Viscount, Saskatchewan
Viscount is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Viscount No. 341 and Census Division No. 11. Viscount is located on Saskatchewan Highway 16, the Yellowhead Highway, in central Saskatchewan east of Colonsay and west of Lanigan. As of the Canada 2016 Census, Viscount had a population of 232.
Viscount post office first opened in 1908 in the Dominion Land Survey Sec.29, Twp.34, R.26, W2.
History
Viscount incorporated as a village on December 17, 1908.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Viscount had a population of 282 living in 128 of its 149 total private dwellings, a change of 21.6% from its 2016 population of 232. With a land area of 1.49 km (0.58 sq mi), it had a population density of 189.3/km (490.2/sq mi) in 2021.
In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Viscount recorded a population of 232 living in 104 of its 137 total private dwellings, a -8.6% change from its 2011 population of 252. With a land area of 1.18 km (0.46 sq mi), it had a population density of 196.6/km (509.2/sq mi) in 2016.
Climate
| Climate data for Viscount | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 6.5 (43.7) |
9.5 (49.1) |
19.5 (67.1) |
30.0 (86.0) |
37.0 (98.6) |
40.5 (104.9) |
37.5 (99.5) |
36.5 (97.7) |
33.0 (91.4) |
28.5 (83.3) |
18.9 (66.0) |
8.5 (47.3) |
40.5 (104.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −11.7 (10.9) |
−8.3 (17.1) |
−0.7 (30.7) |
10.6 (51.1) |
18.6 (65.5) |
22.8 (73.0) |
24.9 (76.8) |
24.2 (75.6) |
17.8 (64.0) |
10.2 (50.4) |
−2.3 (27.9) |
−9.9 (14.2) |
8.0 (46.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −16.8 (1.8) |
−13.3 (8.1) |
−5.6 (21.9) |
4.4 (39.9) |
11.6 (52.9) |
16.1 (61.0) |
18.1 (64.6) |
17.1 (62.8) |
11.2 (52.2) |
4.2 (39.6) |
−6.7 (19.9) |
−14.7 (5.5) |
2.1 (35.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −21.8 (−7.2) |
−18.2 (−0.8) |
−10.5 (13.1) |
−1.9 (28.6) |
4.5 (40.1) |
9.4 (48.9) |
11.3 (52.3) |
9.9 (49.8) |
4.6 (40.3) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
−11.1 (12.0) |
−19.4 (−2.9) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −40.5 (−40.9) |
−41.5 (−42.7) |
−35.0 (−31.0) |
−26.7 (−16.1) |
−10.0 (14.0) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
3.5 (38.3) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
−8.0 (17.6) |
−23.5 (−10.3) |
−35.0 (−31.0) |
−42.0 (−43.6) |
−42.0 (−43.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 16.7 (0.66) |
12.2 (0.48) |
20.3 (0.80) |
26.5 (1.04) |
54.6 (2.15) |
71.1 (2.80) |
61.5 (2.42) |
51.2 (2.02) |
38.8 (1.53) |
23.8 (0.94) |
14.3 (0.56) |
20.7 (0.81) |
411.6 (16.20) |
| Source: Environment Canada | |||||||||||||