Pelly, Saskatchewan
The village is the closest inhabited settlement to the historical sites of Fort Livingstone, a former capital of the North-West Territories and a former North-West Mounted Police headquarters, and Fort Pelly, the Swan River district headquarters for the Hudson's Bay Company, from which the village gets its name.
History
Pelly incorporated as a village on May 4, 1911.
Climate
| Climate data for Pelly | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 10.0 (50.0) |
10.5 (50.9) |
17.5 (63.5) |
28.3 (82.9) |
37.0 (98.6) |
35.0 (95.0) |
36.7 (98.1) |
37.2 (99.0) |
33.3 (91.9) |
29.0 (84.2) |
18.3 (64.9) |
10.6 (51.1) |
37.2 (99.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −13.7 (7.3) |
−9.2 (15.4) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
7.5 (45.5) |
16.3 (61.3) |
20.8 (69.4) |
23.0 (73.4) |
22.0 (71.6) |
15.6 (60.1) |
8.2 (46.8) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
−11.4 (11.5) |
6.1 (43.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −19.3 (−2.7) |
−15.1 (4.8) |
−8.7 (16.3) |
1.2 (34.2) |
9.3 (48.7) |
14.0 (57.2) |
16.4 (61.5) |
15.2 (59.4) |
9.4 (48.9) |
2.9 (37.2) |
−7.7 (18.1) |
−16.3 (2.7) |
0.1 (32.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −24.9 (−12.8) |
−20.9 (−5.6) |
−14.7 (5.5) |
−5 (23) |
2.3 (36.1) |
7.2 (45.0) |
9.9 (49.8) |
8.4 (47.1) |
3.1 (37.6) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
−11.9 (10.6) |
−21.2 (−6.2) |
−5.9 (21.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −48.3 (−54.9) |
−45.6 (−50.1) |
−46.7 (−52.1) |
−36 (−33) |
−13.9 (7.0) |
−6.7 (19.9) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
−3.5 (25.7) |
−16.7 (1.9) |
−22 (−8) |
−40.6 (−41.1) |
−46.1 (−51.0) |
−48.3 (−54.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 26.1 (1.03) |
20.5 (0.81) |
35.0 (1.38) |
33.5 (1.32) |
48.7 (1.92) |
89.7 (3.53) |
91.6 (3.61) |
64.9 (2.56) |
57.5 (2.26) |
30.4 (1.20) |
26.1 (1.03) |
26.2 (1.03) |
550.1 (21.66) |
| Source: Environment Canada | |||||||||||||
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Pelly had a population of 255 living in 131 of its 166 total private dwellings, a change of -10.5% from its 2016 population of 285. With a land area of 0.96 km (0.37 sq mi), it had a population density of 265.6/km (688.0/sq mi) in 2021.
In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Pelly recorded a population of 285 living in 141 of its 181 total private dwellings, a 0.7% change from its 2011 population of 283. With a land area of 0.96 km (0.37 sq mi), it had a population density of 296.9/km (768.9/sq mi) in 2016.