Aylsham ( 2016 population: ) is a

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in the

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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 ...

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, which in turn was adopted for the community's name.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, 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

Greg Classen Gregory Dean "Greg" Classen (born August 24, 1977) is a German-Canadian former professional ice hockey centre. Classen played a total of 90 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) all with the Nashville Predators. He also appeared in 321 Americ ...

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Karlene Faith Karlene Faith (1938 – May 15, 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

References

Villages in Saskatchewan Nipawin No. 487, Saskatchewan Division No. 14, Saskatchewan {{SKDivision14-geo-stub

History

Demographics

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See also

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