Frontier, Saskatchewan
Village in Saskatchewan, Canada
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Frontier (2021 population: 364) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Frontier No. 19 and Census Division No. 4. Frontier is on Highway 18 and is served by the Frontier Airport located 3.7 kilometres (2.3 mi) south of the village.
Frontier | |
|---|---|
| Village of Frontier | |
Ex. Saskatchewan Wheat Pool | |
  Frontier  Frontier | |
| Coordinates: 49.199738°N 108.56703°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Saskatchewan |
| Region | Southwest |
| Rural municipality | Frontier No. 19 |
| Post office Founded | 1917 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal |
| • Governing body | Frontier Village Council |
| • Mayor | Brady Berg |
| • Administrator | Barb Webber |
| • MLA | Doug Steele |
| • MP | Jeremy Patzer |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.93 km2 (0.36 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 364 |
| • Density | 399.5/km2 (1,035/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| Postal code | S0N 0W0 |
| Area code | 306 |
| Highways |  Highway 18 |
| Railways | Great Western Railway |
| Website | www |
| [1][2] | |
History
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Frontier had a population of 364 living in 152 of its 180 total private dwellings, a change of -2.2% from its 2016 population of 372. With a land area of 1.05 km2 (0.41 sq mi), it had a population density of 346.7/km2 (897.9/sq mi) in 2021.[6]
In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Frontier recorded a population of 372 living in 159 of its 186 total private dwellings, a 5.6% change from its 2011 population of 351. With a land area of 0.93 km2 (0.36 sq mi), it had a population density of 400.0/km2 (1,036.0/sq mi) in 2016.[7]
Climate
| Climate data for Frontier | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 13 (55) |
19 (66) |
23.5 (74.3) |
30 (86) |
35 (95) |
37.5 (99.5) |
39.5 (103.1) |
38.5 (101.3) |
35 (95) |
32 (90) |
23.5 (74.3) |
13.5 (56.3) |
39.5 (103.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −5.2 (22.6) |
−2.3 (27.9) |
4.3 (39.7) |
13.0 (55.4) |
18.9 (66.0) |
23.3 (73.9) |
27.6 (81.7) |
27.0 (80.6) |
20.1 (68.2) |
12.4 (54.3) |
2.3 (36.1) |
−3.1 (26.4) |
11.5 (52.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −10.8 (12.6) |
−8.1 (17.4) |
−1.6 (29.1) |
6.0 (42.8) |
11.6 (52.9) |
16.2 (61.2) |
19.5 (67.1) |
18.8 (65.8) |
12.4 (54.3) |
5.6 (42.1) |
−3.1 (26.4) |
−8.6 (16.5) |
4.8 (40.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −16.4 (2.5) |
−13.9 (7.0) |
−7.4 (18.7) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
4.3 (39.7) |
9.1 (48.4) |
11.3 (52.3) |
10.5 (50.9) |
4.8 (40.6) |
−1.4 (29.5) |
−8.5 (16.7) |
−14.1 (6.6) |
−1.9 (28.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −41.5 (−42.7) |
−43 (−45) |
−35 (−31) |
−20.5 (−4.9) |
−10.0 (14.0) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
3.0 (37.4) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
−11.5 (11.3) |
−29.0 (−20.2) |
−35.0 (−31.0) |
−40.0 (−40.0) |
−43.0 (−45.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 16.5 (0.65) |
12.3 (0.48) |
18.6 (0.73) |
23.0 (0.91) |
51.2 (2.02) |
76.9 (3.03) |
44.5 (1.75) |
41.8 (1.65) |
26.8 (1.06) |
16.2 (0.64) |
17.3 (0.68) |
13.9 (0.55) |
358.9 (14.13) |
| Source: Environment Canada[8] | |||||||||||||
Attractions
- Frontier & District Golf Course, a 9-hole facility located in Frontier
- Grasslands National Park, one of Canada's newer national parks, is located in southern Saskatchewan
- Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park, an interprovincial park straddling the southern Alberta–Saskatchewan border, located southeast of Medicine Hat
Education
Frontier School offers Kindergarten through grade 12 and is in the Chinook School Division.
Notable people
- Rhett Warrener, NHL player
- Braydon Coburn, NHL player
- David L. Anderson, former Conservative Member of Parliament