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Kindersley is a town surrounded by the
Rural Municipality of Kindersley No. 290 The Rural Municipality of Kindersley No. 290 (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 ...
in west-central
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, Canada. It is located along Highway 7, a primary highway linking Calgary,
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and
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, Saskatchewan. At a population of 4,597 in 2016, it is an established industrial base for the resource-rich west-central region of the province and a service centre to the oil and gas industry and agriculture production.


History

It was incorporated in 1910, and named after Sir Robert Kindersley, Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company (1915-25) and a major shareholder in the
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, which was nationalized and amalgamated into Canadian National Railways in 1918. Canadian Northern had made Kindersley a divisional point on its line between Saskatoon and Calgary. In 2016, having sustained a population of more than 5,000 for several years (meeting the provincial criteria), the Town of Kindersley applied to the Province of Saskatchewan for city status. Although official census information from 2011 indicated an official population below 5,000, the Town disputed the accuracy of those numbers. As of 2022, city status has yet to be granted, and as noted below the official federal census for 2021 shows its population still below the 5,000 threshold.


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, Kindersley 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.


Climate

Kindersley experiences a
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(
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''). Winters are long, cold and dry, while summers are short and warm. Precipitation is low, with an annual average of 325 mm, and is heavily concentrated in the warmer months. The highest temperature ever recorded in Kindersley was on 5 July 1937. The coldest temperature ever recorded was on 30 January 1969. The record one-day rainfall is 77.2 mm (3 inches) on July 6, 1991. The record one-day snowfall is 21 cm (8.3 inches) on December 27, 1990.


Economy

The Bakken shale oil and gas play, driven by hydraulic fracturing technologies, has contributed to Kindersley's economy since 2009. Kindersley sells its treated municipal wastewater to a local oilfield service company to use in hydraulic fracturing.


Events

Annual events in Kindersley include the Indoor Rodeo and Trade Show in June and the four-day Goose Festival in September, among numerous sports and cultural activities throughout the rest of the year. Kindersley was chosen as the launch site for the
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, Canada's entry to win the Ansari X Prize. The flight was scheduled for October 2004, but circumstances related to the project prevented the flight from taking place. Kindersley celebrated its 100th birthday in 2010.


Education

Kindersley has three schools, all operating within the Sun West School Division. Westberry is an elementary school, Elizabeth is a middle school and the Kindersley Composite School is 9-12. There is also a regional college at the Great Plains Regional College location.


Sports

Kindersley is home to a full-service 9-hole golf course; two world class, fully irrigated baseball diamonds; a .3 mile, tri-oval speedway and the West Central Events Center (WCEC), with two ice surfaces and a curling rink. The WCEC is home to the local SJHL Klippers hockey team. Part of the WCEC, an older arena called Exhibition Stadium, was destroyed by fire on January 8, 2010. Kindersley has also hosted many sporting events including the 1984 World Youth Baseball Championships, 1990 Men's Provincial Curling Championship, 1994 Saskatchewan Winter Games, 1997 Canadian Mixed Curling Championships, 2001 Men's Provincial Curling Championships, 2007 Provincial Mixed Curling Championships, 2008 Junior Men's and Women's Provincial Curling Championships, 2009 and 2010 Baseball Canada Cup and the 2010 Provincial Scotties Tournament of Hearts (the tournament was moved to
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because of the fire on January 8, 2010). The arena also hosted Team Canada's World Juniors for the 1991 World Junior Championships in Saskatoon. They used the rink as a practice facility and it was also the venue for a game between Czechoslovakia and Switzerland. The most recent event was the 2014 World Jr. A Challenge put on by Hockey Canada that displayed the best Jr. A players from around the world. Teams from Canada, USA, Russia, Switzerland and Denmark participated


Media

Local media includes The Kindersley Clarion, a weekly newspaper owned by Jamac Publishing Ltd., and two radio stations owned by Golden West Broadcasting:
CKVX CKVX-FM is a Canadian radio station broadcasting at 104.9 FM with a country format branded as ''Country 104.9''. Licensed to Kindersley, Saskatchewan, it serves west central Saskatchewan. It first began broadcasting in 2005. The station is curre ...
104.9 FM and
CFYM CFYM is a Canadian radio station broadcasting a classic hits format at 1210 AM. Licensed to Kindersley, Saskatchewan, it serves west central Saskatchewan. It first began broadcasting in 1986 after receiving approval by the CRTC The Cana ...
1210 AM.


Notable people

* Bill Baker — Canadian football *
Bob Bourne Robert Glen Bourne (born June 21, 1954) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who played for the New York Islanders and the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL) between 1974 and 1988. He was inducted into the New ...
- ice hockey *
Derek Dorsett Derek Dorsett (born December 20, 1986) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger who played for the Columbus Blue Jackets, New York Rangers and Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Blue Jackets drafted him i ...
— ice hockey * John-James Ford — writer * Curtis Glencross — ice hockey * Glenda Goertzen — author * Gordon Hahn (1919–2001) — California politician, born in Kindersley * Dave Lewis — National Hockey League coach * Greg Paslawski — ice hockey


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External links

* {{Authority control Kindersley No. 290, Saskatchewan Towns in Saskatchewan Division No. 13, Saskatchewan