Bethune ( 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

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within the

Rural Municipality of Dufferin No. 190 The Rural Municipality of Dufferin No. 190 ( 2016 population: ) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 6 and Division No. 2. It is located in the south-central portion of the provinc ...

and Census Division No. 6. The village is north-west of Regina on Highway 11 (

Louis Riel Louis Riel (; ; 22 October 1844 – 16 November 1885) was a Canadian politician, a founder of the province of Manitoba, and a political leader of the Métis people. He led two resistance movements against the Government of Canada and its first ...

Trail). Arm River flows along a river valley north of Bethune, which features camping sites, and the

Qu'Appelle River The Qu'Appelle River is a river in the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba that flows east from Lake Diefenbaker in south-western Saskatchewan to join the Assiniboine River in Manitoba, just south of Lake of the Prairies, near t ...

is a short way south. Last Mountain Lake or Long Lake is north-east of Bethune whereas

Buffalo Pound Lake Buffalo Pound Lake is a eutrophic prairie lake in Saskatchewan, Canada, formed from glaciation about 10,000 years ago, on the Qu'Appelle River approximately north of Moose Jaw and north-east of Tuxford. The lake gets its name from the metho ...

is just south-west. The post office of Bethune,

Assiniboia Assiniboia District refers to two historical districts of Canada's Northwest Territories. The name is taken from the Assiniboine First Nation. Historical usage ''For more information on the history of the provisional districts, see also Distri ...

, NWT was established on 5 June 1905, three months before Saskatchewan became a province.

History

Bethune incorporated as a village on 2 August 1912. The village takes its name from C.B. Bethune, the

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on the first

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to travel the railway in 1887.

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, Bethune 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 Bethune 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. CXBE-Closup

Attractions

Bethune has a skating rink,

curling Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area which is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules, and shuffleboard. Two teams, each with four players, take turns slidi ...

rink, park, school, and baseball diamonds located on the outskirts of town at McLean Park. It has a playground splash pad and four baseball diamonds. Bethune is home to the Bethune Bulldogs of the senior men's

Highway Hockey League The Highway Hockey League is a men's senior ice hockey league sanctioned by Hockey Saskatchewan and Hockey Canada. History The league was formed in 1965 with five teams in Bulyea, Drake, Govan, Lumsden, and Strasbourg. Many teams have come and ...

. The Gillis Blakley Bethune and District Heritage Museum is a Municipal Heritage Property on the Canadian Register of Historic Places. Nearby attractions include

Buffalo Pound Provincial Park Buffalo Pound Provincial Park is a provincial park located in southern Saskatchewan, Canada, about north-east of downtown Moose Jaw and north-west of the city of Regina. The park centres on Buffalo Pound Lake, a prairie lake formed from gl ...

, Grandview Beach, Kedleston Beach, and Regina Beach Recreation Site.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bethune Villages in Saskatchewan Dufferin No. 190, Saskatchewan Division No. 6, Saskatchewan

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