B-Say-Tah () (
2016 population: ) is a
resort village
A resort village is a type of incorporated urban municipality in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. A resort village is created from an organized hamlet by the Minister of Municipal Affairs by ministerial order via section 51 of ''The Munic ...
in the
Canadian province of
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a province in western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dak ...
within
Census Division No. 6. It is on the shores of
Echo Lake of the
Fishing Lakes
The Fishing Lakes, also called the Calling Lakes or the Qu'Appelle Lakes, are a chain of four lakes in the Qu'Appelle Valley cottage country about 40 miles (64 km) to the north-east of Regina in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. T ...
in the
Rural Municipality of North Qu'Appelle No. 187. It is approximately north-east of
Regina and west of
Fort Qu'Appelle
Fort Qu'Appelle is a town in Canadian province of Saskatchewan located in the Qu'Appelle River valley north-east of Regina, between Echo and Mission Lakes of the Fishing Lakes. It is not to be confused with the once-significant nearby t ...
on
Highway 210.
Echo Valley Provincial Park
Echo Valley Provincial Park is a provincial park in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, located west of the town of Fort Qu'Appelle in the Qu'Appelle Valley between Echo Lake and Pasqua Lake. in the RM of North Qu'Appelle No. 187. The thr ...
is to the west.
On the west side of the community is the
Saskatchewan Fish Hatchery, which is the only
Aquaculture facility in Saskatchewan that
produces fish for recreational purposes.
History
B-Say-Tah incorporated as a resort village on August 6, 1915.
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
Statistics Canada, B-Say-Tah 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 conducted by
Statistics Canada, the Resort Village of B-Say-Tah 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.
Government
The Resort Village of B-Say-Tah is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator that meets on the third Tuesday of every month.
The
mayor
In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well ...
is Isaac Sneath and its administrator is Richelle Haanstra.
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See also
*List of communities in Saskatchewan
Communities in the Province of Saskatchewan, Canada include incorporated municipalities, unincorporated communities and First Nations communities.
Types of incorporated municipalities include urban municipalities, rural municipalities and nor ...
*List of municipalities in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is the sixth-most populous province in Canada with 1,132,505 residents as of 2021 and is the fifth-largest in land area at . In 2021, Saskatchewan's 774 municipalities covered of the province's land mass and were home to of ...
* List of resort villages in Saskatchewan
*List of villages in Saskatchewan
A village is a type of incorporated urban municipality in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. A village is created from an organized hamlet by the Minister of Municipal Affairs by ministerial order via section 51 of ''The Municipalities Act'' ...
* List of summer villages in Alberta
References
External links
*
{{SKDivision6
Resort villages in Saskatchewan
North Qu'Appelle No. 187, Saskatchewan
Division No. 6, Saskatchewan