Smiley ( 2016 population: ) is a

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in the

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within the Rural Municipality of Prairiedale No. 321 and Census Division No. 13. The village is located approximately 20 km northwest of the town of

Kindersley Kindersley is a town surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Kindersley No. 290 in west-central Saskatchewan, Canada. It is located along Highway 7, a primary highway linking Calgary, Alberta and Saskatoon, at its junction with Highway 21. ...

at the intersection of Highway 307 and Highway 772. The

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was completed in 1913, bringing an economic boom to the village's early years. On April 26, 1987 the Dodsland subdivision between Dodsland and Smiley was transferred to the

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. Due to the close proximity to major grain centres such as Kindersley, CPR put the line up for abandonment and was granted permission to remove the track by the Canadian Transportation Agency on October 29, 1997. An F3 tornado struck here leaving a 10-kilometre path and taking two unknown lives on July 6, 1935.

History

Smiley incorporated as a village on November 26, 1913.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, Smiley 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 Smiley 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.

Attractions

* Great Wall of Saskatchewan, a , , wall that took over 30 years to construct by Albert “Stonewall” Johnson. The wall is made entirely of stones without the use of cement or mortar, for aesthetic purposes.Saskbiz Community Profiles
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References

Villages in Saskatchewan Prairiedale No. 321, Saskatchewan Division No. 13, Saskatchewan {{SKDivision13-geo-stub

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