Official Name: | Rose Valley |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Saskatchewan#Canada |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Rose Valley in Saskatchewan |
Coordinates: | 52.2897°N -103.8153°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Provinces and territories of Canada |
Subdivision Name1: | Saskatchewan |
Subdivision Type2: | Census division |
Subdivision Name2: | 14 |
Subdivision Type3: | Rural Municipalities (R.M.) |
Subdivision Name3: | Ponass Lake No. 367 |
Established Title: | Post office Founded |
Established Date: | 1916-01-01 |
Established Title2: | Village Established |
Established Date2: | 1940 |
Established Title3: | Town Status |
Established Date3: | 1962 |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Erick John |
Leader Title1: | M.P., Yorkton—Melville |
Leader Name1: | Joe Bama |
Leader Title2: | M.L.A., Kelvington-Wadena |
Leader Name2: | Anne Mickey |
Area Total Km2: | 1.12 |
Population Total: | 282 |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Density Km2: | 263.4 |
Timezone Dst: | CST |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | S0E 1M0 |
Area Code: | 306 / 639 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank Info: | Highway 35, Secondary Highway 756 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Rose Valley is a town in the rural municipality of Ponass Lake No. 367, in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Rose Valley is located at the intersection of Highway 35 and Primary Grid 746 in east-central Saskatchewan. Wheat and dairy are the main economic industries in the area.
The CPR arrived in 1924, but as early as 1904 and 1905 Norwegian and Ukrainian settlers began to arrive by Red River cart. Rose Valley enjoyed its peak growth in the 1960s.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Rose Valley had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 1.05km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[2]
About west of Rose Valley is Ponass Lake Heritage Marsh.[3]
Rose Valley School offers Kindergarten to Grade 12. The School is located in the Horizon School Division. In 2003 the school received $250,000 in repairs and renovations from the provincial government. The area is serviced by the Parkland Regional Library Rose Valley Branch.