Eatonia is a town in the

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with a population of 449 people (according to the

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).Statistics Canada, 2006 Census
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is based almost exclusively on

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. Eatonia is in southwest Saskatchewan at the crossroads of Highways 21 and 44, approximately 44 kilometres southwest of

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and 72 kilometres from the provincial boundary with

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. The town is served by

Eatonia (Elvie Smith) Municipal Airport Eatonia (Elvie Smith) Municipal Airport is a registered aerodrome located adjacent to Eatonia, Saskatchewan, Canada. It is named for the local community and Elvie L. Smith, former president and Chairman of Pratt and Whitney Canada. The airp ...

History

Eatonia was founded in 1919 as a station on the

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and was named after

Timothy Eaton Timothy Eaton (March 1834 – 31 January 1907) was a Northern Irish-Canadian businessman who founded the Eaton's department store, one of the most important retail businesses in Canada's history. Early life and family He was born in Ballymena, ...

, founder of the

Eaton's The T. Eaton Company Limited, later known as Eaton's, was a Canadian department store chain that was once the largest in the country. It was founded in 1869 in Toronto by Timothy Eaton, an immigrant from what is now Northern Ireland. Eaton's g ...

department store chain and catalogue, and to honour his son and heir,

John Craig Eaton Sir John Craig Eaton (April 28, 1876 – March 30, 1922) was a Canadian businessman and a member of the prominent Eaton family. Life and career He was born in Toronto, Ontario, the youngest son of department store magnate Timothy Eaton and hi ...

. The station was originally simply called "Eaton", but there was confusion with nearby Eston, so the name was changed to Eatonia in 1921 ("Eatonia" was the name of an Eaton's brand for clothing and other goods, and "Eatonian" was the name given to long-serving Eaton's employees). Eatonia was incorporated as a town in 1954. In 1955, the year of Saskatchewan's Golden Jubilee, Eatonia's train station was featured on the cover of the Eaton's catalogue, thus resulting in a classic local image finding its way into homes across the country. The former CN train station is now home to the Wheatland Regional Library (Eatonia Branch). The former station, along with a train caboose and a wood-frame house ordered from the Eaton's catalogue in 1917, comprise the Eatonia Heritage Park, a Municipal Heritage Property located at the south end of Main Street.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, Eatonia 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.

Education

Eatonia is home to a kindergarten to Grade 12 public school
Eaton School
which has been home to many successful volleyball, basketball, and football teams throughout its history. It is located within the

Sun West School Division Located in west-central Saskatchewan, the Sun West School Division covers approximately 25,600 square kilometers. On its east side, the Division includes schools in Davidson and Kenaston, whose attendance areas include students on the east side ...

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