Dollard is an

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, within the

Rural Municipality of Arlington No. 79 The Rural Municipality of Arlington No. 79 (Canada 2016 Census, 2016 population: ) is a List of rural municipalities in Saskatchewan, rural municipality (RM) in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Saskatchewan within D ...

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, Canada. The community is situated on the historic

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in the southwest corner of the province, 13 km west of the town of Shaunavon and 21 km east of the town of

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. It is approximately 100 km from the

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USA border and 130 km to the

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border.

History

By 1908 enough French speaking settlers had arrived in the region to establish a community which they named Valroy (Val Roy). The name was later changed to Dollard. The name Dollard was chosen by Father

Louis-Pierre Gravel Louis-Pierre Gravel was a French Canadian missionary and colonizer who founded the town of Gravelbourg in Saskatchewan, Canada. He was born in Stanfold (now called Princeville), Quebec on August 8, 1868, and was ordained as priest on August 28, ...

(the founder of Gravelbourg) to honour the memory of a hero of

New France New France (french: Nouvelle-France) was the area colonized by France in North America, beginning with the exploration of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Great Britain and Spai ...

, Adam Dollard, Sieur des Ormeaux. A post office was established in 1909 and in 1911 the church of ''Sainte-Jeanne d'Arc'' (

Joan of Arc Joan of Arc (french: link=yes, Jeanne d'Arc, translit= �an daʁk} ; 1412 – 30 May 1431) is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the coronati ...

) was built. A store soon followed and then a school in 1912. The post office closed in 1988.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by

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, Dollard had a population of 20 living in 11 of its 14 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 5. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

Dollard in popular culture

The character ''Wanda Dollard'' from the Canadian comedy television series ''

Corner Gas ''Corner Gas'' is a Canadian television sitcom created by Brent Butt. The series ran for six seasons from 2004 to 2009. Re-runs still air on CTV, CTV2, CTV Comedy Channel, Much, MTV, E! and are streaming on Crave and Amazon Prime. The seri ...

'' is named for this town.

References

Arlington No. 79, Saskatchewan Designated places in Saskatchewan Former villages in Saskatchewan Unincorporated communities in Saskatchewan French communities Division No. 4, Saskatchewan {{SKDivision4-geo-stub

History

Demographics

Dollard in popular culture

See also

References