St. Benedict (
2016 population: ) is a village in the
Canadian province
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of
Saskatchewan
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within the
Rural Municipality of Three Lakes No. 400 and
Census Division No. 15. Located along the
Carlton Trail
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, it is north of the city of
Humboldt Humboldt may refer to:
People
* Alexander von Humboldt, German natural scientist, brother of Wilhelm von Humboldt
* Wilhelm von Humboldt, German linguist, philosopher, and diplomat, brother of Alexander von Humboldt
Fictional characters
* Hu ...
off
Highway 20.
The village was founded by German immigrants in the first decades of the 20th century.
The
Roman Catholic
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church in St. Benedict contains works by the artist
Berthold Imhoff.
History
St. Benedict incorporated as a village on January 1, 1964.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
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conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, St. Benedict 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 St. Benedict 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.
See also
*
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
Map of St. Benedict at Statcan
Villages in Saskatchewan
Three Lakes No. 400, Saskatchewan
Division No. 15, Saskatchewan
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