Alameda is a town in south-eastern

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, Canada, approximately east of

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. A translation of Alameda from Spanish is "Poplar Grove" or "Tree Lined Avenue". One popular story is that the town was named for

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although there is no written documentation to support this. Alameda had a population of 345 in the Canada Census of 2021. Alameda is situated in the south-east corner of Saskatchewan. The closest larger centres to Alameda are Estevan,

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, Regina. Alameda sits in an area that is abundant with grain, oil, and water.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, Alameda 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.

Amenities

Alameda offers the following community facilities: a community

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), Heritage museum, and the Alameda Merry Makers Senior Centre. Alameda offered a wide range of services for its residents, which included a full-service grocery and meat store, a restaurant, a banking institution, full-service campground as well as many others. As with other small communities in Saskatchewan, many of the businesses are closing and/or closed and the residents drive to other communities for services that once were in their community. Alameda is near the Grant Devine Dam (formerly the Alameda Dam). There is a full-service

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on the eastern shore of Grant Devine Reservoir called Moose Creek Regional Park. The Grant Devine Reservoir is the home of the Alameda Fishing Derby which takes place the 3rd weekend of June each year. Alameda hosts various events throughout the year including the Alameda Agricultural Society fair and

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show and sale and the Alameda Flower Show.

Gallery

File:Alameda Reservoir-Alameda Dam (625135522).jpg, Grant Devine Reservoir & Dam File:Views of Alameda, Saskatchewan (HS85-10-20391).jpg, Views of Alameda 1909 File:Alameda, Saskatchewan 1908.jpg, Fifth Street in 1908

Notable people

* George Ramsay Cook – OC, FRSC, Canadian historian and general editor of the ''

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''. *

John James Harrop John James Harrop (1910 – September 22, 1988) was an accountant and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Athabasca from 1956 to 1960 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) mem ...

– Politician * Trent Whitfield, former

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player

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