Birch Hills Explained

Official Name:Birch Hills
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:Saskatchewan#Canada
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Birch Hills
Coordinates:52.9833°N -105.4333°W
Pushpin Label Position:right
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Canada
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Saskatchewan
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Type3:Census division
Subdivision Name3:15
Subdivision Type4:Rural Municipality
Subdivision Name4:Birch Hills
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Stewart Adams
Leader Title1:Town Manager
Leader Name1:Tara Gariepy
Leader Title2:Governing body
Leader Name2:Town council
Established Title:Post office established
Established Date:1895
Established Title2:Incorporated (Village)
Established Date2:1907
Established Title3:Incorporated (Town)
Established Date3:1960
Area Total Km2:2.27
Population As Of:2011
Population Total:1064
Population Density Km2:468.4
Timezone:CST
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:S0J 0G0
Area Code:306
Blank Name:Highways
Blank Info:Highway 3
Footnotes:[1] [2] [3] [4]

Birch Hills is a town located in Saskatchewan, Canada. It is located southeast of Prince Albert and the reserve of Muskoday First Nation. Directly to the west is the village of St. Louis, and to the east is Kinistino. It is surrounded by, but not part of, Birch Hills Rural Municipality No. 460.

The community takes its name from hills in the area, which were once heavily treed with birches that were used in manufacturing birch bark canoes during the fur trade era of the 18th century. The countryside around Birch Hills is part of the aspen parkland biome.

History

Situated in an area settled primarily by Norwegian, British and Anglo-Metis peoples, Birch Hills became a village in 1907 and reached town status in 1960. Unlike many other agriculturally based towns, it continues to grow due to its position as a satellite community of Prince Albert.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Birch Hills had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 2.39km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[5]

Notable people

See also

External links

North: Muskoday First Nation
West: St. LouisBirch HillsEast: Weldon
South: Jumping Lake

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2011 Community Profiles . Statistics Canada . Government of Canada . 2014-04-09 . 2018-12-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181226131643/http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E%0A . dead .
  2. Web site: National Archives . Archivia Net . Post Offices and Postmasters . 2014-07-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061006045957/http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/post-offices/001001-100.01-e.php . 2006-10-06 .
  3. Web site: Government of Saskatchewan . MRD Home . Municipal Directory System . 2014-07-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160115125115/http://www.mds.gov.sk.ca/apps/Pub/MDS/welcome.aspx . 2016-01-15 .
  4. Web site: Commissioner of Canada Elections . Chief Electoral Officer of Canada . Elections Canada On-line . 2005 . 2014-07-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070421084430/http://www.elections.ca/home.asp . 2007-04-21 .
  5. Web site: Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan . . February 9, 2022 . April 1, 2022.