Alvena ( 2016 population: ) is a village in the

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within the Rural Municipality of Fish Creek No. 402 and Census Division No. 15. It is approximately northeast of

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History

Many early settlers to Alvena were of Ukrainian descent. Many were peasant serf farmers in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Others were from Poland and they erected Roman Catholic Churches in the area. Earlier settlers along the

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were Métis. Many of these families were involved in the April 24, 1885

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which occurred in Tourond's Coulee, a few miles west of what later became Alvena. Alvena incorporated as a village on July 1, 1936.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, Alvena had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Alvena recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.

Notable people

Edward Bayda Edward Bayda (September 9, 1931 – April 2, 2010) was the Chief Justice of Saskatchewan, Canada and Chief Justice of the Province's Court of Appeal. Early life Edward Bayda was born in Alvena, Saskatchewan. He attended the University of Sask ...

– former Chief Justice of Saskatchewan * Ed Tchorzewski - former Saskatchewan Minister of Finance, and President of the

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References

Villages in Saskatchewan Fish Creek No. 402, Saskatchewan Division No. 15, Saskatchewan {{SKDivision15-geo-stub

History

Demographics

Notable people

See also

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