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.
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.
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]
North: Muskoday First Nation | |||
West: St. Louis | Birch Hills | East: Weldon | |
South: Jumping Lake |