Keeler, Saskatchewan

Special service area in Saskatchewan, Canada

50°40′43″N 105°52′41″W / 50.6787°N 105.878°W / 50.6787; -105.878Country

CanadaProvince

SaskatchewanRegionCentralCensus division7Rural MunicipalityMarquis No. 191Dissolved ^[2]December 31, 2020Area

• Total1.02 km² (0.39 sq mi)Population

(2016)

• Total15 • Density14.7/km² (38/sq mi)Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)Postal code

S0H 2E0

Area code306Highways

Hwy 42

Hwy 643RailwaysCanadian Pacific Railway

Keeler (2016 population: 15) is a special service area in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Marquis No. 191 and Census Division No. 7. It held village status prior to 2021.

History

Keeler incorporated as a village on July 5, 1910.^[1] It relinquished its village status on December 31, 2020, becoming a special service area under the jurisdiction of the Rural Municipality of Marquis No. 191.^[2]

Demographics

Population history
(1981–2016)
Year	Pop.	±%
1981	50	—
1986	43	−14.0%
1991	27	−37.2%
1996	21	−22.2%
2001	15	−28.6%
2006	5	−66.7%
2011	15	+200.0%
2016	15	+0.0%
Source: Statistics Canada via Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics^[3]^[4]

In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Keeler recorded a population of 15 living in 9 of its 10 total private dwellings, a 0% change from its 2011 population of 15. With a land area of 1.02 km² (0.39 sq mi), it had a population density of 14.7/km² (38.1/sq mi) in 2016.^[5]

In the 2011 Census of Population, Keeler recorded a population of 15, a 200% change from its 2006 population of 5. With a land area of 1.02 km² (0.39 sq mi), it had a population density of 14.7/km² (38.1/sq mi) in 2011.^[6]

Notable people

Maurine Stuart, one of the first female Zen masters to teach in the United States, was born and raised in Keeler.^[7]

Footnotes

^ ^a ^b "Urban Municipality Incorporations". Saskatchewan Ministry of Government Relations. Archived from the original on October 15, 2014. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Restructuring of the Village of Keeler". Government of Saskatchewan: The Queen's Printer. December 31, 2020. p. 3403. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
^ "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, 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.
^ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2011 and 2006 censuses (Saskatchewan)". Statistics Canada. June 3, 2019. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
^ Krátky, Martin (March–April 2005). "Seeds of Zen in the Prairies: Introducing Maurine Stuart". WHOLifE Journal. 10 (6). Wholeness & Wellness Journal of Saskatchewan. Retrieved April 14, 2015.