Viscount is a village in the
Canadian province
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of
Saskatchewan
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within the
Rural Municipality of Viscount No. 341 and
Census Division No. 11. Viscount is located on
Highway 16, the
Yellowhead Highway
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, in central Saskatchewan east of
Colonsay
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and west of
Lanigan. As of the
Canada 2016 Census
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, Viscount had a population of .
Viscount post office first opened in 1908 in the
Dominion Land Survey
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Sec.29, Twp.34, R.26, W2.
History
Viscount incorporated as a village on December 17, 1908.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
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conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, Viscount 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 Viscount 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.
Climate
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 villages in Saskatchewan
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References
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Villages in Saskatchewan
Division No. 11, Saskatchewan