Lang was named after George Macdonald Lang (1860 to 1930), a civil engineer and architect, who was employed by the Canadian Pacific Railway between 1893 and 1906. Lang incorporated as a village on July 27, 1906.[6]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lang had a population of 176 living in 84 of its 98 total private dwellings, a change of -6.9% from its 2016 population of 189. With a land area of 0.65 km2 (0.25 sq mi), it had a population density of 270.8/km2 (701.3/sq mi) in 2021.[9]
In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Lang recorded a population of 189 living in 81 of its 96 total private dwellings, a -5.8% change from its 2011 population of 200. With a land area of 0.64 km2 (0.25 sq mi), it had a population density of 295.3/km2 (764.9/sq mi) in 2016.[10]
Education
Students from Lang attend school in Milestone, of the Prairie Valley School Division.[11]