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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Windthorst, Saskatchewan

Windthorst (2016 population: 211) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Chester No. 125 and Census Division No. 5.

History

Windthorst incorporated as a village on August 21, 1907.

Demographics

Population history
(1981–2016)
YearPop.±%
1981254—    
1986249−2.0%
1991246−1.2%
1996239−2.8%
2001228−4.6%
2006194−14.9%
2011215+10.8%
2016211−1.9%
Source: Statistics Canada via Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Windthorst had a population of 194 living in 100 of its 123 total private dwellings, a change of -8.1% from its 2016 population of 211. With a land area of 1.34 km (0.52 sq mi), it had a population density of 144.8/km (375.0/sq mi) in 2021.

In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Windthorst recorded a population of 211 living in 109 of its 117 total private dwellings, a -1.9% change from its 2011 population of 215. With a land area of 1.43 km (0.55 sq mi), it had a population density of 147.6/km (382.2/sq mi) in 2016.

Sports

The Kipling/Winthorst Oil Kings of the senior men's Big 6 Hockey League play in the local ice rink.

See also