Wapella (/wəˈpɛlə/) is a town of 354 located northwest of Moosomin on the Trans-Canada Highway.
Town of Wapella | |
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  Town of Wapella  Town of Wapella | |
| Coordinates: 50°15′04″N 101°58′44″W / 50.251083°N 101.978966°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Saskatchewan |
| Census division | 5 |
| Rural Municipality | Martin No. 122 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Gale Matheson |
| • Governing body | Wapella Town Council |
| Area | |
• Total | 838.836 km2 (323.876 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 587 m (1,926 ft) |
| Population (2001) | |
• Total | 354 |
| Time zone | CST |
| Postal code | S0G 4Z0 |
| Area code | 306 |
| Highways | Highway |
| [1][2][3][4] | |
Demographics
editIn the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Wapella had a population of 278 living in 117 of its 143 total private dwellings, a change of -14.7% from its 2016 population of 326. With a land area of 2.63 km2 (1.02 sq mi), it had a population density of 105.7/km2 (273.8/sq mi) in 2021.[5]
Climate
edit| Climate data for Wapella | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 8 (46) |
9 (48) |
21 (70) |
32.5 (90.5) |
36.5 (97.7) |
35.5 (95.9) |
38 (100) |
37.5 (99.5) |
33.5 (92.3) |
29.5 (85.1) |
22.5 (72.5) |
12 (54) |
38 (100) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −10.5 (13.1) |
−6.7 (19.9) |
−0.3 (31.5) |
10 (50) |
17.8 (64.0) |
21.8 (71.2) |
24.4 (75.9) |
24 (75) |
17.6 (63.7) |
10 (50) |
−1.3 (29.7) |
−8.6 (16.5) |
8.2 (46.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −15.8 (3.6) |
−11.4 (11.5) |
−5.2 (22.6) |
3.9 (39.0) |
11 (52) |
15.5 (59.9) |
18.1 (64.6) |
17.3 (63.1) |
11.4 (52.5) |
4.6 (40.3) |
−5.5 (22.1) |
−13.4 (7.9) |
2.5 (36.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −21 (−6) |
−16.2 (2.8) |
−10.2 (13.6) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
4.2 (39.6) |
9.2 (48.6) |
11.6 (52.9) |
10.6 (51.1) |
5 (41) |
−0.9 (30.4) |
−9.7 (14.5) |
−18.1 (−0.6) |
−3.1 (26.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −42 (−44) |
−41 (−42) |
−35.5 (−31.9) |
−23.5 (−10.3) |
−11.5 (11.3) |
−2 (28) |
2 (36) |
−3.5 (25.7) |
−7.5 (18.5) |
−21 (−6) |
−36.5 (−33.7) |
−42 (−44) |
−42 (−44) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 19.8 (0.78) |
16.9 (0.67) |
21.8 (0.86) |
21.1 (0.83) |
49.5 (1.95) |
70.5 (2.78) |
69.7 (2.74) |
66 (2.6) |
47.9 (1.89) |
27.8 (1.09) |
18.5 (0.73) |
16.4 (0.65) |
445.7 (17.55) |
| Source: Environment Canada[6] | |||||||||||||
Notable people
edit- Brett Clark, professional hockey player in NHL
- Bud Holloway, a professional hockey player
- Cyril Edel Leonoff is the grandson of Edel Brotman, a homesteader and rabbi of the Wapella, Saskatchewan, farm colony, 1889–1906.[7]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters
- ^ Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home, Municipal Directory System, archived from the original on 21 November 2008
- ^ Canadian Textiles Institute. (2005), CTI Determine your provincial constituency
- ^ Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005), Elections Canada On-line
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan". Statistics Canada. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
- ^ Environment Canada - Canadian Climate Normals 1971-2000—Canadian Climate Normals 1971–2000, accessed 23 December 2010
- ^ Cyril E. Leonoff fonds [1], Jewish Historical Society of British Columbia [2]
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