Rocanville Explained

Official Name:Town of Rocanville
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:Saskatchewan#Canada
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Canada
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Saskatchewan
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Type3:Census division
Subdivision Name3:5
Subdivision Type4:Rural Municipality
Subdivision Name4:Rocanville
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Ron Reed
Leader Title1:M.P. (Souris—Moose Mountain)
Leader Name1:Ed Komarnicki (2008)
Leader Title2:M.L.A. (Moosomin)
Leader Name2:Don Toth (2007)
Established Title:Post office Founded
Established Date:1904
Established Title2:Town established
Established Date2:1904
Population As Of:2006
Population Total:869
Timezone:CST
Coordinates:50.385°N -101.692°W
Elevation M:519
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:S0A 3L0
Area Code:306
Website:rocanville.ca

Rocanville is a town in Saskatchewan, Canada, and home to the largest oil can in the world.[1] It is home of the Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Rocanville mine which recently announced a $1.6 billion expansion. Rocanville is also home of the Symons Oiler factory which produced over 1 million oil cans during the Second World War.[2] The town erected the giant oil can to commemorate the factory.

Rocanville is also known for crop circles that were discovered there in the fall of 1996.[3]

Fort Espérance, an archaeological site in Rocanville believed to contain the remains of two late 18th- and early 19th-century fur trade forts, was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1944. The Rocanville and District Museum Site, the Rocanville Farmers Building and the Symons Metalworks have all been designated as Municipal Heritage Properties under the provincial Heritage Property Act.[4]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Rocanville had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 2.36km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[5]

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM6J4V_Worlds_Largest_Oil_Can_Rocanville_SK_Canada "World's Largest Oil Can, Rocanville, SK, Canada"
  2. McLennan, David "Rocanville" Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan
  3. Deetken, Chad (1996) "Preliminary Report on Rocanville, Saskatchewan Crop Circle Formations" Mutual UFO Network
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  5. Web site: Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan . . February 9, 2022 . April 1, 2022.