Frontier, Saskatchewan
History
The Frontier post office was founded in 1917. Frontier incorporated as a village on 10 July 1930.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Frontier had a population of 364 living in 152 of its 180 total private dwellings, a change of -2.2% from its 2016 population of 372. With a land area of 1.05 km (0.41 sq mi), it had a population density of 346.7/km (897.9/sq mi) in 2021.
In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Frontier recorded a population of 372 living in 159 of its 186 total private dwellings, a 5.6% change from its 2011 population of 351. With a land area of 0.93 km (0.36 sq mi), it had a population density of 400.0/km (1,036.0/sq mi) in 2016.
Climate
| Climate data for Frontier | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 13 (55) |
19 (66) |
23.5 (74.3) |
30 (86) |
35 (95) |
37.5 (99.5) |
39.5 (103.1) |
38.5 (101.3) |
35 (95) |
32 (90) |
23.5 (74.3) |
13.5 (56.3) |
39.5 (103.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −5.2 (22.6) |
−2.3 (27.9) |
4.3 (39.7) |
13.0 (55.4) |
18.9 (66.0) |
23.3 (73.9) |
27.6 (81.7) |
27.0 (80.6) |
20.1 (68.2) |
12.4 (54.3) |
2.3 (36.1) |
−3.1 (26.4) |
11.5 (52.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −10.8 (12.6) |
−8.1 (17.4) |
−1.6 (29.1) |
6.0 (42.8) |
11.6 (52.9) |
16.2 (61.2) |
19.5 (67.1) |
18.8 (65.8) |
12.4 (54.3) |
5.6 (42.1) |
−3.1 (26.4) |
−8.6 (16.5) |
4.8 (40.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −16.4 (2.5) |
−13.9 (7.0) |
−7.4 (18.7) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
4.3 (39.7) |
9.1 (48.4) |
11.3 (52.3) |
10.5 (50.9) |
4.8 (40.6) |
−1.4 (29.5) |
−8.5 (16.7) |
−14.1 (6.6) |
−1.9 (28.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −41.5 (−42.7) |
−43 (−45) |
−35 (−31) |
−20.5 (−4.9) |
−10.0 (14.0) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
3.0 (37.4) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
−11.5 (11.3) |
−29.0 (−20.2) |
−35.0 (−31.0) |
−40.0 (−40.0) |
−43.0 (−45.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 16.5 (0.65) |
12.3 (0.48) |
18.6 (0.73) |
23.0 (0.91) |
51.2 (2.02) |
76.9 (3.03) |
44.5 (1.75) |
41.8 (1.65) |
26.8 (1.06) |
16.2 (0.64) |
17.3 (0.68) |
13.9 (0.55) |
358.9 (14.13) |
| Source: Environment Canada | |||||||||||||
Attractions
- Frontier & District Golf Course, a 9-hole facility located in Frontier, features all the hallmarks of Saskatchewan golf.
- Grasslands National Park, one of Canada's newer national parks, 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.
Education
Frontier School offers Kindergarten through grade 12 and is in the Chinook School Division.
Notable people
- Rhett Warrener, NHL player
- Braydon Coburn, NHL player
- David L. Anderson, former Conservative Member of Parliament