Smiley, Saskatchewan Explained

Official Name:Smiley, Saskatchewan
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Saskatchewan#Canada
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Smiley in Saskatchewan
Coordinates:51.3803°N -109.2813°W
Pushpin Label Position:none
Pushpin Mapsize:200
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Canada
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Saskatchewan
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Name2:West-central
Subdivision Type3:Census division
Subdivision Type4:Rural Municipality
Subdivision Name4:Prairiedale Website - www.major.ca
Leader Name:Leader_title1 = Administrator
Leader Name1:Charlotte Helfrich
Leader Title2:Governing body
Leader Name2:Smiley Village Council
Established Title:Post office Founded
Established Title2:Incorporated (Village)
Area Total Km2:0.64
Population As Of:2021
Population Total:25
Population Density Km2:39.1
Population Blank1 Title:National Population Rank (Out of 5,008)
Timezone:CST
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:S0L 2Z0
Area Code:306
Blank Name:Highways
Blank Info:Highway 51
Blank1 Name:Railway
Blank1 Info:Canadian National Railway - Transferred to Canadian Pacific Railway - Abandoned 1997

Smiley (2016 population:) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Prairiedale No. 321 and Census Division No. 13. The village is located approximately 20 km northwest of the town of Kindersley at the intersection of Highway 307 and Highway 772. The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway was completed in 1913, bringing an economic boom to the village's early years. On April 26, 1987 the Dodsland subdivision between Dodsland and Smiley was transferred to the Canadian Pacific Railway.[1] Due to the close proximity to major grain centres such as Kindersley, CPR put the line up for abandonment and was granted permission to remove the track by the Canadian Transportation Agency on October 29, 1997.[2]

An F3 tornado struck here leaving a 10-kilometre path and taking two unknown lives on July 6, 1935.

History

Smiley incorporated as a village on November 26, 1913.[3]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Smiley had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 0.62km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[4]

In the 2016 Census of Population, the village of Smiley recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of 0.64km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[5]

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51.6342°N -109.4703°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Smiley - Railway 87 . 2012-05-25.
  2. Web site: Smiley - Railway . CTA. 2012-05-25.
  3. Web site: Urban Municipality Incorporations . Saskatchewan Ministry of Government Relations . June 1, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141015042810/http://municipal.gov.sk.ca/Municipal-History/Urban-Incorporated-Dates . October 15, 2014.
  4. Web site: Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan . . February 9, 2022 . April 1, 2022.
  5. Web site: Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Saskatchewan) . . February 8, 2017 . May 30, 2020.
  6. Saskbiz Community Profiles - Great Wall of Saskatchewan