Ernfold | |
Official Name: | Village of Ernfold |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | CAN SK Morse#Saskatchewan |
Coordinates: | 50.448°N -106.892°W |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 200 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Saskatchewan |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Type4: | Rural municipality |
Government Type: | Municipal |
Leader Title: | Governing body |
Leader Name: | Ernfold Village Council[1] |
Leader Title1: | Mayor |
Leader Name1: | Christine Bauck |
Leader Title2: | Administrator |
Leader Name2: | Mark Wilson |
Leader Title3: | MLA |
Leader Title4: | MP |
Established Title: | Post office Founded |
Established Title2: | Incorporated (Village) |
Established Title3: | Incorporated (Town) |
Area Total Km2: | 1.19 |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Total: | 15 |
Population Density Km2: | 12.6 |
Timezone: | CST |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | S0H 3C0 |
Area Code: | 306 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank Info: | |
Blank1 Name: | Railways |
Blank1 Info: | Canadian Pacific Railway |
Ernfold (2016 population:) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Morse No. 165 and Census Division No. 7. Initially situated alongside the original two-lane highway, the village was enclosed by the opposing lanes of the divided Trans-Canada Highway in 1973. In order to avoid complete destruction of the village the eastbound lane of the Trans-Canada Highway was rerouted approximately 3 km south of the village, leaving the village sandwiched between the Trans-Canada.
The village's population peaked at around 300 citizens.[2]
Ernfold incorporated as a village on December 4, 1912.[3]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Ernfold had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 1.29km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[4]
In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Ernfold 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]
The Ernfold School is a red brick, -story Georgian Revival structure built in 1919. The building served as a school until it closed in 1972. It was then used as a Baptist church for a short time until the church closed in 1989. On May 6, 1990 the Village of Ernfold passed (Bylaw No. 90-1), placing the building on the Canadian Register of Historic Places as a Municipal Heritage Property.[6]