Bulyea Explained

Bulyea
Official Name:Village of Bulyea
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Saskatchewan#Canada
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Bulyea in Saskatchewan
Coordinates:50.986°N -104.862°W
Pushpin Label Position:none
Pushpin Mapsize:200
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Canada
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Name2:Southeast
Subdivision Type3:Census division
Subdivision Type4:Rural Municipality
Government Type:Municipal
Leader Title:Governing body
Leader Name:Bulyea Village Council
Leader Title1:Mayor
Leader Name1:Darren Cameron
Leader Title2:Administrator
Leader Name2:Sherry Beatty-Henfrey
Leader Title3:MP
Leader Title4:MLA
Established Title:Settled
Established Date:1882
Established Title2:Incorporated (Village)
Established Date2:1909
Established Title3:Incorporated (Town)
Area Total Km2:1.28
Population As Of:2016
Population Total:113
Population Density Km2:88.4
Timezone:CST
Utc Offset:-6
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:S0G 0L0
Area Code:306
Blank Name:Highways
Blank Info:
Blank1 Name:Railways
Blank1 Info:Canadian Pacific Railway

Bulyea (2016 population:) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of McKillop No. 220 and Census Division No. 6.

History

Bulyea was first settled in 1882-1883 by immigrants from the United Kingdom and Ireland, and later people of Norwegian and German origins. Bulyea incorporated as a village on March 9, 1909.[1] It was named after George H. V. Bulyea, a former member of the North-West Legislative Assembly and later the first Lieutenant Governor of Alberta.[2]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Bulyea had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 1.26km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[3]

In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Bulyea recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of 1.28km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[4]

Sports

A Bulyea senior men's ice hockey team was one of five founding members in 1965 of the Highway Hockey League in central Saskatchewan.[5]

See also

References

50.986°N -104.862°W

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: History of the Village of Bulyea . Village of Bulyea . 2009 . 2011-05-13.
  3. Web site: Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan . . February 9, 2022 . April 1, 2022.
  4. 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.
  5. Web site: History Archive | Highway Hockey League.