Official Name: | Village of Markinch |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Saskatchewan#Canada |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Markinch in Saskatchewan |
Coordinates: | 50.944°N -104.349°W |
Pushpin Label Position: | none |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 200 |
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: | Robert Fenwick |
Leader Title1: | Administrator |
Leader Name1: | Rita T. Orb |
Leader Title2: | Governing body |
Leader Name2: | Markinch Village Council |
Established Title: | Post office |
Established Date: | 1906 - 1989 |
Established Title2: | Incorporated (Village) |
Established Date2: | N/A |
Established Title3: | Incorporated (Town) |
Established Date3: | N/A |
Area Total Km2: | 0.68 |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Total: | 58 |
Population Density Km2: | 85.9 |
Population Blank1 Title: | National Population Rank (Out of 5,008) |
Timezone: | CST |
Elevation M: | 610 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | S0G 3J0 |
Area Code: | 306 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank Info: | Saskatchewan_Highway_22 |
Blank1 Name: | Waterways |
Blank1 Info: | Loon Creek |
Markinch (2016 population:) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Cupar No. 218 and Census Division No. 6. It is located about north of the city of Regina. It was named by settlers for Markinch, Scotland.
The first European settlers in the district were Paul Blaser and Tom Bradwell in 1900.[1] The railway from Brandon, reached Markinch in 1905 and highway 22 was completed in 1930. Markinch was established with the coming of the railroad. The population in 1906/07 was 40 people and reached its height in 1921 with 175 people.
Markinch incorporated as a village on February 16, 1911.[2]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Markinch had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 0.68km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[3]
In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Markinch recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of 0.68km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[4]