Caronport | |
Official Name: | Village of Caronport |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Saskatchewan#Canada |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Saskatchewan |
Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
Subdivision Type4: | Rural Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Caron No. 162. |
Government Type: | Municipal |
Leader Title: | Governing body |
Leader Name: | Caronport Village Council |
Leader Title1: | Mayor |
Leader Name1: | Dan Buck |
Leader Title2: | Administrator |
Leader Name2: | Gina Hallborg |
Leader Title3: | MP |
Leader Title4: | MLA |
Established Title: | Post office Founded |
Established Date: | 1947-09-01 |
Established Title2: | Incorporated (Village) |
Established Title3: | Incorporated (Town) |
Area Total Km2: | 1.9 |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Total: | 998 |
Population Density Km2: | 523 |
Timezone: | CST |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Coordinates: | 50.4589°N -105.8167°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | S0H 0S0 |
Area Code: | 306 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank1 Name: | Railways |
Blank1 Info: | Canadian Pacific Railway |
Caronport (2016 population:) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Caron No. 162 and Census Division No. 7. The village is 21km (13miles) west of the City of Moose Jaw on the Trans-Canada Highway.
Caronport incorporated as a village on January 1, 1988.[1] It was named for the predecessor World War II British Commonwealth training base for pilots near the hamlet of Caron, i.e. Caron Airport. The airbase, RCAF Station Caron, operated from December 17, 1941, to January 14, 1944. Although the runways are now all defunct, the layout of the village was determined by the original runway placement.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Caronport had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 1.82km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[2]
In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Caronport recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of 1.9km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[3] Caronport is the largest village in Saskatchewan by population.