Rouleau is a town in southern

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, Canada, located on the

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. It lies within

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Division No. 6 and

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Redburn No. 130. As of 2011, the population was 453 (an increase of 13.3 percent from the 2006 census), in an area of 1.65 square kilometres. Rouleau is situated on

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and is about 35 km southwest of Regina. The town was notably the filming location of the popular Canadian

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'', depicting the fictitious town of Dog River.

History

A post office was established at Rouleau in the provisional

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, North West Territories, as early as April 1, 1895. It incorporated as a village on July 23, 1903. Rouleau was named after Charles Borromée Rouleau. Rouleau was a magistrate in

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from 1883 until 1887 and served in the 1st Council of the North-West Territories.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by Statistics Canada, Rouleau 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

''Corner Gas''

The town is best known as the main filming location for the

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television series ''

''. The series' production team built a full-size mock gas station and coffee shop at the western entrance of the town for filming, causing confusion among visitors thinking Corner Gas and The Ruby were real establishments. The town's

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was also repainted with the name "Dog River" as it appears in the background of many episodes of the series. For an episode which aired in early 2007, then-

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stopped in Rouleau to play a cameo role in the television show ''Corner Gas''. The buildings used as sets for the program were allowed to fall into disrepair after the show wrapped up production. They were purchased by an entrepreneur, Sylvain Senecal, who converted them into a museum and souvenir shop. The set was demolished in November 2016. The grain elevator was destroyed in a fire on November 5, 2021.

Notable people

* Keith Aulie, professional ice hockey defenseman, with

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in the

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. * Edson Garfield Bahr was a pitcher in

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who played for the

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from 1946 to 1947. *

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, professional hockey player, who was born in Stittsville, Ontario, but moved to Rouleau when he was five. * Marsha Kennedy, painter and instructor at the

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. * Daryl Seaman, businessman and Hockey Hall of Fame member, was born in Rouleau in 1922.

References

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