Air Ronge | |
Settlement Type: | Northern village |
Pushpin Map: | Saskatchewan#Canada |
Coordinates: | 55.0872°N -105.3318°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Saskatchewan |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Northern Saskatchewan Administration District |
Established Title: | Northern village |
Established Date: | 1977[1] |
Government Type: | Mayor–council |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Gordon Stomp |
Leader Title1: | MLA Cumberland |
Leader Name1: | Doyle Vermette |
Leader Title2: | MP Desnethé— Missinippi— Churchill River |
Leader Name2: | Georgina Jolibois |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Footnotes: | [2] |
Area Land Km2: | 6 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 1,365 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | UTC−6 (Central Standard Time) |
Timezone1 Dst: | UTC−5 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | S0J 0B3 |
Air Ronge is a northern village in Northern Saskatchewan, Canada, 235 km north of Prince Albert. It lies on the western shore of Lac la Ronge, and is 3 km south of La Ronge and Lac La Ronge Provincial Park. According to 2006's census, the northern village is currently growing at 8.1%, and is one of the fastest-growing municipalities in Saskatchewan. There are an additional 3,500 people in La Ronge (though Saskatchewan Tourism claims more than 5,000) and 2,000 in the Lac La Ronge First Nation. The community is on the edge of the Canadian Shield. Highway 2 passes through the community.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Air Ronge had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 6km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[3]