Official Name: | Young |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | CAN SK Morris#Saskatchewan |
Coordinates: | 51.7687°N -105.7482°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Saskatchewan |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Saskatchewan |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Agnes Thompson |
Leader Title1: | Governing body |
Leader Name1: | Young Village Council |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 1908 |
Established Title2: | Post Office Established |
Established Date2: | 1909-04-01 |
Established Title3: | Village Incorporated |
Established Date3: | June 7, 1910 |
Area Land Km2: | 2.51 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 239 |
Population Density Km2: | 95.2 |
Timezone: | CST |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | S0K 4Y0 |
Area Code: | 306 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank Info: | Highway 2 |
Website: | Official Site |
Footnotes: | [2] [3] |
Young (2016 population:) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Morris No. 312. The economy is dominated by local agriculture and the nearby Mosaic Potash mine.[4]
Young came into being with the coming of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. Young incorporated as a village on June 7, 1910.[5] It was named for F.G. Young, a land agent.
A limestone kiln producing 1000 bushels of lime a day was established in the town at the northwest end of 2 Avenue.
It has a 3 sheet curling rink with artificial ice and hockey arena, a swimming pool, golf course, ball diamonds and playground.[6]
A fire destroyed the village's oldest building, the former Young Hotel, on November 12, 2011. The hotel was built in 1910.[7]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Young had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 2.54km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[8]
In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Young recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of 2.51km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[9]
North: Viscount | |||
West: Allan | Young | East: Watrous |