Official Name: | Vonda |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Saskatchewan#Canada |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Vonda in Saskatchewan |
Coordinates: | 52.323°N -106.092°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Saskatchewan |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
Subdivision Name3: | 15 |
Subdivision Type4: | Rural Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Grant |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Cindy Beaulieu |
Leader Title1: | Town Manager |
Leader Name1: | Linda Denis |
Leader Title2: | Governing body |
Leader Name2: | Vonda Town Council |
Established Title: | Post office Founded |
Established Date: | April 1, 1905 |
Established Title2: | Incorporated (Village) |
Established Date2: | 1905 |
Established Title3: | Incorporated (Town) |
Established Date3: | 1907 |
Area Total Km2: | 2.79 |
Population As Of: | 2006 |
Population Total: | 322 |
Population Density Km2: | 112.7 |
Timezone: | CST |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | S0K 4N0 |
Area Code: | 306 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank Info: | Highway 27 |
Website: | Official website |
Footnotes: | [1] [2] |
Vonda is located on Highway 27, a half-hour drive north east of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The town was named after the daughter of American journalist Cy Warman.[3]
Vonda is home to the École Providence French language school providing Kindergarten to Grade 12, while Aberdeen Composite School in neighbouring Aberdeen provides Kindergarten to Grade 12 instruction in English. The town also contains the Paroisse St. Philippe de Neri Parish Roman Catholic Church and the Sacred Heart Ukrainian Catholic Church.[4] The town is also home to the Vonda Memorial Rink.[5] The town contains a Co-op, hotel and service businesses.
The Vonda post office originally opened on April 1, 1905 under the name Vaunder, changing its name to Vonda on May 1, 1906.[6]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Vonda had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 2.75km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[7]