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Borden ( 2021 population: ) is a village in the
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of
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 ...
within the Rural Municipality of Great Bend No. 405 and Census Division No. 16. Borden is named after Sir Frederick William Borden, Minister of Militia in the Laurier Cabinet."Geographic Names of Saskatchewan", Bill Barry (2005), p 53. An abandoned arch bridge with the same name ( Borden Bridge) is located to the southeast and was once used to carry Highway 16 across the
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.


History

Borden incorporated as a village on July 19, 1907.


Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by
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, Borden 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 Borden 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.


Notable people

* David Buckingham, politician. * Savannah Sutherland, is a 400 m Olympic hurdler.


See also

* List of communities in Saskatchewan * List of villages in Saskatchewan


References

Villages in Saskatchewan Great Bend No. 405, Saskatchewan Division No. 16, Saskatchewan {{SKDivision16-geo-stub