Maryfield (2016 population: 348) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Maryfield No. 91 and Census Division No. 1. The village lies south of the intersection of Highway 48[5] and Highway 600 and is about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) west of the Manitoba border. It is a junction point on the Canadian National Railway between the main line heading northwest towards Regina and a branch line heading southwest toward Carlyle and Lampman.
Maryfield | |
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| Village of Maryfield | |
 Views of Maryfield, 1909. | |
  Maryfield Location of Maryfield  Maryfield Maryfield (Canada) | |
| Coordinates: 49°50′06″N 101°31′33″W / 49.83500°N 101.52583°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Saskatchewan |
| Region | Southeast |
| Census division | 1 |
| Rural Municipality | Maryfield |
| Post office founded | 1896 |
| Incorporated (village) | 1907 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal |
| • Governing body | Maryfield Village Council |
| • Mayor | Scott Eklund |
| • Administrator | Denine Neufeld |
| • MP | Robert Kitchen |
| • MLA | Daryl Harrison |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.69 km2 (1.04 sq mi) |
| Population (2016) | |
| • Total | 348 |
| • Density | 129.5/km2 (335/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| Postal code | S0G 3K0 |
| Area code | 306 |
| Highways |  Highway 48  Highway 600 |
| Railways | Canadian National Railway |
| [1][2][3][4] | |
History
editMaryfield incorporated as a village on August 21, 1907.[6]
Demographics
editIn the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Maryfield had a population of 311 living in 130 of its 157 total private dwellings, a change of -10.6% from its 2016 population of 348. With a land area of 2.57 km2 (0.99 sq mi), it had a population density of 121.0/km2 (313.4/sq mi) in 2021.[9]
In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Maryfield recorded a population of 348 living in 139 of its 178 total private dwellings, a -4.9% change from its 2011 population of 365. With a land area of 2.69 km2 (1.04 sq mi), it had a population density of 129.4/km2 (335.1/sq mi) in 2016.[10]
Climate
edit| Climate data for Maryfield | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 10.0 (50.0) |
15.0 (59.0) |
21.5 (70.7) |
34.4 (93.9) |
36.7 (98.1) |
38.3 (100.9) |
37.0 (98.6) |
39.0 (102.2) |
36.7 (98.1) |
33.0 (91.4) |
24.0 (75.2) |
12.5 (54.5) |
39.0 (102.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −10.9 (12.4) |
−7.0 (19.4) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
10.0 (50.0) |
18.4 (65.1) |
22.4 (72.3) |
25.0 (77.0) |
24.6 (76.3) |
18.1 (64.6) |
10.7 (51.3) |
−0.8 (30.6) |
−8.6 (16.5) |
8.5 (47.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −15.9 (3.4) |
−11.8 (10.8) |
−5.3 (22.5) |
3.9 (39.0) |
11.7 (53.1) |
16.1 (61.0) |
18.5 (65.3) |
17.7 (63.9) |
11.7 (53.1) |
4.9 (40.8) |
−5.1 (22.8) |
−13.2 (8.2) |
2.8 (37.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −20.9 (−5.6) |
−16.6 (2.1) |
−10.1 (13.8) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
4.9 (40.8) |
9.8 (49.6) |
11.9 (53.4) |
10.7 (51.3) |
5.2 (41.4) |
−0.9 (30.4) |
−9.5 (14.9) |
−17.8 (0.0) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −40.0 (−40.0) |
−41.0 (−41.8) |
−35.6 (−32.1) |
−23.5 (−10.3) |
−8.0 (17.6) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
3.0 (37.4) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
−6.5 (20.3) |
−21.0 (−5.8) |
−33.5 (−28.3) |
−40.0 (−40.0) |
−41.0 (−41.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 22.8 (0.90) |
17.5 (0.69) |
26.1 (1.03) |
29.5 (1.16) |
56.1 (2.21) |
80.5 (3.17) |
64.7 (2.55) |
58.8 (2.31) |
50.1 (1.97) |
30.2 (1.19) |
20.3 (0.80) |
24.4 (0.96) |
480.9 (18.93) |
| Source: Environment Canada[11] | |||||||||||||
Notable people
edit- Brock Lesnar, American professional wrestler and mixed martial artist, lives in Maryfield with his wife and fellow professional wrestler Sable
- Joel Laing, Canadian ice hockey player, born and raised in Maryfield
- Val Sweeting, Canadian curler, grew up in Maryfield
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters, archived from the original on 6 October 2006
- ^ Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home, Municipal Directory System, archived from the original on 21 November 2008
- ^ Canadian Textiles Institute. (2005), CTI Determine your provincial constituency, archived from the original on 11 September 2007
- ^ Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005), Elections Canada On-line, archived from the original on 21 April 2007
- ^ "South - Maryfield - Hwy 48". Tourism Saskatchewan. Government of Saskatchewan. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
- ^ "Urban Municipality Incorporations". Saskatchewan Ministry of Government Relations. Archived from the original on 15 October 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
- ^ "Saskatchewan Census Population" (PDF). Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
- ^ "Saskatchewan Census Population". Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan". Statistics Canada. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Saskatchewan)". Statistics Canada. 8 February 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
- ^ Environment Canada Canadian Climate Normals 1971–2000, accessed 10 September 2010