Chamberlain | |
Official Name: | Village of Chamberlain |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Saskatchewan#Canada |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Chamberlain in Saskatchewan |
Pushpin Label Position: | none |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 200 |
Coordinates: | 50.8514°N -105.5681°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | South-central |
Subdivision Type3: | Rural Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Sarnia No. 221 |
Government Type: | Municipal |
Leader Title: | Governing body |
Leader Name: | Chamberlain Village Council |
Leader Title1: | Mayor |
Leader Name1: | Shawn Ackerman |
Leader Title2: | Administrator |
Leader Name2: | Sarah Wells |
Established Title: | Post office Founded |
Established Date: | Oct 1, 1904 |
Established Title2: | Incorporated (Village) |
Established Date2: | Jan 31, 1910 |
Area Total Km2: | 0.70 |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Total: | 90 |
Population Density Km2: | 129.1 |
Timezone: | CST |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | S0G 0R0 |
Area Code: | 306 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank Info: | |
Blank1 Name: | Railways |
Chamberlain (2016 population:) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Sarnia No. 221 and Census Division No. 6.
Chamberlain is notable for being the last community between Regina and Saskatoon that Highway 11, the Louis Riel Trail, still passes through. The highway narrows to two lanes and its speed limit is reduced from 110 km/h to 50 km/h. A number of small restaurants and gas stations benefit from having traffic pass through at slow speed. The village is only about half an hour drive from Moose Jaw, an hour from Regina and one and a half hours from Saskatoon. Highway 11 has been realigned around all other communities along its route.[1]
Chamberlain incorporated as a village on January 31, 1911.[2]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Chamberlain had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 0.68km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[3]
In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Chamberlain recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of 0.7km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[4]