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Earl Grey ( 2016 population: ) is a village in the
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of
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within the Rural Municipality of Longlaketon No. 219 and Census Division No. 6. The village is located approximately north of the city of Regina. The area was first settled in 1901 by Paul Henderson, younger brother of Jack Henderson, hangman of
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. Subsequent to Paul Henderson's death from exposure in 1903, other settlers followed; in 1906 the village was incorporated and named "Earl Grey" after
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, Canada's Governor General at the time. Currently, the town has two churches (Christ Lutheran Church LCICand a United Church), one
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of
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, several old-age homes, a hotel, a
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rink, and a veterinary clinic. A small statue of a
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is displayed in the downtown area, a commemorative tribute to the village's once-thriving grain economy. The public school was downsized to a
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-Grade 8 school in the 2003–2004 school year, before closing completely in 2007.
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' May 8, 2007 - CBC News. Retrieved July 29, 2019


History

Earl Grey incorporated as a village on July 27, 1906.


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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, Earl Grey 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 Earl Grey 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.


See also

*
List of communities in Saskatchewan Communities in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, include Incorporation (municipal government), incorporated municipalities, Unincorporated area#Canada, unincorporated communities and First Nations in Canada, First Nations communities. Types ...
*
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'' i ...


References


External links

* Villages in Saskatchewan Longlaketon No. 219, Saskatchewan Division No. 6, Saskatchewan {{SKDivision6-geo-stub