Orkney, Saskatchewan

Orkney is an unincorporated community within the Rural Municipality of Val Marie No. 17, Saskatchewan, Canada. Listed as a designated place by Statistics Canada, the hamlet had a population of 4 in the Canada 2011 Census.[1]

Not to be confused with the Rural Municipality of Orkney No. 244, which surrounds the city of Yorkton.
Orkney
Unincorporated community
Orkney School and ex. Patterson elevator in background.
Location in Val Marie No. 17
Location in Saskatchewan
Coordinates: 49.1333°N 107.9172°W / 49.1333; -107.9172
CountryCanada
ProvinceSaskatchewan
RegionSouthwest Saskatchewan
Census divisionNo. 4
Rural MunicipalityVal Marie No. 17
Government
 • Governing bodyRural Municipality of Val Marie No. 17
 • MPDavid L. Anderson
 • MLAWayne Elhard
Area
 • Total0.23 km2 (0.09 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total4
Time zoneCST
Postal code
S0N 1V0
Area code(s)306
HighwaysHighway 18

Demographics
Canada census – Orkney, Saskatchewan community profile
2011
Population: 0 (0.0% from 2006)
Land area: 0.23 km2 (0.089 sq mi)
Population density: 0.0/km2 (0/sq mi)
Median age:
Total private dwellings:
Median household income:
References: 2011[2] earlier[3]

Education

Frontier and Val Marie each have one school that covers kindergarten through grade 12 in the Chinook School Division, which area residents are bused to.

Attractions
  • Frontier & District Golf Course, a nine-hole facility located in Frontier, it also features all the hallmarks of Saskatchewan golf.
  • Grasslands National Park, one of Canada's newer national parks and is located in southern Saskatchewan along the Montana border.
  • Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park, an interprovincial park straddling the southern Alberta-Saskatchewan border, located southeast of Medicine Hat. It is Canada's only interprovincial park.

See also

References
  1. Canada 2011 Census: Designated places in Saskatchewan
  2. "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013.
  3. "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012.



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