Edam ( 2016 population: ) is a

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in the

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within the Rural Municipality of Turtle River No. 469 and Census Division No. 17. Edam is located off Highway 26, south of

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and north of Vawn. The village is known as a "Little piece of Holland in Saskatchewan." Established in 1907, the hamlet was named for the city of Edam in the Netherlands, after the name

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was rejected by the Saskatchewan Government Office as "too long". Edam is known as the "Garlic Growing capital of Saskatchewan".

History

Edam incorporated as a village on October 12, 1911.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, Edam 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 Edam 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

* Fiona Smith-Bell, hockey player who played on the Canadian women's hockey team. *

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, former Clerk of the Privy Council (the most senior

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) in the

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Transportation

* Highway 674 * Paynton Ferry * Edam Airport

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