Abernethy | |
Official Name: | Village of Abernethy |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Saskatchewan#Canada |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Saskatchewan |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Southwest |
Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
Subdivision Name3: | 6 |
Subdivision Type4: | Rural Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Abernethy |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Kevin Stryker |
Leader Title1: | Administrator |
Leader Name1: | Lisa Fayant |
Leader Title2: | Governing body |
Leader Name2: | Abernethy Village Council |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 1904 |
Established Title2: | Incorporated (Village) |
Area Total Km2: | 1.03 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 190 |
Population Density Km2: | 197.7 |
Timezone: | CST |
Coordinates: | 50.444°N -103.252°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | S0A 0A0 |
Area Codes: | 306, 639 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank Info: | Highway 22 |
Blank1 Name: | Historic Sites |
Blank1 Info: | Motherwell Homestead |
Website: | Village of Abernethy |
Abernethy (2021 population:) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Abernethy No. 186 and Census Division No. 6. It is about one hour east of Regina, one hour west of Yorkton, and approximately five hours northwest of Winnipeg. To the south of Abernethy lies the Qu'Appelle Valley in which Katepwa Beach is located.
The current mayor is Kevin Stryker, and the village council consists of Janet Englot, Marty Fayant, Mark Harrison, and Colin Ward.
Abernethy was incorporated as a village on July 26, 1904.[2] Abernethy celebrated its one hundredth anniversary in the summer of 2004 with a centennial celebration held at the same time as the annual agricultural fair.[3]
See also: List of historic places in Saskatchewan.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Abernethy had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 0.98km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[6]
In the 2016 Census of Population, Abernethy recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of 1.03km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[7]
Abernethy is primarily an agricultural community. Businesses in this village include an ice cream store called Grammies, a photographery business named Anela Snaps, a crochet business named Country Cozy Crochet, as well as a CO-OP gas and grocery store. All these local businesses can be found on Facebook.
For schooling, children are bussed to Lemberg and Neudorf in the east and Balcarres in the west. Abernethy School was closed in 1994 and, due to lack of proper maintenance, had to be destroyed in the summer of 2005.