Echo Bay, Saskatchewan
Resort village in Saskatchewan, Canada
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Echo Bay (2016 population: 40) is a resort village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 16. It is on the shores of Big Shell Lake in the Rural Municipality of Spiritwood No. 496.
Echo Bay | |
|---|---|
| Resort Village of Echo Bay | |
  Echo Bay | |
| Coordinates: 53.212°N 107.127°W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Saskatchewan |
| Census division | 16 |
| Rural municipality | RM of Spiritwood No. 496 |
| Incorporated[2] | August 1, 1982 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Joe Tindall |
| • Governing body | Resort Village Council |
| • Administrator | Tara Bueckert |
| Area (2016)[4] | |
| • Land | 0.8 km2 (0.31 sq mi) |
| Population (2016)[4] | |
• Total | 40 |
| • Density | 50/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CST |
| • Summer (DST) | CST |
| Area codes | 306 and 639 |
| Waterway(s) | Shell Lake |
History
Echo Bay incorporated as a resort village on August 1, 1982.[2]
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Echo Bay had a population of 68 living in 40 of its 145 total private dwellings, a change of 70% from its 2016 population of 40. With a land area of 0.74 km2 (0.29 sq mi), it had a population density of 91.9/km2 (238.0/sq mi) in 2021.[7]
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Resort Village of Echo Bay recorded a population of 40 living in 20 of its 143 total private dwellings, a 5.3% change from its 2011 population of 38. With a land area of 0.8 km2 (0.31 sq mi), it had a population density of 50.0/km2 (129.5/sq mi) in 2016.[4]