Fox Valley | |
Official Name: | Village of Fox Valley |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Saskatchewan#Canada |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Southwest |
Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
Subdivision Name3: | 8 |
Subdivision Type4: | Rural Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Fox Valley |
Leader Title: | Governing body |
Leader Name: | Fox Valley Village Council |
Leader Title1: | Mayor |
Leader Name1: | Sean Checkley |
Leader Title2: | Administrator |
Leader Name2: | Keri-Lynn Hudec |
Leader Title3: | M.P. |
Leader Title4: | M.L.A. |
Established Title: | Post office founded |
Established Title2: | Incorporated (Village) |
Area Total Km2: | 0.60 |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Total: | 249 |
Population Density Km2: | 413.3 |
Timezone: | CST |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Coordinates: | 50.28°N -109.29°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | S0N 0V0 |
Area Code: | 306 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank1 Name: | Railways |
Blank1 Info: | Canadian Pacific Railway (abandoned) |
Footnotes: | [1] [2] [3] [4] |
Fox Valley (2016 population:) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Fox Valley No. 171 and Census Division No. 8. Fox Valley is located just off Highway 21, approximately 64 kilometres north of Maple Creek and 51 kilometres south of Leader in the southwest region of the province. The early settlers of the village and surrounding area included many Germans from Russia (mainly from the Beresan region near Odessa). The local economy is heavily dependent on agriculture and natural gas.
Fox Valley has a swimming pool, an arena and a curling rink.
Fox Valley incorporated as a village on August 30, 1928.[5]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Fox Valley had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 0.7km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[6]
In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Fox Valley recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of 0.6km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[7]
Fox Valley is home to Fox Valley School[8] (K-12), part of the Chinook School Division No. 211. The school's sports team is the Fox Valley Legends.