Shields | |
Official Name: | Resort Village of Shields |
Settlement Type: | Resort village |
Mapsize: | 200 |
Pushpin Map: | Saskatchewan |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Saskatchewan |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
Subdivision Name3: | 11 |
Subdivision Type4: | Rural municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | RM of Dundurn No. 314 |
Subdivision Type5: | Federal riding |
Subdivision Type6: | Provincial riding |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Angela Larson |
Leader Title1: | Governing body |
Leader Name1: | Resort Village Council |
Leader Title2: | Administrator |
Leader Name2: | Jessica Arguin |
Leader Title3: | Clerk |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Title2: | Incorporated |
Established Date2: | January 1, 1981 |
Area Footnotes: | (2016) |
Area Land Km2: | 0.72 |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Total: | 288 |
Population Density Km2: | 400 |
Timezone: | CST |
Timezone Dst: | CST |
Coordinates: | 51.82°N -106.405°W[1] |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | S7C |
Area Code: | 306 and 639 |
Blank Name: | Highway(s) |
Blank1 Name: | Railway(s) |
Blank2 Name: | Waterway(s) |
Blank2 Info: | Lake Blackstrap |
Shields (2016 population:) is a resort village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 11. It is on the shores of Blackstrap Lake in the Rural Municipality of Dundurn No. 314. It east of the town of Dundurn.
Shields incorporated as a resort village on January 1, 1981.[2]
Shields is located on the north-western shore of Blackstrap Lake. There's boating, fishing, swimming, and other water sports. Shields also has a 9-hold golf course[3] and is a short drive from Blackstrap Provincial Park, which is on the eastern side of the lake and features Mount Blackstrap, camping, picnicking, boating, and swimming. On the north-eastern shore of the lake is another golf course, Lakeside Golf Resort, which opened June 1, 2021.[4] Lakeside Golf Resort is directly across from Shields.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Shields had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 0.75km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[5]
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Resort Village of Shields recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of 0.72km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[6]
The Resort Village of Shields is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator that meets on the third Monday of every month.[7] The mayor is Angela Larson and its administrator is Jessie Williams.[7]