Official Name: | Town of Lanigan |
Other Name: | The Land Of Potash |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Saskatchewan#Canada |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Lanigan in Saskatchewan |
Coordinates: | 51.85°N -107°W |
Pushpin Label Position: | none |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 200 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Saskatchewan |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 1907 |
Established Title2: | Village Incorporated |
Established Date2: | August 21, 1907 |
Established Title3: | Town Incorporated |
Established Date3: | April 15, 1908 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 1,433 |
Timezone: | CST |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | S0K 2M0 |
Area Code: | 306 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank Info: | Highway 16 Highway 20 |
Website: | Official Site |
Lanigan (pop. 1,300)[1] is a town in south-central Saskatchewan, Canada, at the intersection of Trans-Canada Yellowhead Highway 16 and Highway 20, approximately east of Saskatoon and north of Regina.[2]
Lanigan is surrounded by the RM of Usborne No. 310 and is about west of Lanigan Creek[3] and about west of Jansen Lake. The Quill Lakes are about to the east along the Yellowhead Highway.
The town of Lanigan has a wide variety of sporting activities and facilities, including a nine-hole grass green golf course, a 25-metre outdoor heated swimming pool, a curling rink with four sheets of ice, ball diamonds, camping, and tennis courts.[4] At the heart of Lanigan is the Lanigan Recreation Complex featuring a skating rink, fully equipped kitchen, hall, and meeting room facilities. The complex is home to the Lanigan Pirates of the Long Lake Hockey League.[5]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lanigan had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 8.14km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[6]