Wapella, Saskatchewan

Town in Saskatchewan, Canada

Town in Saskatchewan, Canada
50°15′04″N 101°58′44″W / 50.251083°N 101.978966°W / 50.251083; -101.978966CountryCanadaProvinceSaskatchewanCensus division5Rural MunicipalityMartin No. 122Government
 • MayorSandy Hintz • Governing bodyWapella Town CouncilArea
 • Total838.836 km2 (323.876 sq mi)Elevation
587 m (1,926 ft)Population
 (2001)
 • Total354Time zoneCSTPostal code
S0G 4Z0
Area code306HighwaysHighway[1][2][3][4]

Wapella (/wəˈpɛlə/) is a town of 354 located northwest of Moosomin on the Trans-Canada Highway.

Demographics

In 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

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

  • 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

References

  1. ^ National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters
  2. ^ Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home, Municipal Directory System, archived from the original on 21 November 2008
  3. ^ Canadian Textiles Institute. (2005), CTI Determine your provincial constituency
  4. ^ Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005), Elections Canada On-line
  5. ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan". Statistics Canada. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  6. ^ Environment Canada - Canadian Climate Normals 1971-2000—Canadian Climate Normals 1971–2000, accessed 23 December 2010
  7. ^ Cyril E. Leonoff fonds [1], Jewish Historical Society of British Columbia [2]
Places adjacent to Wapella, Saskatchewan
Esterhazy
Whitewood
Wapella
 Moosomin
Kelso
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