Wolseley, Saskatchewan

For the surrounding rural municipality, see Rural Municipality of Wolseley No. 155.

Wolseley
Town
Town of Wolseley
Wolseley Opera House
Wolseley Opera House
Map
CountryCanada
ProvinceSaskatchewan
Census division5
Rural municipalityWolseley
Post office established1882-10-01
Government
 • TypeMayor/Council
 • MayorGerald Hill
 • AdministratorCandice Quintyn
 • MLASteven Bonk
 • MPAndrew Scheer
Area
 • Total
5.93 km2 (2.29 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total
864
 • Density145.6/km2 (377/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central)
Postal code
S0G 5H0
Area code306
WebsiteTown of Wolseley
[2][3]

Wolseley[4] (Canada 2011 Census population 864) is a town in southeast Saskatchewan, Canada, approximately 100 kilometres (62 mi) east of Regina on the Trans-Canada Highway.[5]

History

See also: List of historic places in Saskatchewan

Wolseley's Provincial Court House building was constructed in 1893, and is the oldest surviving court house building in the province. The Town Hall and Opera House, built in 1906, is a classic building and is used for many community events. Canada's first Beaver Lumber was opened in Wolseley by co-founder E. A. Banbury in 1883. Beaver Lumber is now protected by Heritage status. The Banbury House Inn, which was originally built in 1905 as the private home for E. A. Banbury, was moved from its original location on the north bank of Fairly Lake to the west end of Wolseley to allow expansion of Lakeside Care Home in the 1980s. The Banbury House Inn now serves as a bed and breakfast.

Two private residences are also on the Canadian List of Historic Places. The Perley Residence, located at 206 Front Street, is a two-storey brick house which was the home of several prominent Wolseley residents, including the first miller in town, as well as A. A. Perley.[6]

The home of Wolseley's first mayor, R. A. Magee, is another heritage property. It remains a private residence, and is situated immediately south of the Town Hall and Opera House.

Community

Wolseley Elevator

It has two schools, Dr. Isman Elementary School and Wolseley High School. The recently rebuilt "swinging bridge" has been a feature of Wolseley since 1905. It has a twelve-bed hospital, an eighty-bed nursing home, and two resident doctors.

The town is served by three weekly newspapers: The Wolseley Bulletin, The Indian Head-Wolseley News and The Grenfell Sun. A tourist information radio station, CISE-FM, is based out of Wolseley.

Wolseley has a modern artificial ice arena, a curling rink, a nine-hole golf course, and a public swimming beach which is located on the shore of Fairly Lake, the town's most distinguishing feature. This body of water was formed when the Canadian Pacific Railway dammed a creek in order to obtain a water supply for its steam engines. The town was named one of Canada's prettiest, most historic towns by Harrowsmith Country Life in 2000.[7]

Wolseley is home to a thriving arts community and in the downtown area there is an art gallery which is the meeting place of the Wolseley Writers Group, the Wolseley Photography Club, and the Ellisboro Artisans Guild. The Twilite Drive-In Theater in Wolseley is one of the few left in Saskatchewan. The others include the Jubilee Drive-In Theatre in Manitou Beach, the Clearwater Drive-In in Kyle, the Moonlight Movies Drive-in in Pilot Butte, and the Prairie Dog Drive-in Theatre in Carlyle.[8]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Wolseley had a population of 852 living in 360 of its 392 total private dwellings, a change of -0.2% from its 2016 population of 854. With a land area of 5.84 km2 (2.25 sq mi), it had a population density of 145.9/km2 (377.9/sq mi) in 2021.[9]

Canada census – Wolseley, Saskatchewan community profile
2011
Population864 (10.5% from 2006)
Land area5.93 km2 (2.29 sq mi)
Population density145.6/km2 (377/sq mi)
Median age47.9 (M: 42.9, F: 52.8)
Private dwellings383 (total) 
Median household income
References: 2011[10] earlier[11][12]

See also

References

  1. ^ "2011 Community Profiles". Statistics Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  2. ^ National Archives, Archivia Net. "Post Offices and Postmasters". Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  3. ^ Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home. "Municipal Directory System". Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  4. ^ "Wolseley". Canadian Geographical Names Database. Government of Canada. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  5. ^ "Wolseley". Tourism Saskatchewan. Government of Saskatchewan. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  6. ^ "Harold Perley Residence". Canada's Historic Places. Parks Canada.
  7. ^ "Wolseley: My Kind of Town", Harrowsmith Country Life, April 2000.
  8. ^ "Saskatchewan Drive-in Theaters". DriveInMovie.com. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  9. ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan". Statistics Canada. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  10. ^ "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. 21 March 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  11. ^ "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. 20 August 2019.
  12. ^ "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. 18 July 2021.

50°25′30″N 103°16′23″W / 50.425°N 103.273°W / 50.425; -103.273 (Wolseley, Saskatchewan)