Orkney, Saskatchewan
Orkney is an unincorporated community within the Rural Municipality of Val Marie No. 17, Saskatchewan, Canada. Listed as a designated place by Statistics Canada, the hamlet had a population of 4 in the Canada 2011 Census.[1]
Orkney | |
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Unorganized hamlet | |
 Orkney School and ex. Patterson elevator in background. | |
  Orkney  Orkney | |
| Coordinates: 49.1333°N 107.9172°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Saskatchewan |
| Region | Southwest Saskatchewan |
| Rural municipality | Val Marie No. 17 |
| Government | |
| • Governing body | Rural Municipality of Val Marie No. 17 |
| • MLA | Dave Marit |
| • MP | Jeremy Patzer |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.23 km2 (0.09 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 4 |
| Time zone | CST |
| Postal code | S0N 1V0 |
| Area code(s) | 306 |
| Highways | Highway 18 |
Demographics
| Canada census – Orkney, Saskatchewan community profile | |||
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| 2011 | |||
| Population: | 0 (0.0% from 2006) | ||
| Land area: | 0.23 km2 (0.089 sq mi) | ||
| Population density: | 0.0/km2 (0/sq mi) | ||
| Median age: | |||
| Total private dwellings: | |||
| Median household income: | |||
| References: 2011[2] earlier[3] | |||
Education
Frontier and Val Marie each have one school that covers kindergarten through grade 12 in the Chinook School Division, which area residents are bused to.
Attractions
- Frontier & District Golf Course, a nine-hole facility located in Frontier, it also features all the hallmarks of Saskatchewan golf.
- Grasslands National Park, one of Canada's newer national parks and is located in southern Saskatchewan along the Montana border.
- Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park, an interprovincial park straddling the southern Alberta-Saskatchewan border, located southeast of Medicine Hat. It is Canada's only interprovincial park.
References
- Canada 2011 Census: Designated places in Saskatchewan
- "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013.
- "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012.
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