Drinkwater | |
Official Name: | Village of Drinkwater |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Saskatchewan#Canada |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Drinkwater in Saskatchewan |
Coordinates: | 50.2956°N -105.1358°W |
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 |
Subdivision Name4: | Redburn No. 130 |
Government Type: | Municipal |
Leader Title: | Governing body |
Leader Name: | Drinkwater Village Council |
Leader Title1: | Mayor |
Leader Name1: | Ryan Briggs |
Leader Title2: | Administrator |
Leader Name2: | Colleen Ferguson |
Established Title: | Post office Founded |
Established Title2: | Incorporated (Village) |
Established Title3: | Incorporated (Town) |
Area Total Km2: | 2.64 |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Total: | 70 |
Population Density Km2: | 26.5 |
Timezone: | CST |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | S0H 1G0 |
Area Code: | 306 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank1 Name: | Railways |
Blank1 Info: | Canadian Pacific Railway |
Drinkwater (2016 population:) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Redburn No. 130 and Census Division No. 6. The village is located along Highway 39 along the branch of the Canadian Pacific Railway, 18 miles southeast of the city of Moose Jaw and is named for "Charles Drinkwater", an original director of the CP Railway.
Drinkwater was incorporated as a village on June 7, 1904.[1]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Drinkwater had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 2.64km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[2]
In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Drinkwater recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of 2.64km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[3]