Official Name: | Marcelin |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Saskatchewan#Canada |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Marcelin in Saskatchewan |
Coordinates: | 52.927°N -106.791°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Saskatchewan |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Saskatchewan |
Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
Subdivision Type4: | Rural Municipality |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Norman Desjardins |
Leader Title1: | Administrator |
Leader Name1: | Leanne McCormick |
Leader Title2: | Governing body |
Leader Name2: | Marcelin Village Council |
Established Title: | Post office Founded |
Established Date: | 1904 |
Established Title2: | Incorporated (Village) |
Established Title3: | Incorporated (Town) |
Area Total Km2: | 1.32 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 158 |
Population Density Km2: | 119.5 |
Population Blank1 Title: | National Population Rank (Out of 5,008) |
Timezone: | CST |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | S0J 1R0 |
Area Code: | 306 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank Info: | Highway 40 Highway 786 |
Blank1 Name: | Waterways |
Website: | Official website |
Footnotes: | [2] [3] [4] |
Marcelin (2016 population:) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Blaine Lake No. 434 and Census Division No. 16. It was named after the first postmaster Antoine Marcelin in 1904.[2]
Marcelin is the administrative headquarters of the Muskeg Lake Cree First Nations band government.[5] During World War II, the Muskeg Lake reserve had the highest rates of Indigenous enlistment in the country, and Mary Greyeyes became the first First Nations woman to enlist in the Canadian Forces.[6]
Marcelin incorporated as a village on September 25, 1911.[7]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Marcelin had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 1.29km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[8]
In the 2016 Census of Population, the village of Marcelin recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of 1.32km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[9]