Unity, Saskatchewan

Town in Saskatchewan, Canada

52°26′0″N 109°10′0″W / 52.43333°N 109.16667°W / 52.43333; -109.16667CountryCanadaProvinceSaskatchewanPost office Founded1909-04-01Village established1909-06-01Town incorporated1909-11-01Government

• MayorSharon Del Frari • Federal Electoral District Battlefords—Lloydminster M.P.Rosemarie Falk • Provincial Constituency Cut Knife-Turtleford M.L.A.Ryan DomotorArea

• Land9.77 km² (3.77 sq mi)Population

(2016)

• Total2,573 • Density244.6/km² (634/sq mi) • Summer (DST)CSTPostal Code

S0K 4L0

Area code306-228/210Highways

Hwy 14 / Hwy 21WebsiteOfficial Website^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Unity is a town in the western part of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan^[5] with a population of 2573. Unity is located at the intersection of Highway 14 and Highway 21, and the intersection of the CNR and CPR main rail lines. Unity is located 200 km (125 mi) west-northwest of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and 375 km (235 mi) southeast of Edmonton, Alberta. The town of Wilkie is located 33 km (21 mi) to the east.

The town was the subject of playwright Kevin Kerr's Governor General's Award-winning play Unity (1918), which dramatizes the effect of the 1918 flu pandemic on Unity.

History

With the coming of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway in 1908 Unity began to grow from a small settlement in 1904 to about 600 in the 1920s. By 1966 there were 2,154 residents.^[6]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Unity had a population of 2,496 living in 1,042 of its 1,148 total private dwellings, a change of -3% from its 2016 population of 2,573. With a land area of 9.7 km² (3.7 sq mi), it had a population density of 257.3/km² (666.5/sq mi) in 2021.^[7]

Canada census – Unity, Saskatchewan community profile

	2021	2016	2011
Population	2,496 (-3.0% from 2016)	2,573 (+7.7% from 2011)	2,389 (+11.3% from 2006)
Land area	9.70 km² (3.75 sq mi)	9.77 km² (3.77 sq mi)	9.77 km² (3.77 sq mi)
Population density	257.3/km² (666/sq mi)	263.5/km² (682/sq mi)	244.6/km² (634/sq mi)
Median age	42.0 (M: 40.8, F: 42.8)	39.6 (M: 37.8, F: 41.8)	42.4 (M: 39.9, F: 44.6)
Private dwellings	1,148 (total)	1,170 (total)	1,119 (total)
Median household income		$40,533

References: 2021^[8] 2016^[9] 2011^[10] earlier^[11]^[12]

Attractions

Attractions in the Town of Unity include:^[13]

the history murals in downtown
Unity & District Heritage Museum
Unity Golf Course
Unity Regional Park housing the Unity Ball Diamonds
Unity Arena.
Unity Credit Union Aquatics Centre
Sink and Gordon Lakes are just to the west of Unity, providing wetlands for many migratory birds.
Muddy Lake is just south of town.

Notable people

Boyd Gordon, NHL hockey player
Curtis Brown, NHL hockey player

Education

Two elementary schools, St. Peter's Catholic School and Unity Public School offer kindergarten to grade 6. Unity Composite High School] includes grades 7 to 12. The two public schools are in the Living Sky School Division No. 202.^[14]

The population of the elementary schools ranges at about 150 students each, while UCHS is between 250 and 300 students with a graduating class of about 30 to 45 students per year.

Transportation

The Unity railway station receives Via Rail service with The Canadian calling at Unity several times per week. Unity is on the Canadian National Railway tracks. In 1924, the Canadian Pacific Railway crossed the Canadian National Railway at Topaz just west of Unity.

References

^ National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters, archived from the original on October 6, 2006
^ Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home, Municipal Directory System, archived from the original on January 15, 2016, retrieved 2013-04-30
^ Canadian Textiles Institute. (2005), CTI Determine your provincial constituency, archived from the original on 2007-09-11
^ Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005), Elections Canada On-line, archived from the original on April 21, 2007
^ Adamson, J; et al. (2007-07-23), Online Historical Map Digitization Project
^ "Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan (Unity, Saskatchewan)". Retrieved 2013-04-30.
^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
^ "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. February 4, 2022. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
^ "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. August 12, 2021. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
^ "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2012-02-29.
^ "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. August 20, 2019.
^ "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. July 18, 2021.
^ "Town of Unity website". Retrieved 2013-04-30.
^ "Living Sky School Division No. 202". Retrieved 2013-04-30.