Stockholm | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Saskatchewan#Canada |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Saskatchewan |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Southeast Saskatchewan |
Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
Subdivision Name3: | 5 |
Subdivision Type4: | Rural Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Fertile Belt No. 183 |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Jason Nichols[1] |
Leader Title1: | Administrator |
Leader Name1: | Lorie Jackson |
Leader Title2: | Governing body |
Leader Name2: | Stockholm Town Council |
Leader Title3: | MP Yorkton—Melville |
Leader Name3: | Cathay Wagantall |
Leader Title4: | MLA Melville-Saltcoats |
Leader Name4: | Warren Kaeding |
Established Title: | Settled |
Established Title2: | Post Office |
Established Date2: | 1904 |
Established Title3: | Incorporated |
Established Date3: | 1905 |
Area Total Km2: | 1.65 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Demonym: | Stockholmite |
Population Total: | 329 |
Population Density Km2: | 206.6 |
Timezone: | CST |
Coordinates: | 50.66°N -102.3°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | S0A 3Y0 |
Area Code: | 306 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank Info: | Highway 9 Highway 22 |
Website: | https://stockholmsask.com/ |
Footnotes: | [3] [4] |
Stockholm (2021 population:) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Fertile Belt No. 183 and Census Division No. 5. It is 720NaN0 south of the city of Yorkton along Highways 9 and 22. The municipal office for the Rural Municipality of Fertile Belt No. 183 is located in Stockholm.[5]
Named after the capital of Sweden, the village was founded in the 1880s by Swedish settlers. Stockholm incorporated as a village on June 30, 1905.[6] According to a Village of Stockholm commemorative plaque dated July 1, 1995, A J Stenberg and wife Svea named the community.[7]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Stockholm had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 1.63km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[9]
In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Stockholm recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of 1.65km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[10]
From 1997 to 2007, Jody Herperger operated an FM radio-rebroadcaster CFZY-FM for CHOZ-FM (St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador). The station filled a need for commercial top-40 programming on the FM band. The station was maintained for a number of years after CFGW-FM in Yorkton started commercial broadcasting, and ended transmissions in 2007.