Heward (
2016 population: ) is a village in the
Canadian province
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of
Saskatchewan
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within the
Rural Municipality of Tecumseh No. 65 and
Census Division No. 1. The village is located along
Highway 33 in southeastern Saskatchewan. Even though it has under 50 people it still maintains a post office, rink, and hall that all service the farming community. In 1977, Prairie Trails and Tales: Heward Saskatchewan 1900-1976 was written by Muriel Dempsey.
History
Heward incorporated as a village on November 21, 1904.
Bryce Dickey, born in Heward in 1908, wrote an extensive history of the village which is published in the summer 2007 issue of Folklore magazine. He describes how "Reverend Pike, an Englishman and a bachelor decided to build a new church and it was to be the same design and construction as one in England that had been lost to the sea due to
coastal erosion
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." The chimes and font were from this church and were installed in the Heward church. When the church was finally closed, the chimes and font were sent to a church in Regina.
["The Rise and Fall of Heward" - Bryce Dickey. ''Folklore'', Summer 2007]
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
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conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, Heward 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 Heward 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
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List of communities in Saskatchewan
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Types ...
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List of villages in Saskatchewan
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References
Villages in Saskatchewan
Tecumseh No. 65, Saskatchewan
Division No. 1, Saskatchewan
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