Beatty ( 2016 population: ) is a

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in the Canadian province of

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within the

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and Census Division No. 15. The village is located approximately 13 km (8 mi) northwest of the City of Melfort. It is at the junction of

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and Highway 368. In 1925, Beatty was a Canadian National Railways (CNR) rail station on the Swan River - Prince Albert

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. The area surrounding Beatty is predominantly farmland and the main source of employment is agriculture.

History

Beatty was named in 1904, after (and by) Reginald Beatty, an employee of the

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and the first settler in the Melfort district. Beatty post office was established in 1908 in the federal electoral district of

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. Beatty incorporated as a village on March 31, 1921. A community center was built in 1978 through local fundraising. This is still open and serves as a venue for weddings and community events.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by Statistics Canada, Beatty 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 Beatty 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.

Sports

Like most small communities in Saskatchewan, sports centered around hockey. In 1948 the Beatty Memorial Rink was built by a group of local volunteers. After many years, this rink was condemned to be destroyed because of its structural integrity. The town rallied again and built a new rink. This rink served the town until 1993. In 1985 the Beatty Barons Senior Men's hockey team won the provincial championships. The town of Beatty fielded pre-novice and novice hockey teams until 1993. The rink was also used for community skating and hosting hockey tournaments. Due to a financial issue which came to a head in 1993, the rink was sold to the town of

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. The town of

had the rink taken apart piece by piece and moved 423 km away.

Education

Children living in Beatty are sent by bus to school in Melfort. The early one room school house in town was Beatty School District #1766. This also hosted a second one-room school house for the higher grades including grade 12. This school was open from 1933-1967.

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