Aylsham (
2016 population: ) is a
village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred ...
in the
Canadian province of
Saskatchewan
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within the
Rural Municipality of Nipawin No. 487 and
Census Division No. 14. The village is approximately northeast of the city of
Melfort.
History
Aylsham incorporated as a village on 4 August 1947.
The Aylsham post office was opened in 1921, named after
Aylsham
Aylsham ( or ) is a historic market town and civil parish on the River Bure in north Norfolk, England, nearly north of Norwich. The river rises near Melton Constable, upstream from Aylsham and continues to Great Yarmouth and the North Sea, ...
,
Norfolk
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,
England
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, which in turn was adopted for the community's name.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sli ...
conducted by
Statistics Canada, Aylsham 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 Aylsham 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.
Climate
Notable people
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Greg Classen
Gregory Classen (born August 24, 1977) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre.
Playing career
Classen played four seasons of junior hockey for the Nipawin Hawks of the SJHL. He then went on to play two seasons of hockey at Merrima ...
Former NHL hockey player
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Karlene Faith
Karlene Faith (1938 – 15 May 2017) was a Canadian writer, feminist, scholar, and human rights activist. She was a professor emerita at the Simon Fraser University School of Criminology.
Early life and career
Karlene Faith was born in Ayl ...
Canadian writer, feminist, scholar, and human rights activist
See also
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List of communities in Saskatchewan
Communities in the Province of Saskatchewan, Canada include incorporated municipalities, unincorporated communities and First Nations communities.
Types of incorporated municipalities include urban municipalities, rural municipalities and nor ...
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Villages of Saskatchewan
A village is a type of incorporated urban municipality in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. A village is created from an organized hamlet by the Minister of Municipal Affairs by ministerial order via section 51 of ''The Municipalities Act'' i ...
References
Villages in Saskatchewan
Nipawin No. 487, Saskatchewan
Division No. 14, Saskatchewan
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