^[5]

Demographics

Population history
(1981–2016)
Year	Pop.	±%
1981	90	—
1986	154	+71.1%
1991	123	−20.1%
1996	126	+2.4%
2001	128	+1.6%
2006	111	−13.3%
2011	117	+5.4%
2016	124	+6.0%
Source: Statistics Canada via Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics^[6]^[7]

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Flaxcombe had a population of 134 living in 55 of its 59 total private dwellings, a change of 8.1% from its 2016 population of 124. With a land area of 1.45 km² (0.56 sq mi), it had a population density of 92.4/km² (239.4/sq mi) in 2021.^[8]

In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Flaxcombe recorded a population of 124 living in 50 of its 51 total private dwellings, a 5.6% change from its 2011 population of 117. With a land area of 1.49 km² (0.58 sq mi), it had a population density of 83.2/km² (215.5/sq mi) in 2016.^[9]

References

^ National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters, archived from the original on October 6, 2006
^ Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home, Municipal Directory System, archived from the original on November 21, 2008
^ Canadian Textiles Institute. (2005), CTI Determine your provincial constituency, archived from the original on 2007-09-11
^ Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005), Elections Canada On-line, archived from the original on April 21, 2007
^ "Urban Municipality Incorporations". Saskatchewan Ministry of Government Relations. Archived from the original on October 15, 2014. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
^ "Saskatchewan Census Population" (PDF). Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 24, 2015. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
^ "Saskatchewan Census Population". Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
^ "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.