Indian Point – Golden Sands
is a former
organized hamlet
In most cases in Saskatchewan, a hamlet is an unincorporated community with at least five occupied dwellings situated on separate lots and at least 10 separate lots, the majority of which are an average size of less than one acre. Saskatchewan ha ...
of the
Rural Municipality of Parkdale No. 498 that is now part of the
Resort Village
A resort village is a type of incorporated List of communities in Saskatchewan#Urban municipalities, urban municipality in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Saskatchewan. A resort village is created from an organized Ha ...
of
Turtle View in
Saskatchewan
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, Canada. It is also recognized as a
designated place
A designated place (DPL) is a type of community or settlement identified by Statistics Canada that does not meet the criteria used to define municipalities or population centres. DPLs are delineated every 5 years for the Canadian census as the s ...
by
Statistics Canada
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. It is located on the east shore of
Turtle Lake, approximately northwest of
Saskatoon
Saskatoon () is the largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It straddles a bend in the South Saskatchewan River in the central region of the province. It is located along the Trans-Canada Hig ...
.
History
Indian Point – Golden Sands amalgamated with the nearby Organized Hamlet of
Turtle Lake Lodge on January 1, 2020 to form the Resort Village of Turtle View.
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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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, Indian Point-Golden Sands had a population of 137 living in 66 of its 217 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 88. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
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 ...
References
Designated places in Saskatchewan
Former organized hamlets in Saskatchewan
Parkdale No. 498, Saskatchewan
Division No. 17, Saskatchewan
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