| Official Name: | Vanguard |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Motto: | A Proud Past & A Promising Future |
| Pushpin Map: | CAN SK Whiska Creek#Saskatchewan |
| Coordinates: | 49.909°N -107.257°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Saskatchewan |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Type4: | Rural municipality |
| Subdivision Name4: | Whiska Creek No. 106 |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Kevin Hames |
| Leader Title1: | Village Administrator |
| Leader Name1: | Melanie Clark |
| Leader Title2: | Governing body |
| Leader Name2: | Vanguard Village Council |
| Established Title: | Post office Founded |
| Established Date: | N/A |
| Established Title2: | Village Incorporated |
| Established Date2: | 1912 |
| Established Title3: | Town Incorporated |
| Established Date3: | N/A |
| Area Total Km2: | 1.86 |
| Population As Of: | 2016 |
| Population Total: | 134 |
| Population Density Km2: | 100.4 |
| Timezone: | CST |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | S0N 2V0 |
| Area Code: | 306 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
| Blank Info: | Highway 43 Highway 4 |
| Website: | Vanguard, Saskatchewan |
Vanguard (2016 population:) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Whiska Creek No. 106 and Census Division No. 3. It is on Highway 43 close to Notekeu Creek. Its prime economic driver is agriculture: chick peas; lentils; red, spring, hard and durum wheats are grown here.
In 1910, the Canadian Pacific Railway purchased the land that became the community of Vanguard from Latimer Young. Vanguard incorporated as a village on July 8, 1912.[1] The origin of the name Vanguard may be attributed to it having been on the vanguard of the railway in 1912; however, is also a name in the Royal Navy tradition. Lord Horatio Nelson had a Vanguard; the last dreadnought battleship (scrapped in 1960) was also called Vanguard. Recent publications state that the inspiration for the name of the village came from which was commissioned in 1909 and exploded in 1917, killing 843 of the 845 men aboard. Regardless of the true origin of the name, the north–south streets in Vanguard reflect the naval heritage, being named Armada, Victory, Triumph, Drake and Nelson Streets. The east–west streets are named in honour of the province (Saskatchewan Avenue), the landscape in which Vanguard is situated (Prairie Avenue), the rail heritage (Railway Avenue) and the hopeful spirit in which Vanguard was established (Progress Avenue). Vanguard is bisected by Division St. and the main street is called "Dominion".
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Vanguard had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 1.86km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[2]
In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Vanguard recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of 1.86km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[3]
Nearby communities are Pambrun (home of Millar College of the Bible), Gravelbourg (renowned for its French heritage and cathedral), Swift Current (the regional "headquarters"), Hodgeville ("home" of the Saskatchewan flag) and Ponteix (close to Notekeu Regional Park). Vanguard is close to Cypress Hills inter-provincial park, Grasslands National Park, the Canada–US border, and Lac Pelletier Regional Park.
Vanguard is the home of Vanguard Community School with specialist teachers, low student-teacher ratio, and an enrollment of approximately 100.
Author, broadcaster, and journalist James Minifie (1900–1974) called Vanguard home. He worked for the New York Herald Tribune and was the Washington correspondent for the CBC. Knowlton Nash described Mr. Minifie as: "a man passionately dedicated to improving the quality of journalism [whose] overwhelming desire was accuracy in reporting". Woodrow Lloyd, former premier of Saskatchewan, was a principal in Vanguard. NHL goaltender, Al Rollins, was born in Vanguard.