Frontier, Saskatchewan Explained

Frontier
Official Name:	Village of Frontier
Settlement Type:	Village
Pushpin Map:	CAN SK Frontier#Saskatchewan
Coordinates:	49.1997°N -108.567°W
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Canada
Subdivision Type1:	Province
Subdivision Name1:	Saskatchewan
Subdivision Type2:	Region
Subdivision Name2:	Southwest
Subdivision Type4:	Rural municipality
Government Type:	Municipal
Leader Title:	Governing body
Leader Name:	Frontier Village Council
Leader Title1:	Mayor
Leader Name1:	Brady Berg
Leader Title2:	Administrator
Leader Name2:	Barb Webber
Leader Title3:	MLA
Leader Title4:	MP
Established Title:	Post office Founded
Established Date:	1917
Established Title2:	Incorporated (Village)
Established Title3:	Incorporated (Town)
Area Total Km2:	0.93
Population As Of:	2016
Population Total:	372
Population Density Km2:	399.5
Timezone:	CST
Utc Offset:	-6
Postal Code Type:	Postal code
Postal Code:	S0N 0W0
Area Code:	306
Blank Name:	Highways
Blank1 Name:	Railways
Blank1 Info:	Great Western Railway
Website:	Village of Frontier
Footnotes:	^[1] ^[2]

Frontier (2016 population:) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Frontier No. 19 and Census Division No. 4. Frontier is on Highway 18 and is served by the Frontier Airport located (3.7 km) south of the village.

History

The Frontier post office was founded in 1917.^[1] Frontier incorporated as a village on 10 July 1930.^[3]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Frontier had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 1.05km2, it had a population density of in 2021.^[4]

In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Frontier recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of 0.93km2, it had a population density of in 2016.^[5]

Attractions

Frontier & District Golf Course, a 9-hole facility located in Frontier, features all the hallmarks of Saskatchewan golf.
Grasslands National Park, one of Canada's newer national parks, is located in southern Saskatchewan along the Montana border.
Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park, an interprovincial park straddling the southern Alberta-Saskatchewan border, located southeast of Medicine Hat. It is Canada's only interprovincial park.

Education

Frontier School offers Kindergarten through grade 12 and is in the Chinook School Division.

Notable people

Rhett Warrener, NHL player
Braydon Coburn, NHL player
David L. Anderson, former Conservative Member of Parliament

Notes and References

Web site: National Archives . Archivia Net . Post Offices and Postmasters . 2014-04-22 . 25 December 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181225085555/http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/post-offices/001001-100.01-e.php%0A . dead .
Web site: Government of Saskatchewan . MRD Home . Municipal Directory System . 2014-04-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160115125115/http://www.mds.gov.sk.ca/apps/Pub/MDS/welcome.aspx . 15 January 2016 .
Web site: Urban Municipality Incorporations . Saskatchewan Ministry of Government Relations . 1 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141015042810/http://municipal.gov.sk.ca/Municipal-History/Urban-Incorporated-Dates . 15 October 2014.
Web site: Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan . . 9 February 2022 . 1 April 2022.
Web site: Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Saskatchewan) . . 8 February 2017 . 30 May 2020.