Kandahar is a

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in Rural Municipality of Big Quill No. 308, Saskatchewan, Canada. Listed as a

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, the community had a population of 20 in the

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. Located on Highway 16 near Wynyard, the community was named by

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executives in the late 19th century for a British military victory in

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. Kandahar is too small to be enumerated on its own, so its population belongs to the RM of Big Quill No. 308. It is located near the southern shore of Big Quill Lake, the largest inland body of salt water in Canada.

History

Many of the first settlers in the Kandahar district were immigrants from

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or of Icelandic descent. A significant number arrived from the Argyle settlement in

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ic immigrant, Thorvidur Halldorson (born Þorviður Magnússon), served as the district's first postmaster in 1910. From 1910 to 1913, the spelling of the post office was ''Candahar''. Kandahar became a village in 1913, following a petition from its inhabitants. In 1925, Kandahar was listed as a Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. Station on the Minnedosa, Saskatoon, Edmonton Section, CPR. Businesses included a printing press, ''Prentsmiðja A. Helgasonar'', run by Andres Helgason (1867-1939), who was a skilled bookbinder and printer. The one room school house was named Kandahar School District #3333. Until the 1970s, Kandahar was a thriving community with various stores and attractions, including a popular steak house. However, in the late 1980s the community's only school closed, and the population has steadily decreased since. The community was profiled in Aisha Jamal's 2019 documentary film '' A Kandahar Away''.Chelsea Phillips-Carr
"‘A Kandahar Away’: What’s in a name?"
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'', October 22, 2019. Kandahar's status was changed from organized hamlet to special service area on January 1, 2025.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

, Kandahar had a population of 10 living in 6 of its 8 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 20. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

References

{{authority control Big Quill No. 308, Saskatchewan Division No. 10, Saskatchewan Designated places in Saskatchewan Former organized hamlets in Saskatchewan Icelandic settlements in Saskatchewan Special service areas in Saskatchewan

History

Demographics

See also

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