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Jansen ( 2021 population: ) is a village in the
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of
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within the Rural Municipality of Prairie Rose No. 309 and Census Division No. 10. The village is located along Highway 16, about 150 km east of the city of
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. Jansen is home to Zion
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Church. It has a Community Hall and Summer Recreation Complex as well as a five-pin
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. The C.M Buckaway Library is Jansen's
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. Jansen has a thriving Kinsmen and Kinette club. They host bi-annual community suppers called steak frys and celebrate
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with a large event.


History

Jansen incorporated as a village on October 19, 1908. Jansen was named for
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rancher John Jansen.


Demographics

In the
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conducted by
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, Jansen 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 Jansen 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.


Education

Children are bused to nearby Lanigan for
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and
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.


Notable people

* Ken Schinkel, hockey player


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 ...
*
List of francophone communities in Saskatchewan This is a list of francophone communities in Saskatchewan. Municipalities with a high percentage of French-speakers in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan are listed. The provincial average of Saskatchewanians whose mother tongue is French ...
*
List of villages in Saskatchewan A village is a type of incorporated urban municipality in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. A village is created from an organized hamlet by the Minister of Municipal Affairs by ministerial order via section 51 of ''The Municipalities Act'' i ...


References


External links

* Villages in Saskatchewan Wolverine No. 340, Saskatchewan Division No. 10, Saskatchewan {{SKDivision10-geo-stub