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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Bradwell, Saskatchewan

Bradwell (2021 population: 164) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Blucher No. 343 and Census Division No. 11. The village is located about 36 kilometres (22 mi) southeast of the city of Saskatoon on Highway 763. In 1936, during gravel excavations for a highway, the partial skeleton of a neolithic human male were discovered and named "Bradwell Man". A stone scraper and some eagle talons were found nearby.

History

First Avenue and Struan Street, Bradwell.

Bradwell incorporated as a village on December 26, 1912.

Demographics

Population history
(1981–2021)
YearPop.±%
1981168—    
1986162−3.6%
1991148−8.6%
1996145−2.0%
2001156+7.6%
2006182+16.7%
2011230+26.4%
2016166−27.8%
2021164−1.2%
Source: Statistics Canada via Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Bradwell had a population of 164 living in 70 of its 78 total private dwellings, a change of -1.2% from its 2016 population of 166. With a land area of 0.42 km (0.16 sq mi), it had a population density of 390.5/km (1,011.3/sq mi) in 2021.

In the 2016 Census of Population, the village of Bradwell recorded a population of 166 living in 62 of its 65 total private dwellings, a -38.6% change from its 2011 population of 230. With a land area of 0.42 km (0.16 sq mi), it had a population density of 395.2/km (1,023.7/sq mi) in 2016.

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