Leroy, Saskatchewan Explained

Official Name:Leroy
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:Saskatchewan#Canada
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Leroy in Saskatchewan
Coordinates:52.002°N -104.735°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Canada
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Saskatchewan
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Type3:Census division
Subdivision Type4:Rural Municipality
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Kurt Schreiner
Leader Title1:Administrator
Leader Name1:Glenda Hamilton
Leader Title2:Governing body
Leader Name2:Leroy Town Council
Established Title:Post office Founded
Established Date:1909-02-01
Established Title2:Incorporated (Village)
Established Date2:N/A
Established Title3:Incorporated (Town)
Established Date3:N/A
Area Total Km2:1.06
Population As Of:2011
Population Total:427
Population Density Km2:402.1
Timezone:CST
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:S0K 2P0
Area Code:306
Blank Name:Highways
Blank Info:Highway 13
Highway 18
Blank1 Name:Waterways
Footnotes:[1] [2] [3] [4]

Leroy is a town in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.

From 1905 to 1913 the area now known as LeRoy was a Local Improvement District. In 1913 the Local Improvement District was constituted as the Rural Municipality of Roach #339, as meetings were held at the home of James Roach. In 1914, it became the RM of Ayr #339, containing the Bogend Post Office, established in 1905, and Bogend School in 1907.

In August 1919 a Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) blueprint showed the crossing of the proposed rail line to be built through the RM, so planning began for a town in that RM in the same year. The area was named Bogend and on January 21, 1920 it was renamed LeRoy. LeRoy was incorporated as a village on December 5, 1922. In March 1963 proclamation received declaring LeRoy a town.[5] [6]

Sports and recreation

The LeRoy Memorial Arena is home to the Leroy Braves of the Long Lake Hockey League.[7] Leroy also has a curling rink, ball diamonds nearby, and golf at the reginal park,[8] amongst other activities. Four miles south of town is Jansen Lake[9] and to the east are the Quill Lakes.

Leroy Leisureland Regional Park

Leroy Leisureland Regional Park was founded in 1972 and is located about west of Leroy. It is nestled among 70 acres of well treed rolling land with Lanigan Creek running through it, a man-made sand swimming pool with a slide, a playground, beach volleyball, one horse shoe pit, and table tennis. There is a nine-hole grass green golf course and 34 campsites with 30-amp power. The golf clubhouse and concession were built in 1992, and, in 1999, there was a grass green upgrade to the golf course.[10]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Leroy had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 2.11km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[11]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2011 Community Profiles . Statistics Canada . Government of Canada . 2014-04-09.
  2. Web site: National Archives . Archivia Net . Post Offices and Postmasters . 2014-07-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061006045957/http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/post-offices/001001-100.01-e.php . October 6, 2006 .
  3. Web site: Government of Saskatchewan . MRD Home . Municipal Directory System . 2014-07-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160115125115/http://www.mds.gov.sk.ca/apps/Pub/MDS/welcome.aspx . January 15, 2016 .
  4. Web site: Commissioner of Canada Elections . Chief Electoral Officer of Canada . Elections Canada On-line . 2005 . 2014-07-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070421084430/http://www.elections.ca/home.asp . April 21, 2007 .
  5. As The Furrows Turn 1900-1985
  6. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/post-offices/001001-119.01-e.php?&isn_id_nbr=10311&interval=24&&PHPSESSID=ivug8mll4sqd6tnvdmo9c9n5c5 National Archives Postmaster database
  7. Web site: Long Lake Hockey League : Website by RAMP InterActive.
  8. Web site: Home . leroygolf.com.
  9. Web site: Place names - Jansen Lake. Natural Resources Canada. Government of Canada. www4.rncan.gc.ca.
  10. Web site: Leroy Leisureland.
  11. Web site: Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan . . February 9, 2022 . April 1, 2022.