Ebenezer | |
Official Name: | Village of Ebenezer |
Pushpin Map: | Saskatchewan#Canada |
Subdivision Name2: | East-central |
Established Title: | Post office Founded |
Established Date: | 1885 |
Established Title2: | Incorporated (Village) |
Established Date2: | 1948 |
Leader Title: | Governing body |
Leader Name: | Ebenezer Village Council |
Leader Name1: | Braden Ferris |
Leader Name2: | Joyce Palagian |
Area Land Km2: | 0.62 |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Total: | 185 |
Population Density Km2: | 297.5 |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Coordinates: | 51.3697°N -102.4483°W |
Elevation Ft: | 1588 |
Elevation M: | 484 |
Postal Code: | S0A 0T0 |
Area Code: | 306 |
Blank1 Name: | Railways |
Footnotes: | [1] [2] [3] [4] |
Ebenezer (2016 population:) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Orkney No. 244 and Census Division No. 9. The village is located 18 km north of the city of Yorkton, on Highway 9.
The first settlers arrived between 1885 and 1887, mostly German-speaking Protestants who named the village after the location of Eben-Ezer mentioned in the Books of Samuel of the Old Testament.Ebenezer incorporated as a village on July 1, 1948.[5] High speed internet became available in 2015 in this hamlet.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Ebenezer had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 0.6km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[6]
In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Ebenezer recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of 0.62km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[7]