| Official Name: | Wynyard |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Pushpin Map: | Saskatchewan#Canada |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Saskatchewan |
| Subdivision Type2: | Census division |
| Subdivision Type3: | Rural Municipality |
| Subdivision Name3: | Big Quill No. 308 |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Albert Boylak |
| Leader Title1: | Administrator |
| Leader Name1: | Jason Chorneyko |
| Leader Title2: | Governing body |
| Leader Name2: | Wynyard Town Council |
| Leader Title3: | MLA Kelvington-Wadena |
| Leader Name3: | Hugh Nerlien |
| Leader Title4: | MP Regina-Qu'Appelle |
| Established Title: | Settled |
| Established Date: | 1905 |
| Established Title2: | Village |
| Established Date2: | 1908 |
| Established Title3: | Town |
| Established Date3: | 1911 |
| Area Total Km2: | 5.29 |
| Population As Of: | 2016 |
| Population Total: | 1,732 |
| Population Density Km2: | 334.1 |
| Timezone: | CST |
| Utc Offset: | −06:00 |
| Coordinates: | 51.7667°N -104.1833°W |
| Elevation M: | 551 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | S0A 4T0 |
| Area Code: | 306 |
| Footnotes: | [1] [2] [3] |
Wynyard is a town in eastern Saskatchewan, Canada, west of Yorkton and east of Saskatoon. Wynyard is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Big Quill No. 308. It is located on the Yellowhead Highway just south of Big Quill Lake.
Many of the early settlers to the area around Big Quill Lake were of Icelandic origin, and the ethnic block settlement area was called the Vatnabyggd settlement. Sleipnir, a store and post office, was located at NE 30-22-15 W2 and was the centre of community life of the Vatnabyggd settlement until it was moved into Wynyard in 1908.
The first wave of Icelandic settlers in the Wynyard area was soon followed by numerous Ukrainian settlers and then British, Polish, and German settlers.[4]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Wynyard had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 5.32km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[5]
The Frank Cameron Museum is closed, but there is a very interesting museum, downtown, on Avenue B. It has a good selection of local historical artefacts and pictures, and occasionally has special exhibits, such as "wedding dresses through the decades".
Three of designated heritage sites are located in Wynyard:
The Town of Wynyard has several sports teams: the Wynyard Blues Mens Fastball Team, the Wynyard Monarchs hockey team of the Long Lake Hockey League (LLHL), and the Wynyard Monarchs of the senior men's Highway Hockey League.[11]
Wynyard plays host to many activities and groups such as Wynyard Air Cadets, Wynyard Minor Baseball, Wynyard Minor Hockey, Wynyard Fireman's Association, Wynyard Kinettes, Wynyard Kinsmen, Wynyard Legion, Wynyard School of Dance, Wynyard Senior Appreciation Days, Wynyard Senior Centre, and Wynyard Shriners.
Wynyard is located on Highway 16. Wynyard was made a divisional point on the Canadian Pacific Railway when it came through. No longer providing passenger service the Wynyard railway station is a designated historical railway station.[12]
Wynyard/W. B. Needham Field Aerodrome also facilitate transportation in and out of Wynyard and area.
The town is home to the Wynyard Elementary School and Wynyard Composite High School[13] in the Horizon School Division #205.[14] The high school team, the Wynyard Golden Bears, play basketball, football, volleyball, and soccer. The high school also participates in cross country, track, and badminton.
The one-room school houses of the early 1900s were called Wynyard School District #2499 and Nordra School #1947. The latter offered a course in Icelandic when it was first constructed in 1907 as the early school administration allowed an hour each day from 3 pm to 4 pm for foreign language instruction. Currently there are several venues for education in Wynyard.