Riceton, Saskatchewan

The first grain elevator was built in 1913.^[1] By 1968 Riceton's population was 128.^[1]

Name

According to a collectively-researched 1968 publication on Saskatchewan place name origins, Riceton was named after J. S. Rice who owned the land on which the town was incorporated.^[1]

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Riceton had a population of 33 living in 21 of its 27 total private dwellings, a change of −45.9% from its 2016 population of 61. With a land area of 0.61 km² (0.24 sq mi), it had a population density of 54.1/km² (140.1/sq mi) in 2021.^[2]