Official Name: | Milestone |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Saskatchewan#Canada |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Milestone in Saskatchewan |
Coordinates: | 49.992°N -104.524°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: | Jeff Brown |
Leader Title1: | Town Administrator |
Leader Name1: | Stephen Schury |
Leader Title2: | Governing body |
Leader Name2: | Milestone Town Council |
Established Title: | Post office Founded |
Established Date: | May 1, 1900 |
Established Title2: | Incorporated (Village of the Northwest Territories) |
Established Date2: | March 14, 1903 |
Established Title3: | Incorporated (Town) |
Established Date3: | 1906 |
Area Total Km2: | 2.17 |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Total: | 699 |
Population Density Km2: | 321.7 |
Timezone: | CST |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | S0G 3L0 |
Area Code: | 306 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank1 Name: | Waterways |
Blank1 Info: | Souris River valley |
Footnotes: | [1] [2] [3] [4] |
Milestone is a town in southeast Saskatchewan, Canada, on Highway 39. The town was named after C. W. Milestone (superintendent of the New Soo Line) in 1893. The town serves as a service centre for the neighbouring countryside with the area's economy dominated by agriculture.[5]
Two churches offer services; Milestone Alliance Church and The Lighthouse Church.[5] Other facilities provided within the town include a public pool, campground, ice rink and various shops and services.[5]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Milestone had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 2.12km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[6]
Milestone Elementary School teaches Kindergarten to Grade 4 while Milestone High School offers classes up to Grade 12.[5]