Tugaske, Saskatchewan Explained

Tugaske (2016 population:) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Huron No. 223 and Census Division No. 7. It is nicknamed Gateway to Lake Diefenbaker. It is near Eyebrow Lake, a prairie lake in the Qu'Appelle Valley. It was named after an eyebrow-shaped hill also in the Qu'Appelle Valley above Eyebrow Lake. The lake, which is 9 km long and 1 km wide, is a bird sanctuary and is near Highway 627.

Highway 367 and Highway 627 intersect in the village.

History

Tugaske incorporated as a village on May 7, 1909.^[1]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Tugaske 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.^[2]

In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Tugaske recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of 0.76km2, it had a population density of in 2016.^[3]

References

50.875°N -106.2867°W

Notes and References

1. 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.
2. Web site: Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan . . February 9, 2022 . April 1, 2022.
3. 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.