Stoughton, Saskatchewan Explained

Official Name:Stoughton
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:Saskatchewan#Canada
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Stoughton in Saskatchewan
Coordinates:49.675°N -103.037°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Canada
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Saskatchewan
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Type3:Census division
Subdivision Type4:Rural Municipality
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Bill Knous
Leader Title1:Town Manager
Leader Name1:Chris Miskolczi
Leader Title2:Governing body
Leader Name2:Stoughton Town Council
Established Title:Post office founded
Established Date:1901
Established Title2:Incorporated (Village)
Established Title3:Incorporated (Town)
Area Land Km2:3.41
Population As Of:2011
Population Total:649
Population Density Km2:173.4
Timezone:CST
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:S0G 4T0
Area Code:306
Blank Name:Highways
Website:http://stoughtonsk.ca
Footnotes:[1] [2]

Stoughton is a town in Saskatchewan, Canada. In 2011 it had a population of 649.[3] Stoughton was originally called New Hope. The settlement of New Hope was barely three years old when the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) arrived in this part of the province in 1904. The CPR chose a location a little to the south for its closest depot, which it called Stoughton. The community of New Hope soon moved to join it.

Stoughton used to have its own small police service, which was aptly named the Stoughton Police Service. It no longer exists and now the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) provide policing services to the town and surrounding areas.

Stoughton is approximately 88miles southeast of Regina at the terminus for Highway 33, which is the longest straight road in Canada, and the fifth longest in the world.[4] It is also the administrative headquarters of the Ocean Man First Nations band government.[5]

The town is served by Highway 13, Highway 33, and Highway 47.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Stoughton had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 3.45km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[6]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Archives . Archivia Net . Post Offices and Postmasters . 2014-05-26 .
  2. Web site: Government of Saskatchewan . MRD Home . Municipal Directory System . 2014-05-26 .
  3. Web site: Census Profile, 2016 Census, Statistics Canada - Validation Error.
  4. Web site: top 5 longest straight roads. 24 May 2017.
  5. http://www.sicc.sk.ca/archive/bands/bocean.html
  6. Web site: Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan . . February 9, 2022 . April 1, 2022.