Endeavour | |
Official Name: | Village of Endeavour |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Saskatchewan#Canada |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Endeavour in Saskatchewan |
Coordinates: | 52.1582°N -102.6534°W |
Pushpin Label Position: | none |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 200 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | East-central |
Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
Subdivision Type4: | Rural Municipality |
Government Type: | Municipal |
Leader Title: | Governing body |
Leader Name: | Endeavour Village Council |
Leader Title1: | Mayor |
Leader Name1: | James German |
Leader Title2: | Administrator |
Leader Name2: | Kathleen Ambrose |
Established Title: | Post office Founded |
Established Date: | December 1, 1915 |
Established Title2: | Incorporated (Village) |
Established Title3: | Incorporated (Town) |
Area Total Km2: | 0.99 |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Total: | 65 |
Population Density Km2: | 65.7 |
Timezone: | CST |
Utc Offset: | −6 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | S0A 0W0 |
Area Code: | 306 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank1 Name: | Railways |
Blank1 Info: | Via Rail |
Endeavour (2016 population:) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Preeceville No. 334 and Census Division No. 9. The Endeavour railway station receives Via Rail service, as well the village can be accessed via Highway 9.
Endeavour incorporated as a village on April 29, 1953.[1] The community, originally named Annette, was renamed Endeavour after the first attempted commercial passenger flight across the Atlantic in 1930.[2]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Endeavour had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 1km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[3]
In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Endeavour recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of 0.99km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[4]
A feature on Mars was named for the village: the crater Endeavour,[5] [6] which the rover Opportunity has been investigating since 2011.
Johnny Cash makes reference to Endeavour in his song 'The Girl in Saskatoon': "I left a little town a little south of Hudson Bay."