Creelman | |
Official Name: | Village of Creelman |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Saskatchewan#Canada |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Creelman in Saskatchewan |
Coordinates: | 49.83°N -103.261°W |
Pushpin Label Position: | none |
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: | Creelman Village Council |
Leader Title1: | Mayor |
Leader Name1: | Gordon |
Leader Title2: | Administrator |
Leader Name2: | Vernna Wiggins |
Established Title: | Post office Founded |
Established Title2: | Incorporated (Village) |
Established Title3: | Incorporated (Town) |
Area Total Km2: | 1.14 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 103 |
Population Density Km2: | 90.4 |
Timezone: | CST |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | S0G 0X0 |
Area Code: | 306 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank1 Name: | Railways |
Blank1 Info: | Canadian Pacific Railway |
Creelman (2021 population:) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the RM of Fillmore No. 96 and Census Division No. 2. The village lies 118 km southeast of the city of Regina, on Highway 33.
The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) constructed a line in a southeasterly direction from Regina. Completed in 1904, the line was soon lined with a series of small communities and post offices. As early as 1903 a townsite was laid out on the line which locals decided to name Hazel. However, officials with the CPR had other ideas and with the railway's completion they renamed the tiny community Creelman after the company's solicitor A.R. Creelman (that same year a post office was opened at the site). Gradually Creelman grew to become a thriving centre for the local farmers and would become an important market and social centre for the surrounding farming community.[1] Creelman incorporated as a village on April 6, 1906.[2]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Creelman had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 1.35km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[3]
In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Creelman recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of 1.14km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[4]