Edam | |
Official Name: | Village of Edam |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Motto: | Little piece of Holland in Saskatchewan |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Saskatchewan |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Edam in Saskatchewan |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
Subdivision Type4: | Rural Municipality |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Name2: | Central |
Subdivision Name3: | 17 |
Subdivision Name4: | Turtle River 469 |
Government Type: | Municipal |
Leader Title: | Governing body |
Leader Name: | Edam Village Council |
Leader Title1: | Mayor |
Leader Name1: | Larry McDaid |
Leader Name2: | Larry Doke |
Leader Title3: | MP |
Leader Name3: | Rosemarie Falk |
Established Title: | Post office Founded |
Established Date: | 1908 |
Established Title2: | Village |
Established Date2: | 1911 |
Area Total Km2: | 1.19 |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Total: | 480 |
Population Density Km2: | 403.4 |
Timezone: | Central Standard Time |
Utc Offset: | −6 |
Utc Offset Dst: | −5 |
Coordinates: | 53.1833°N -154°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | S0M 0V0 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank Info: | |
Blank1 Name: | Railways |
Blank1 Info: | Canadian National Railway |
Website: | Village of Edam |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Edam (2016 population:) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Turtle River No. 469 and Census Division No. 17. Edam is located off Highway 26, south of Turtleford and north of Vawn.
The village is known as a "Little piece of Holland in Saskatchewan." Established in 1907, the hamlet was named for the city of Edam in the Netherlands, after the name Amsterdam was rejected by the Saskatchewan Government Office as "too long".[2]
Edam incorporated as a village on October 12, 1911.[3]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Edam had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 1.14km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[4]
In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Edam recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of 1.19km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[5]