Bankend is a locality in the central part of

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, Canada. Other communities in the area include

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, Wishart, West Bend and Leross. Bankend is located between the

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and the Beaver Hills. Bankend was a booming agricultural community in 1928, HWY 35 arrived, and four grain elevators were built.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, Bankend had a population of 15 living in 10 of its 10 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 15. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

Transportation

Bankend is located on

Highway 35 The following highways are numbered 35: The Karakoram Highway (Urdu language, Urdu: شاہراہ قراقرم, ''Śāhirāh-i Qarāquram''), also known as the KKH, National Highway 35 (Urdu language, Urdu: قومی شاہراہ ۳۵), N-35, and ...

and near the junction of

and Highway 743.

Notable people

* Henry Dayday, Saskatoon mayor was born near Bankend.

Education

* Cresswell School Division #2074 was a one-room school house which was built near Bankend, SK.

References

{{authority control Designated places in Saskatchewan Emerald No. 277, Saskatchewan Division No. 10, Saskatchewan