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Warman ( /ˈwɔrmən/) is the ninth-largest city in the
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of
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. It is located approximately north of the city of
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, and northeast of the city of
Martensville Martensville is a city located in Saskatchewan, Canada, just north of Saskatoon, west of the city of Warman and southwest of Clarkboro Ferry which crosses the South Saskatchewan River. It is a bedroom community of Saskatoon. It is surrounded b ...
. According to the 2021 census, Warman is the fastest growing municipality in Saskatchewan, and was the fastest growing municipality in Canada between 2011 and 2016. Warman is a
bedroom community A commuter town is a populated area that is primarily residential rather than commercial or industrial. Routine travel from home to work and back is called commuting, which is where the term comes from. A commuter town may be called by many o ...
of Saskatoon. The current mayor is Gary Philipchuk. Warman is the newest city in Saskatchewan, officially incorporated on October 27, 2012. Warman is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Corman Park No. 344.


History

Warman was first established in the fall of 1904 when the
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built its northern line (running from
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to
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) at the intersection with the
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north–south line (running from Regina to
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). The original
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was opened in the spring of 1907, and currently holds heritage status. Operational until 1942, the building now serves as a senior citizens' drop-in centre. Informally called "Diamond" due to the diamond shape made by the intersecting railway tracks, the name of the settlement was soon changed to Warman, in honour of Cy Warman (from Illinois), a journalist, author, and poet who worked as a publicity writer for Canadian Northern and the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway documenting the railway expansion boom in western Canada. Following the completion of the new railway, there was an inflow of settlers into the region, drawn by the promise of a quarter section of farmland for $10 as well as by the economic opportunities in the new community. The government, newspapers, and railways all promoted settlement, and Warman quickly developed into a thriving community with a school, churches, a bank, two hotels, a newspaper, a blacksmith shop, a shoe repair shop, many general stores and wooden pavements. A fire in 1908, followed by a tornado in 1910, destroyed most of the newly created village, including most of Main Street, reducing the population. Main Street became a residential side street, as the residents opted to rebuild along Central Street instead. The population continued to decline in the aftermath of
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and by 1927, the village had dropped to unincorporated hamlet status, having its administrative affairs handled by the Rural Municipality of Warman. In the early 1950s Warman began to grow again, as one of the first
bedroom communities A commuter town is a populated area that is primarily residential rather than commercial or industrial. Routine travel from home to work and back is called commuting, which is where the term comes from. A commuter town may be called by many o ...
of Saskatoon. By 1961, the population of Warman had reached 659, so it was decided in 1962 to reincorporate as a village, then as a town four years later. By 2011, the town grew to a population of 7,084. The town council applied for city status in 2012, which was approved by the provincial government in the summer of that year. Warman officially became a city on October 27, 2012.


Demographics

In the
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conducted by
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, Warman 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.


Ethnicity


Education

Prairie Spirit School Division Prairie Spirit School Division No. 206 has 46 schools located in 28 communities surrounding the city of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan which includes 3 First Nations and 9 Hutterite communities. The student population of approximately 12,000 surround ...
provides public education in Warman, and operates four schools in the city: * Warman Elementary School  * Traditions Elementary School * Warman Community Middle School * Warman High School
Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools (GSCS) is Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan's largest Catholic school division and the third largest school system in the province. Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools has approximately 22,000 students, with 53 school ...
operates one school in the city: * Holy Trinity Catholic School Great Plains College, offering post-secondary education, has one campus in the city.


Media

Due to its proximity to Saskatoon, Warman receives radio and television broadcasts from the city. Warman has a local newspaper, the ''Clark's Crossing Gazette'', which also serves Martensville and other surrounding areas.


Infrastructure


Transportation

Warman is situation on the Louis Riel Trail (
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), which links Saskatoon to Prince Albert. Highways 305 and 784 provide access to Martensville to the west. The closest major airport is the Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport.


Notable people

Ed Dyck, former NHL hockey player, was born in Warman.


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 ...


References


Further reading

;Works by Cy Warman
Tales of an Engineer: With Rhymes of the Rail
(1895)
Frontier Stories
(1898)
Snow on the Headlight: The Story of the Great Burlington Strike
(1899)
The Story of the Railroad
(1906)
The Express Messenger and Other Stories of the Rail
(1908)
The Songs of Cy Warman
(1911).


External links

* {{Authority control Cities in Saskatchewan Division No. 11, Saskatchewan