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Town, village population trend still on downward slope

Most of the towns and villages in the region lost population with some exceptions. mostly places near cities or in resort villages.
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MOOSE JAW — The long term trend to rural depopulation in the Moose Jaw region continued in the 2021 Census of Canada.

Most of the towns and villages in the region lost population with some exceptions. mostly places near cities or in resort villages.

Assiniboia, the largest town in the area lost 101 residents to 2,333 while Gravelbourg at 986, lost 103. Caronport gained 39 for 1,033.

Central Butte gained 44 for 416 while Avonlea, 411, gained 18.

Bethune, near the K+S potash mine and Regina, gained 261for 560. 

All three resort communities on Buffalo Pound Lake gained population with North Grove adding 43 for 175; Sun Valley adding 36 for 154; and Â鶹ÊÓƵ Lake adding 57 for 226.

Holding their own were; Bengough, 332; Shamrock, 20; Wood Mountain, 20; Brownlee, 55, Coderre 30.

Community        2021           2016

Assiniboia           2,333        2,424
Avonlea                  411           393
Belle Plaine             79              85
Bethune                 560            399
Briercrest               155            159
Caronport           1,033             994
Central Butte         416             372
Chamberlain            96               90
Chaplin                  222              229
Coronach               612              643
Craik                      405              392
Dilke                        60                98   
Drinkwater              74                78
Eyebrow                130             119     
Findlater                  60               45
Gravelbourg           986          1,083
Hodgeville              147            172
Holdfast                  173            247
Kincaid                   120            111
Lafleche                  373           382
Limerick                  114           115
Mankota                  198           205
Marquis                    90             97
Mortlach                  274           261
Mossbank               368           360
Ogema                    383           403
Pense                      603          587
Riverhurst               150           130
Rouleau                   505           540
Shamrock                  20             20
Â鶹ÊÓƵ Lake               226           169
Sun Valley                154           118
Tugaske                      79             75
Tuxford                     103           113
Willow Bunch           261           269
Wood Mountain          20             20
Wd Mountain reserve 16             12
North Grove              175            132

Ron Walter can be reached at [email protected]    

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