Valparaiso, Saskatchewan Explained

Valparaiso
Official Name:	Village of Valparaiso
Settlement Type:	Village
Pushpin Map:	Saskatchewan#Canada
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Canada
Subdivision Type1:	Province
Subdivision Type2:	Region
Subdivision Name2:	Central
Subdivision Type3:	Census division
Subdivision Name3:	13
Subdivision Type4:	Rural Municipality
Subdivision Name4:	Star City No. 428
Government Type:	Municipal
Leader Title:	Governing body
Leader Name:	Valparaiso Village Council
Leader Title1:	Mayor
Leader Name1:	Margaret Emro
Leader Title2:	Administrator
Leader Name2:	Ann Campbell
Leader Title3:	MP
Leader Title4:	MLA
Established Title:	Post office Founded
Established Title2:	Incorporated (Village)
Area Total Km2:	0.69
Population As Of:	2016
Population Total:	15
Population Density Km2:	21.6
Timezone:	CST
Utc Offset:	-6
Coordinates:	52.506°N -104.105°W
Postal Code Type:	Postal code
Postal Code:	S0E 1P0
Area Code:	306
Blank Name:	Highways
Blank1 Name:	Railways
Blank1 Info:	Canadian National Railway
Footnotes:	^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4]

Valparaiso (2016 population:) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Star City No. 428 and Census Division No. 14. The village is located at the junction of Highway 3 and Range Road No. 160, approximately 20 km east of the City of Melfort. The name comes from that of Valparaíso in Chile.^[5]

History

Valparaiso incorporated as a village on July 18, 1924.^[6]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Valparaiso had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 0.74km2, it had a population density of in 2021.^[7]

In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Valparaiso recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of 0.69km2, it had a population density of in 2016.^[8]

See also

• List of communities in Saskatchewan
• Villages of Saskatchewan

References

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Notes and References

1. Web site: National Archives . Archivia Net . Post Offices and Postmasters .
2. Web site: Government of Saskatchewan . MRD Home . Municipal Directory System . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081121083646/http://www.municipal.gov.sk.ca/index.html . November 21, 2008 .
3. Web site: Canadian Textiles Institute. . CTI Determine your provincial constituency . 2005 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070911025012/http://www.textiles.ca/eng/nonAuthProg/redirect.cfm?path=IssPolContacts&sectionID=7601.cfm . 2007-09-11 . dead.
4. Web site: Commissioner of Canada Elections . Chief Electoral Officer of Canada . Elections Canada On-line . 2005 .
5. Book: Rayburn. Alan. Naming Canada: Stories about Canadian Place Names. 2001. University of Toronto Press. 9780802047250. 117.
6. 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.
7. Web site: Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan . . February 9, 2022 . April 1, 2022.
8. 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.