Senlac, Saskatchewan

Village in Saskatchewan, Canada

52°17′37″N 109°25′23″W / 52.293542°N 109.422925°W / 52.293542; -109.422925CountryCanadaProvinceSaskatchewanRegionSouthwestCensus division13Rural Municipality SenlacArea

• Total0.60 km² (0.23 sq mi)Population

(2011)

• Total66 • Density77.2/km² (200/sq mi)Time zoneCSTArea code306^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Senlac (2016 population: 41) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Senlac No. 411 and Census Division No. 13. The village was named after Senlac Hill, the location of the Battle of Hastings in England in 1066.^[5]

History

Senlac incorporated as a village on October 11, 1916.^[6]

Demographics

Population history
(1981–2016)
Year	Pop.	±%
1981	96	—
1986	105	+9.4%
1991	94	−10.5%
1996	78	−17.0%
2001	50	−35.9%
2006	45	−10.0%
2011	46	+2.2%
2016	41	−10.9%
Source: Statistics Canada via Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics^[7]^[8]

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Senlac had a population of 36 living in 18 of its 26 total private dwellings, a change of -12.2% from its 2016 population of 41. With a land area of 0.66 km² (0.25 sq mi), it had a population density of 54.5/km² (141.3/sq mi) in 2021.^[9]

In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Senlac recorded a population of 41 living in 22 of its 31 total private dwellings, a -12.2% change from its 2011 population of 46. With a land area of 0.6 km² (0.23 sq mi), it had a population density of 68.3/km² (177.0/sq mi) in 2016.^[10]

Notable people

Senlac was the childhood home to professional ice hockey player Curtis Brown.^[11]

References

^ National Archives, Archivia Net. "Post Offices and Postmasters".
^ Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home. "Municipal Directory System". Archived from the original on November 21, 2008.
^ Canadian Textiles Institute. (2005). "CTI Determine your provincial constituency". Archived from the original on 2007-09-11.
^ Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005). "Elections Canada On-line".
^ McLennan, David (2008). "Senlac". Our towns : Saskatchewan communities from Abbey to Zenon Park. Regina: University of Regina, Canadian Plains Research Center. p. 358. ISBN 9780889772090.
^ "Urban Municipality Incorporations". Saskatchewan Ministry of Government Relations. Archived from the original on October 15, 2014. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
^ "Saskatchewan Census Population" (PDF). Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 24, 2015. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
^ "Saskatchewan Census Population". Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
^ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Saskatchewan)". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
^ DeNicola, Scott (2011). "Curtis Brown: Seeking Higher Goals". www.clubhousemagazine.com. Retrieved 2017-09-17.