Landis is a
village
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in the
Canadian province
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of
Saskatchewan
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within the
Rural Municipality of Reford No. 379 and
Census Division No. 13. The village is about south of
Wilkie and about west from the City of
Saskatoon
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on
Highway 14. From 1907 to 1909, the post office at Section 23, Township 37, Range 18 west of the 3rd meridian, was known as Daneville. In 1925, Landis was a
Canadian National Railway
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CN i ...
Station on the
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
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line.
As of the
2016 Census, its population was .
History
Landis incorporated as a village on May 17, 1909.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, Landis 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 Landis 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.
Education
Landis had a K–12 school located within the
Sun West School Division
Located in west-central Saskatchewan, the Sun West School Division covers approximately 25,600 square kilometers. On its east side, the Division includes schools in Davidson and Kenaston, whose attendance areas include students on the east side ...
. The school was renovated in 1994 and then permanently closed in July 2014.
See also
*
List of communities in Saskatchewan
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Types of incorporated municipalities include urban municipalities, rural municipalities and nort ...
*
List of villages in Saskatchewan
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*
Landis Power Station
Landis Power Station is a natural gas-fired station owned by SaskPower, located in Landis, Saskatchewan, Canada and operated as a peaking plant.
Description
The powerplant consists of:
* 1 - 78 MW unit, commissioned in 1975 and refurbished ...
References
Further reading
*''The Landis Record'' written by the Landis Historical Society. There are currently two volumes of the Landis History Book.
External links
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Villages in Saskatchewan
Reford No. 379, Saskatchewan
Division No. 13, Saskatchewan
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