Earl Grey | |
Official Name: | Village of Earl Grey |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Saskatchewan#Canada |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Earl Grey |
Coordinates: | 50.9356°N -104.7111°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Central |
Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
Subdivision Name3: | 6 |
Subdivision Type4: | Rural Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Longlaketon No. 219 |
Subdivision Type5: | Federal Electoral District |
Subdivision Type6: | Provincial Constituency |
Government Type: | Municipal |
Leader Title: | Governing body |
Leader Name: | Earl Grey Village Council |
Leader Title1: | Mayor |
Leader Name1: | Debbie Hupka-Butz |
Leader Title2: | Administrator |
Leader Name2: | Courtney Wiers |
Established Title: | Post office Founded |
Established Date: | 1905-10-16 |
Established Title2: | Incorporated (Village) |
Established Date2: | 1906 |
Established Title3: | Incorporated (Town) |
Population Total: | 246 |
Population As Of: | 2006 |
Population Density Km2: | 187.7 |
Timezone: | CST |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | S0G 1J0 |
Area Code: | 306 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank Info: | |
Blank1 Name: | Railways |
Blank1 Info: | Canadian Pacific Railway (abandoned) |
Earl Grey (2016 population:) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Longlaketon No. 219 and Census Division No. 6. The village is located approximately 67 kilometres north of the City of Regina.
The area was first settled in 1901 by Paul Henderson, younger brother of Jack Henderson, hangman of Louis Riel.[1] Subsequent to Paul Henderson's death from exposure in 1903, other settlers followed; in 1906 the village was incorporated and named "Earl Grey" after Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey, Canada's Governor General at the time.[2]
Currently, the town has two churches (Christ Lutheran Church [ELCIC] and a United Church), one Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, several old-age homes, a hotel, a curling rink, and a veterinary clinic. A small statue of a grain elevator is displayed in the downtown area, a commemorative tribute to the village's once-thriving grain economy.
The public school was downsized to a Kindergarten-Grade 8 school in the 2003–2004 school year, before closing completely in 2007.[3]
Earl Grey incorporated as a village on July 27, 1906.[4]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Earl Grey 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.[5]
In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Earl Grey recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of 1.31km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[6]