Echo Bay (
2016 population: ) is a
resort village
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in the
Canadian province
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of
Saskatchewan
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within
Census Division No. 16. It is on the shores of
Big Shell Lake
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in the
Rural Municipality of Spiritwood No. 496.
History
Echo Bay incorporated as a resort village on August 1, 1982.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
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conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, Echo Bay 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 conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, the Resort Village of Echo Bay 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.
Government
The Resort Village of Echo Bay is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator that meets on the second Saturday of every month.
The
mayor
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is Joe Tindall and its administrator is Tara Bueckert.
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See also
*List of communities in Saskatchewan
Communities in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, include Incorporation (municipal government), incorporated municipalities, Unincorporated area#Canada, unincorporated communities and First Nations in Canada, First Nations communities.
Types ...
*List of municipalities in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is the Population of Canada by province and territory, sixth-most populous Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province with 1,132,505 residents as of Canada 2021 Census, 2021 and is the fifth-largest in land area at ...
*List of resort villages in Saskatchewan
A resort village is a type of incorporated urban municipality in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. A resort village is created from an organized hamlet by the Minister of Municipal Affairs by ministerial order via section 51 of ''The Municip ...
*List of villages in Saskatchewan
A village is a type of incorporated urban municipality in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. A village is created from an organized hamlet by the Minister of Municipal Affairs by ministerial order via section 51 of ''The Municipalities Act'' i ...
*List of summer villages in Alberta
A summer village is a type of urban municipality in the Canadian province of Alberta that has a permanent population generally less than 300 permanent inhabitants, as well as seasonal (non-permanent) inhabitants.
Alberta has a total of 51 summe ...
References
{{SKDivision16
Resort villages in Saskatchewan
Spiritwood No. 496, Saskatchewan
Division No. 16, Saskatchewan