Bracken, Saskatchewan Explained

Bracken
Official Name:Village of Bracken
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:CAN SK Lone Tree#Saskatchewan
Coordinates:49.1795°N -108.094°W
Pushpin Mapsize:200
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Canada
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Saskatchewan
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Name2:Southwest
Subdivision Type4:Rural municipality
Government Type:Municipal
Leader Title:Governing body
Leader Name:Bracken Village Council
Leader Title1:Mayor
Leader Name1:Steve Dueck
Leader Title2:Administrator
Leader Name2:Monique Fehr
Leader Title3:MLA
Leader Title4:MP
Established Title:Post office Founded
Established Title2:Incorporated (Village)
Area Total Km2:0.60
Population As Of:2016
Population Total:25
Population Density Km2:33.5
Timezone:CST
Utc Offset:-6
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:S0N 0G0
Area Code:306
Blank Name:Highways
Blank1 Name:Railway
Blank1 Info:Great Western Railway

Bracken (2016 population:) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Lone Tree No. 18 and Census Division No. 4. The village is named after John Bracken, Premier of Manitoba and leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, who was a professor at the University of Saskatchewan. The small village is located approximately 160 km south of the City of Swift Current on Highway 18, directly north of Grasslands National Park, and approximately 20 km north of the Montana-Saskatchewan border.

History

Bracken incorporated as a village on January 4, 1926.[1]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Bracken had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 0.63km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[2]

In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Bracken recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of 0.6km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[3]

Attractions

Education

Students in Bracken are bused to Frontier, which has a school that covers kindergarten through grade 12 in the Chinook School Division.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Urban Municipality Incorporations . Saskatchewan Ministry of Government Relations . June 1, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141015042810/http://municipal.gov.sk.ca/Municipal-History/Urban-Incorporated-Dates . October 15, 2014.
  2. Web site: Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan . . February 9, 2022 . April 1, 2022.
  3. Web site: Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Saskatchewan) . . February 8, 2017 . May 30, 2020.