Landis | |
Official Name: | Village of Landis |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Saskatchewan |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Central |
Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
Subdivision Name3: | 13 |
Subdivision Type4: | Rural Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Reford No. 379 |
Subdivision Type5: | Federal Electoral District |
Subdivision Name5: | Battlefords—Lloydminster |
Subdivision Type6: | Provincial Constituency |
Subdivision Name6: | Biggar |
Government Type: | Municipal |
Leader Title: | Governing body |
Leader Name: | Landis Village Council |
Leader Title1: | Mayor |
Leader Name1: | Rob Ford |
Leader Title2: | Administrator |
Leader Name2: | Alicia Leclercq |
Leader Title3: | MLA |
Leader Name3: | Randy Weekes (SKP) |
Leader Title4: | MP |
Leader Name4: | Gerry Ritz |
Established Title: | Post office Founded |
Established Date: | 1907 |
Established Title2: | Incorporated (Village) |
Established Title3: | Incorporated (Town) |
Area Land Km2: | 0.80 |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Total: | 152 |
Population Density Km2: | 189.4 |
Timezone: | CST |
Utc Offset: | −6 |
Coordinates: | 52.2°N -135°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | S0K 2K0 |
Area Code: | 306 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
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Blank1 Name: | Railways |
Blank1 Info: | Canadian National Railway |
Landis is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Reford No. 379 and Census Division No. 13. The village is about 51km (32miles) south of Wilkie and about 128km (80miles) west from the City of Saskatoon on Highway 14. From 1907 to 1909, the post office at Section 23, Township 37, Range 18 west of the 3rd meridian, was known as Daneville.[1] In 1925, Landis was a Canadian National Railway Station on the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway line.
As of the 2016 Census, its population was .
Landis incorporated as a village on May 17, 1909.[2]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Landis had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 0.84km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[3]
In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Landis recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of 0.8km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[4]
Landis had a K - 12 school located within the Sun West School Division. The school was renovated in 1994 and then permanently closed in July 2014.[5]
About west of the village is Landis Lake,[6] which is a small endorheic salt lake. It is part of the Landis Lake Important Bird Area (IBA) of Canada that covers of land. It is a significant habitat for congregating shorebirds and a small section of the west-central shore line is designated as critical piping plover habitat. Other birds found there include the stilt sandpiper, sanderling, red-necked phalarope, pectoral sandpiper, American avocet, and the lesser yellowlegs. Landis Lake depends on spring runoff and seasonal rains to maintain water levels. During dry years, the lake will completely dry up.[7]