North Portal | |
Official Name: | Village of North Portal |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | CAN SK Coalfields#Saskatchewan#North America |
Coordinates: | 49.0015°N -102.5539°W |
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: | Murray Arnold |
Leader Title1: | Administrator |
Leader Name1: | Lindsay Arnold |
Leader Title2: | Governing body |
Leader Name2: | North Portal Village Council |
Established Title: | Post office Founded |
Established Date: | N/A |
Established Title2: | Incorporated (Village) |
Established Date2: | N/A |
Established Title3: | Incorporated (Town) |
Established Date3: | N/A |
Area Total Km2: | 2.49 |
Population As Of: | 2006 |
Population Total: | 123 |
Population Density Km2: | 54.7 |
Population Blank1 Title: | National Population Rank (Out of 5,008) |
Timezone: | CST |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | S0C 1W0 |
Area Code: | 306 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank Info: | Highway 39 |
Blank1 Name: | Waterways |
North Portal (2016 population:) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Coalfields No. 4 and Census Division No. 1. It is adjacent to the Canada–United States border opposite Portal, North Dakota. The border crossing is considered the major entry point to and from the U.S. within Saskatchewan (connecting Saskatchewan Highway 39 to US Route 52).
North Portal incorporated as a village on November 16, 1903.[1]
A notable tourist attraction is the Gateway Cities Golf Club, located next to the village. Eight of the course's nine holes are located within Canada, but the course's ninth hole, and the clubhouse, are located in the United States.[2]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, North Portal had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 2.65km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[3]
In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of North Portal recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of 2.49km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[4]