Dorintosh | |
Official Name: | Village of Dorintosh |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Saskatchewan#Canada |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Dorintosh in Saskatchewan |
Coordinates: | 54.352°N -108.626°W |
Pushpin Label Position: | none |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 200 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | West-central |
Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
Subdivision Type4: | Rural Municipality |
Government Type: | Municipal |
Leader Title: | Governing body |
Leader Name: | Dorintosh Village Council |
Leader Title1: | Mayor |
Leader Name1: | John Osborne |
Leader Title2: | Administrator |
Leader Name2: | Pam Dallyn |
Established Title: | Post office Founded |
Established Date: | December 1, 1940 |
Established Title2: | Incorporated (Village) |
Established Title3: | Incorporated (Town) |
Area Total Km2: | 0.88 |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Total: | 127 |
Population Density Km2: | 151.6 |
Timezone: | CST |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | S0M 0T0 |
Area Code: | 306 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank1 Name: | Railways |
Dorintosh (2016 population:) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Meadow Lake No. 588 and Census Division No. 17.
The village name is a portmanteau of the names of two members of parliament for North Battleford: Dorise Nielsen (1940–45) and Cameron Ross McIntosh (1925-40).[1]
The Meadow Lake Provincial Park is directly north of Dorintosh along Highway 4.
Dorintosh incorporated as a village on January 1, 1989.[2]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Dorintosh had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 0.28km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[3]
In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Dorintosh recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of 0.88km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[4]