Neilburg Explained

Official Name:Village of Neilburg
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Canada Saskatchewan
Pushpin Label Position:none
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Canada
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Saskatchewan
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Name2:Saskatchewan
Subdivision Type3:Census division
Subdivision Name3:13
Subdivision Type4:Rural Municipality
Subdivision Name4:Hillsdale No. 440
Subdivision Type5:School Division
Subdivision Name5:Northwest School Division No. 203
Coordinates:52.833°N -109.633°W
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Brent Wiens
Leader Title1:Deputy Mayor
Leader Name1:Aaron Gibbons
Leader Title2:Governing body
Leader Name2:Neilburg Village Council
Established Title:Post office Founded
Established Date:N/A
Established Title2:Incorporated (Hamlet)
Established Date2:1923[1]
Established Title3:Incorporated (Village)
Established Date3:1946
Population As Of:2016
Population Total:379
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:MST
Utc Offset:−7
Timezone Dst:MDT
Utc Offset Dst:−6
Elevation M:677
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:S0M 2C0
Area Code:306
Blank Name:Highways
Blank1 Name:Waterways
Website:www.neilburg.ca

Neilburg (2016 population:) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Hillsdale No. 440 and Census Division No. 13. A grade K–12 school is located in the village that services the Neilburg area as well as grade 7–12 students from Marsden.

Neilburg was named after an early settler, Clifford O’Neil. The first post office was in his home and was located about one mile south-east of where the village is today. Neilburg was established as a hamlet in 1923 and by 1946, it had grown big enough to be incorporated as the village of Neilburg.

The village is about 6 kilometres away from the north-east corner of Manitou Lake. On the north-west corner of the lake is Big Manitou Regional Park.

History

Neilburg incorporated as a village on January 1, 1947.[2]

In 1999 crop circles were discovered in a field near the village.[3]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Neilburg had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 1.24km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[4]

In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Neilburg recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of 1.22km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[5]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.neilburg.ca Village of Neilburg
  2. Web site: Urban Municipality Incorporations . Saskatchewan Ministry of Government Relations . June 1, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141015042810/http://municipal.gov.sk.ca/Municipal-History/Urban-Incorporated-Dates . October 15, 2014.
  3. Web site: Arndt . Judy . Crop Circles - Neilburg, Saskatchewan, Canada - Sept. 1999 . 2008-02-16 . Treasure House Imports.
  4. Web site: Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan . . February 9, 2022 . April 1, 2022.
  5. Web site: Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Saskatchewan) . . February 8, 2017 . May 30, 2020.