Wymark, Saskatchewan

Organized Hamlet in Saskatchewan, Canada

50°06′35″N 107°44′13″W / 50.1097°N 107.7369°W / 50.1097; -107.7369CountryCanadaProvinceSaskatchewanRegionSouthwest SaskatchewanRural Municipality Swift CurrentPost Office EstablishedJanuary 1, 1913Government

• ReeveJerry Knipfel • AdministratorDave Dmytruk • Governing bodySwift Current No. 137Area

• Total0.30 km² (0.12 sq mi)Population

(2011)^[1]

• Total130 • Density434.1/km² (1,124/sq mi)Time zoneCSTPostal code

S0N 2Y0

Area code306HighwaysHighway 379^[2]^[3]^[4]

Wymark is a hamlet in Swift Current Rural Municipality No. 137, Saskatchewan, Canada. Listed as a designated place by Statistics Canada, the hamlet had a population of 144 in the Canada 2006 Census.^[5] The hamlet is located on Highway 628 about 2 km north of Highway 363, and 15 km south of Swift Current. When the existing railway was extended to branch off in another direction, a town formed at this junction. This "Y" formation of the railway, resulted in the town being named Wymark.

Etymology

Wymark was named after William Wymark Jacobs, an English writer best known for his 1902 story The Monkey's Paw.^[6]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Wymark had a population of 148 living in 54 of its 57 total private dwellings, a change of 7.2% from its 2016 population of 138. With a land area of 0.32 km² (0.12 sq mi), it had a population density of 462.5/km² (1,197.9/sq mi) in 2021.^[7]

References

^ "2011 Community Profiles". Statistics Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
^ National Archives, Archivia Net. "Post Offices and Postmasters". Archived from the original on October 6, 2006. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
^ Canadian Textiles Institute. (2005), CTI Determine your provincial constituency
^ Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005), Elections Canada On-line | Home, archived from the original on April 21, 2007
^ Canada 2006 Census: Designated places in Saskatchewan
^ Barry, Bill (September 2005). Geographic Names of Saskatchewan. Regina, Saskatchewan: People Places Publishing, Ltd. p. 466. ISBN 1-897010-19-2.
^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 31, 2022.