Fosston | |
Official Name: | Village of Fosston |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Motto: | Catch The Fosston Feeling |
Pushpin Map: | Saskatchewan#Canada |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Fosston in Saskatchewan |
Coordinates: | 52.206°N -103.83°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Saskatchewan |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Central |
Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
Subdivision Type4: | Rural Municipality |
Government Type: | Municipal |
Leader Title: | Governing body |
Leader Name: | Fosston Village Council |
Leader Title1: | Mayor |
Leader Name1: | William Dyck |
Leader Title2: | Administrator |
Leader Name2: | Valerie Bjerland |
Leader Title3: | Federal Electoral District of Yorkton—Melville M.P. |
Leader Name3: | Cathay Wagantall (2015) |
Leader Title4: | Provincial Constituency of Kelvington-Wadena M.L.A. |
Leader Name4: | June Draude (2007) |
Established Title: | Post office Founded |
Established Date: | 1908 |
Established Title2: | Incorporated (Village) |
Established Date2: | 1964 |
Area Total Km2: | 0.59 |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Total: | 45 |
Population Density Km2: | 76.8 |
Timezone: | CST |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | S0E 0V0 |
Area Code: | 306 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank1 Name: | Railways |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Fosston (2016 population:) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Ponass Lake No. 367 and Census Division No. 14. The village was named after Fosston, Minnesota, the original home of five Rustad brothers, who homesteaded there.[2]
Fosston incorporated as a village on January 1, 1965.[3]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Fosston had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 0.54km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[4]
In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Fosston recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of 0.59km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[5]