Viscount is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

in the

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within the

Rural Municipality of Viscount No. 341 The Rural Municipality of Viscount No. 341 ( 2016 population: ) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 11 and Division No. 5. It is located in the central portion of the province. H ...

and Census Division No. 11. Viscount is located on

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, the

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, in central Saskatchewan east of

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and west of Lanigan. As of the

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, Viscount had a population of . Viscount post office first opened in 1908 in the

Dominion Land Survey The Dominion Land Survey (DLS; french: links=no, arpentage des terres fédérales, ATF) is the method used to divide most of Western Canada into one-square-mile (2.6 km2) sections for agricultural and other purposes. It is based on the layout ...

Sec.29, Twp.34, R.26, W2.

History

Viscount incorporated as a village on December 17, 1908.

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

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, Viscount 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 Viscount 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.

Climate

References

{{SKDivision11 Villages in Saskatchewan Division No. 11, Saskatchewan

History

Demographics

Climate

See also

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