Viscount, Saskatchewan Explained

Settlement Type:	Village
Official Name:	Viscount
Motto:	"A warm welcoming community"
Pushpin Map:	Saskatchewan#Canada
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Type1:	Province
Subdivision Type2:	Rural municipality
Subdivision Name:	Canada
Subdivision Name1:	Saskatchewan
Subdivision Name2:	Viscount
Leader Title:	Mayor
Leader Name:	Melissa Dieno
Leader Title1:	Federal Electoral District M.P.
Leader Title2:	Provincial Constituency M.L.A.
Established Title:	Post office founded
Established Title2:	Village established
Established Date2:	December 17, 1908
Established Title3:	Town incorporated
Area Total Km2:	1.18
Population As Of:	2011
Population Note:	^[1]
Population Total:	252
Population Density Km2:	212.7
Timezone Dst:	CST
Utc Offset Dst:	-6
Coordinates:	51.9453°N -105.6467°W
Elevation M:	548
Postal Code Type:	Postal code
Postal Code:	S0K 4M0
Area Code:	306
Website:	Official website
Footnotes:	^[2] ^[3]

Viscount is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Viscount No. 341 and Census Division No. 11. Viscount is located on Saskatchewan Highway 16, the Yellowhead Highway, in central Saskatchewan east of Colonsay and west of Lanigan. As of the Canada 2016 Census, Viscount had a population of .

Viscount post office first opened in 1908 in the Dominion Land Survey Sec.29, Twp.34, R.26, W2.

History

Viscount incorporated as a village on December 17, 1908.^[4]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Viscount had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 1.49km2, it had a population density of in 2021.^[5]

In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Viscount recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of 1.18km2, it had a population density of in 2016.^[6]

See also

• List of communities in Saskatchewan
• List of rural municipalities in Saskatchewan

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2011 Community Profiles . Statistics Canada . Government of Canada . 2014-08-21 . 2019-01-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190106155610/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E%0A . dead .
2. Web site: National Archives . Archivia Net . Post Offices and Postmasters . 2014-08-21.
3. Web site: Government of Saskatchewan . MRD Home . Municipal Directory System . 2014-08-21.
4. 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.
5. Web site: Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan . . February 9, 2022 . April 1, 2022.
6. 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.