Bulyea ⫽ˈbʊljeɪ⫽ BUUL-yay (2016 population: 113) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of McKillop No. 220 and Census Division No. 6.

History

Bulyea was first settled in 1882-1883 by immigrants from the United Kingdom and Ireland, and later people of Norwegian and German origins. Bulyea incorporated as a village on March 9, 1909. It was named after George H. V. Bulyea, a former member of the North-West Legislative Assembly and later the first Lieutenant Governor of Alberta.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Bulyea had a population of 121 living in 55 of its 64 total private dwellings, a change of 7.1% from its 2016 population of 113. With a land area of 1.26 km (0.49 sq mi), it had a population density of 96.0/km (248.7/sq mi) in 2021.

In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Bulyea recorded a population of 113 living in 52 of its 54 total private dwellings, a 9.7% change from its 2011 population of 102. With a land area of 1.28 km (0.49 sq mi), it had a population density of 88.3/km (228.6/sq mi) in 2016.

Sports

A Bulyea senior men's ice hockey team was one of five founding members in 1965 of the Highway Hockey League in central Saskatchewan.

See also

• List of communities in Saskatchewan
• Villages of Saskatchewan