Metinota | |
Official Name: | Resort Village of Metinota |
Settlement Type: | Resort village |
Mapsize: | 200 |
Pushpin Map: | Saskatchewan |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Saskatchewan |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
Subdivision Name3: | 17 |
Subdivision Type4: | Rural municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | RM of Meota No. 468 |
Subdivision Type5: | Federal riding |
Subdivision Type6: | Provincial riding |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Tim Lafreniere |
Leader Title1: | Governing body |
Leader Name1: | Resort Village Council |
Leader Title2: | Administrator |
Leader Name2: | Carmen Menssa |
Leader Title3: | Clerk |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Title2: | Incorporated |
Established Date2: | August 19, 1924 |
Area Footnotes: | (2016) |
Area Land Km2: | 0.52 |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Total: | 80 |
Population Density Km2: | 153.8 |
Timezone: | CST |
Timezone Dst: | CST |
Coordinates: | 53.035°N -108.416°W[1] |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Area Code: | 306 and 639 |
Blank Name: | Highway(s) |
Blank1 Name: | Railway(s) |
Blank2 Name: | Waterway(s) |
Blank2 Info: | Jackfish Lake |
Metinota (2016 population:) is a resort village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 17. It is on the shores of Jackfish Lake in the Rural Municipality of Meota No. 468. It is approximately 154km (96miles) northwest of Saskatoon.
Metinota incorporated as a resort village on August 19, 1924 under the name of Village of Metinota.[2] The name means “It’s really nice here” to the Cree Nation.[3] Its name was officially changed to the Resort Village of Metinota on August 9, 2019 to match its municipal status.[4]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Metinota had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 0.46km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[5]
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Resort Village of Metinota recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of 0.52km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[6]
The Resort Village of Metinota is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator.[7] The mayor is Tim Lafreniere and its administrator is Carmen Menssa.[7]