Village in Saskatchewan, Canada
Bracken (2016 population : 20 ) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Lone Tree No. 18 and Census Division No. 4 . The village is named after John Bracken , Premier of Manitoba and leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada , who was a professor at the University of Saskatchewan . The small village is located approximately 160 km south of the City of Swift Current on Highway 18 , directly north of Grasslands National Park , and approximately 20 km north of the Montana -Saskatchewan border.
History
Bracken incorporated as a village on January 4, 1926.[ 1]
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Bracken had a population of 20 living in 11 of its 14 total private dwellings, a change of 0% from its 2016 population of 20 . With a land area of 0.63 km2 (0.24 sq mi), it had a population density of 31.7/km2 (82.2/sq mi) in 2021.[ 4]
In the 2016 Census of Population , the Village of Bracken recorded a population of 20 living in 9 of its 13 total private dwellings, a -50% change from its 2011 population of 30 . With a land area of 0.6 km2 (0.23 sq mi), it had a population density of 33.3/km2 (86.3/sq mi) in 2016.[ 5]
Attractions
Education
Students in Bracken are bused to Frontier , which has a school that covers kindergarten through grade 12 in the Chinook School Division.
See also
References
^ "Urban Municipality Incorporations" . Saskatchewan Ministry of Government Relations. Archived from the original on October 15, 2014. Retrieved June 1, 2020 .
^ "Saskatchewan Census Population" (PDF) . Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 24, 2015. Retrieved May 31, 2020 .
^ "Saskatchewan Census Population" . Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved May 31, 2020 .
^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan" . Statistics Canada . February 9, 2022. Retrieved April 1, 2022 .
^ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Saskatchewan)" . Statistics Canada . February 8, 2017. Retrieved May 30, 2020 .
Places adjacent to Bracken, Saskatchewan
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