Official Name: | Porcupine Plain, Saskatchewan |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Motto: | Nature's Gift |
Pushpin Map: | Saskatchewan#Canada |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Porcupine Plain in Saskatchewan |
Coordinates: | 52.598°N -103.248°W |
Pushpin Label Position: | none |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 200 |
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: | Nicholas Wood |
Leader Title1: | Administrator |
Leader Name1: | Twyla Salmond |
Leader Title2: | Governing body |
Leader Name2: | Porcupine Plain Town Council |
Established Title: | Post office Founded |
Established Date: | 1929-04-01 |
Established Title2: | Incorporated (Village) |
Established Date2: | N/A |
Established Title3: | Incorporated (Town) |
Established Date3: | N/A |
Area Total Km2: | 2.27 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Total: | 855 |
Population Density Km2: | 377.2 |
Timezone: | CST |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | S0E 1H0 |
Area Code: | 306 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank1 Name: | Railway |
Blank1 Info: | Canadian National Railway (abandoned) |
Website: | Town of Porcupine Plain |
Porcupine Plain is a town in Saskatchewan, Canada. It is accessed by Highway 23. Greenwater Lake Provincial Park is southwest on Highway 38. The town is located within the Porcupine Provincial Forest. The town was originally settled by returning World War I veterans who settled in the area during the early 1920s.[1] Quilly Willy is the town mascot used on promotional material.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Porcupine Plain 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.[2]