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Rouleau is a town in southern
Saskatchewan Saskatchewan is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Western Canada. It is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and to the south by the ...
, Canada, on the
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. It lies within
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Division No. 6 and Rural Municipality of Redburn No. 130. As of 2021, the population was 505 (a decrease of 6.5 percent from the 2016 census), in an area of . Rouleau is on Highway 39 and is about southwest of Regina. The town was notably the filming location of the popular Canadian
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''
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'', depicting the fictitious town of Dog River.


History

A post office was established at Rouleau in the provisional
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,
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, as early as April 1, 1895. It incorporated as a village on July 23, 1903. Rouleau was named after Charles Borromée Rouleau. Rouleau was a magistrate in
Battleford Battleford ( 2021 population 4,400) is a town located across the North Saskatchewan River from the city of North Battleford, in Saskatchewan, Canada. Battleford and North Battleford are collectively referred to as "The Battlefords". Although ...
from 1883 until 1887 and served in the
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. The village is "Saskatchewan's first 1 million bushel town", that is, the first point to ship of grain in one year.


Demographics

In the
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conducted by
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, Rouleau 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


''Corner Gas''

The town is best known as the main filming location for the CTV 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. Reruns still air on CTV, CTV2, CTV Comedy Channel, Much, E! and are streaming on Crave and Amazon Prime. The series ...
''. The series' production team built a full-size mock gas station and coffee shop at the western entrance of the town for filming, causing confusion among visitors thinking Corner Gas and The Ruby were real establishments. The town's
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was also repainted with the name "Dog River" as it appears in the background of many episodes of the series. For an episode which aired in early 2007, then-
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stopped in Rouleau to play a cameo role in the television show. The buildings used as sets for the program were allowed to fall into disrepair after the show wrapped up production. They were purchased by an entrepreneur, Sylvain Senecal, who converted them into a museum and souvenir shop. The set was demolished in November 2016. On 28 September 2014, the building that was used as the FOO MAR E, the local grocery store in the series, was destroyed in a fire. The grain elevator was destroyed in a fire on November 5, 2021, about two weeks after the building used for depicting Dog River's police station collapsed.


Notable people

*
Keith Aulie Keith Aulie (born June 11, 1989) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He played in the National Hockey League for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Tampa Bay Lightning, and Edmonton Oilers. Aulie was drafted by the Calgary Flames 116th ...
, professional ice hockey defenseman, with
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in the
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. * Edson Garfield Bahr was a pitcher in
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who played for the
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from 1946 to 1947. * Ken Doraty, professional hockey player; he was born in
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, but moved to Rouleau when he was five. * Marsha Kennedy, painter and instructor at the
University of Regina The University of Regina is a public university located in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Founded in 1911 as a private denominational high school of the Methodist Church of Canada, it began an association with the University of Saskatchewan as a j ...
. * Daryl Seaman, businessman and
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member, was born in Rouleau in 1922.


References

{{Authority control Towns in Saskatchewan Redburn No. 130, Saskatchewan Division No. 6, Saskatchewan