Stockholm, Saskatchewan

Village in Saskatchewan, Canada

50°40′N 102°18′W / 50.66°N 102.30°W / 50.66; -102.30CountryCanadaProvinceSaskatchewanRegionSoutheast SaskatchewanCensus division5Rural Municipality Fertile Belt No. 183Post Office1904Incorporated1905Government

• MayorJason Nichols^[1] • AdministratorLorie Jackson • Governing bodyStockholm Town Council • MP Yorkton—MelvilleCathay Wagantall • MLA Melville-SaltcoatsWarren KaedingArea

• Total1.65 km² (0.64 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

• Total329 • Density206.6/km² (535/sq mi)DemonymStockholmiteTime zoneCSTPostal code

S0A 3Y0

Area code306Highways Highway 9 Highway 22Websitehttps://stockholmsask.com/^[3]^[4]

Stockholm (2021 population: 329) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Fertile Belt No. 183 and Census Division No. 5. It is 72 km (45 mi) south of the city of Yorkton along Highways 9 and 22. The municipal office for the Rural Municipality of Fertile Belt No. 183 is located in Stockholm.^[5]

History

Named after the capital of Sweden, the village was founded in the 1880s by Swedish settlers. Stockholm incorporated as a village on June 30, 1905.^[6] According to a Village of Stockholm commemorative plaque dated July 1, 1995, A J Stenberg and wife Svea named the community.^[7]

Heritage properties

Landmarks in Stockholm include the New Stockholm Lutheran Church, also called the Swedish Evangelical Lutheran New Stockholm Church, which was erected in 1917 by Swedish immigrants.^[8]

Demographics

Population history
(1981–2016)
Year	Pop.	±%
1981	391	—
1986	406	+3.8%
1991	391	−3.7%
1996	356	−9.0%
2001	303	−14.9%
2006	323	+6.6%
2011	341	+5.6%
2016	352	+3.2%
Source: Statistics Canada via Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics^[9]^[10]

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Stockholm had a population of 329 living in 144 of its 173 total private dwellings, a change of -6.5% from its 2016 population of 352. With a land area of 1.63 km² (0.63 sq mi), it had a population density of 201.8/km² (522.8/sq mi) in 2021.^[11]

In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Stockholm recorded a population of 352 living in 168 of its 178 total private dwellings, a 3.1% change from its 2011 population of 341. With a land area of 1.65 km² (0.64 sq mi), it had a population density of 213.3/km² (552.5/sq mi) in 2016.^[12]

Media

From 1997 to 2007, Jody Herperger operated an FM radio-rebroadcaster CFZY-FM for CHOZ-FM (St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador). The station filled a need for commercial top-40 programming on the FM band. The station was maintained for a number of years after CFGW-FM in Yorkton started commercial broadcasting, and ended transmissions in 2007.

References

^ Municipal Directory System
^ "2021 Community Profiles". Statistics Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
^ National Archives, Archivia Net. "Post Offices and Postmasters". Archived from the original on October 6, 2006. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
^ Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home. "Municipal Directory System". Archived from the original on January 15, 2016. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
^ Saskatchewan Municipal Database Archived January 15, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
^ "Urban Municipality Incorporations". Saskatchewan Ministry of Government Relations. Archived from the original on October 15, 2014. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
^ "History | Stockholm Sask".
^ New Stockholm Lutheran Church Archived 2014-03-23 at the Wayback Machine
^ "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.