Mazenod (, ) is a
hamlet in the
Rural Municipality of Sutton No. 103,
Saskatchewan,
Canada. It is part of a region of wider French Catholic settlement centered around the town of
Gravelbourg
Gravelbourg () is a small multicultural town in south-central Saskatchewan, Canada. It is located just west of the Wood River at the junction of provincial Highway 43 and Highway 58, approximately 125 kilometres from Moose Jaw, Swift Curre ...
. The hamlet bears the name of Father
Eugène de Mazenod, founder of the
Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, a religious order active in the settlement of Western Canada.
The hamlet is located 93 km southwest of the City of
Moose Jaw on
highway 43.
History
Prior to January 1, 2002, Mazenod was incorporated as a
village, and was restructured as a
hamlet under the jurisdiction of the R.M. of Sutton on that date.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
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conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, Mazenod had a population of 25 living in 11 of its 11 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 10. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
Notable people
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Frank Fletcher Hamilton
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See also
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List of communities in Saskatchewan
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Hamlets of Saskatchewan
References
Sutton No. 103, Saskatchewan
Designated places in Saskatchewan
Former villages in Saskatchewan
Unincorporated communities in Saskatchewan
Populated places disestablished in 2002
Division No. 3, Saskatchewan
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