Torquay (
2016 population: ) 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 Cambria No. 6 and
Census Division No. 2. It was named after
Torquay
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in Devon, England.
History
Torquay was established in 1912 when the land was sold to the
Canadian Pacific Railway
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for $2,400.
At the suggestion of a railroad superintendent's wife, the area was named after the English town of Torquay as like its namesake, it had an abundant water supply.
The
Ambrose-Torquay Border Crossing that connects Torquay with the
North Dakota
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village of
Ambrose
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opened in 1915 and remains in daily use today.
Politician
Elmer Knutson
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, founder of the
Confederations of Regions Party, was born on his family's farm in Torquay in 1914.
Torquay incorporated as a village on December 11, 1923.
The first council meeting as the Village of Torquay was held on January 9, 1924.
In May 2018 the Canadian government announced plans to construct the country's first geothermal power plant in the area, with the eventual aim of using renewable energy to power hundreds of thousands of homes in Saskatchewan.
Canada's first-ever geothermal power plant in the words for Torquay
''Regina Leader-Post
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Founding
The newspaper was first published as ''The Leader'' in 1883 by Nicholas Flood Davin, soon after Edgar Dewdney, Li ...
''. 18 May 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada
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, Torquay 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.
See also
*List of villages in Saskatchewan
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*List of communities in Saskatchewan
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Types of incorporated municipalities include urban municipalities, rural municipalities and nort ...
References
External links
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Villages in Saskatchewan
Cambria No. 6, Saskatchewan
Division No. 2, Saskatchewan
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