Elbow | |
Official Name: | Village of Elbow |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Saskatchewan#Canada |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Elbow in Saskatchewan |
Coordinates: | 51.144°N -106.559°W |
Pushpin Label Position: | Elbow |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 200 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | South-central |
Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
Subdivision Name3: | 11 |
Subdivision Type4: | Rural Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Loreburn No. 254 |
Government Type: | Municipal |
Leader Title: | Governing body |
Leader Name: | Elbow Village Council |
Leader Title1: | Mayor |
Leader Name1: | Colleen Hoppenreys |
Leader Title2: | Administrator |
Leader Name2: | Andrea Mundreon |
Leader Title3: | MP |
Leader Name3: | Kelly Block |
Leader Title4: | MLA |
Leader Name4: | Jim Reiter |
Established Title: | Post office Founded |
Established Date: | 1906-04-01 |
Established Title2: | Incorporated (Village) |
Established Title3: | Incorporated (Town) |
Area Total Km2: | 3.92 |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Total: | 337 |
Population Density Km2: | 86.0 |
Timezone: | CST |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | S0H 1J0 |
Area Code: | 306 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank Info: | |
Blank1 Name: | Railways |
Blank1 Info: | Canadian Pacific Railway |
Website: | http://www.villageofelbow.com Official Website |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Elbow (2016 population:) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Loreburn No. 254 and Census Division No. 11. Elbow was founded in 1909, near what is now Lake Diefenbaker. It is north-west of Mistusinne, north-west of Douglas Provincial Park, and south-east of Loreburn. The village got its name from its position on the elbow of the South Saskatchewan River.
Adjacent to the village is a provincial recreation site with a marina, golf course, and beach access. There is also a sod house (now a museum) and a library within Elbow.
Elbow incorporated as a village on April 6, 1909.[2]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Elbow had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 3.96km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[3]
In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Elbow recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of 3.92km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[4]
Elbow Harbour Recreation Site [5] is adjacent to Elbow in the RM of Loreburn No. 254. The park is centred around Lake Diefenbaker's Elbow Harbour[6] and has a 110-slip marina,[7] an 18-hole golf course,[8] [9] and an RV campground with 60 fully serviced campsites. There is beach access, fuel, laundry facilities, a restaurant, and a grocery store.[10]
Elbow experiences a Humid continental climate (Dfb). The highest temperature ever recorded in Elbow was 43.3C on June 24, 1941. The coldest temperature ever recorded was -43.3C on January 25, 1972.