Eston is a town in
Snipe Lake Rural Municipality No. 259,
Saskatchewan, Canada. The population was 1061 at the
2016 Census
Sixteen or 16 may refer to:
*16 (number), the natural number following 15 and preceding 17
*one of the years 16 BC, AD 16, 1916, 2016
Films
* ''Pathinaaru'' or ''Sixteen'', a 2010 Tamil film
* ''Sixteen'' (1943 film), a 1943 Argentine film dir ...
. The town is located at the junction of
Highway 30
The following highways are numbered 30:
International
* Asian Highway 30
* European route E30
Australia
* Albany Highway (State Route 30, Western Australia)
Brazil
* BR-030
Canada
* Alberta Highway 30 (defunct)
* British Columbia Highway 30 ...
and
Highway 44 approximately 70 km south-east of
Kindersley.
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
Statistics Canada
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, Eston 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.
Climate
Eston experiences a
semi-arid climate (
Köppen climate classification ''BSk'') with long, cold, dry winters and short but very warm summers. Precipitation is very low, with an annual average of 297mm, and is heavily concentrated in the warmer months.
The town experienced "severe damage" to buildings as a result of
plough winds during a severe thunderstorm on July 14, 2019.
Notable people
*
Michael Helm
Michael Helm is a Canadian novelist. He was born 1961 in Eston, Saskatchewan, and received degrees in literature from the University of Saskatchewan and the University of Toronto.
His debut novel, ''The Projectionist'' (1997), was nominated for ...
, author
*
Robert Steadward, founder of the International Paralympic Committee
See also
*
Eston Airport
Eston Airport is located adjacent to Eston, Saskatchewan, Canada.
See also
*List of airports in Saskatchewan
This is a list of airports in Saskatchewan. It includes all Nav Canada certified and registered water and land airports, aerodro ...
References
External links
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Towns in Saskatchewan