Windthorst, Saskatchewan
Village in Saskatchewan, Canada
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Windthorst (2016 population: 211) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Chester No. 125 and Census Division No. 5. It is accessed from Highway 48.[1]
History
Windthorst incorporated as a village on August 21, 1907.[2]
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Windthorst had a population of 194 living in 100 of its 123 total private dwellings, a change of -8.1% from its 2016 population of 211. With a land area of 1.34 km2 (0.52 sq mi), it had a population density of 144.8/km2 (375.0/sq mi) in 2021.[5]
In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Windthorst recorded a population of 211 living in 109 of its 117 total private dwellings, a -1.9% change from its 2011 population of 215. With a land area of 1.43 km2 (0.55 sq mi), it had a population density of 147.6/km2 (382.2/sq mi) in 2016.[6]
Sports
The Kipling/Winthorst Oil Kings of the senior men's Big 6 Hockey League play in the local ice rink.[7]
