White City is a town in southeast

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. Situated at the intersection of Highway 48 and the

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, the town is part of the White Butte region and neighbours

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, Pilot Butte, and the province's capital city, Regina. White City is primarily populated by people who commute to work in Regina. Its motto is "Your Way of Life".

History

White City began on owned by Pilot Butte resident Johnston Lipsett. The community organized as a hamlet on April 26, 1959. It incorporated as a village on March 1, 1967 and then as a town on November 1, 2000. The community was named after

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, England when John Kadannek, a local store owner, persuaded Lipsett to name it for the home of his favourite aunt.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, White City was originally reported as having 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. Statistics Canada subsequently amended White City's 2021 census results to a population of living in of its total private dwellings, an adjusted change of from its 2016 population. In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by

, the Town of White City recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 adjusted population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.

Services

White City is serviced with a library and a

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office.

Education

École White City School and Emerald Ridge Elementary School provide education for kindergarten through grade 8. Students in grades 9 through 12 are bused 10 minutes northeast to Greenall School in

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