Shell Lake, Saskatchewan

Shell Lake (2016 population: 175) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Spiritwood No. 496 and Census Division No. 16. This village is 90 kilometres west of the City of Prince Albert. It was formerly part of the Rural Municipality (RM) of Shell Lake No. 495 before it was absorbed by the RM of Spiritwood No. 496. The Shell Lake murders took place on a nearby farm. It is the administrative centre of the Ahtahkakoop Cree First Nation band government.

History

Shell Lake incorporated as a village on October 18, 1940.[1]

Demographics
Population history
(1981–2016)
YearPop.±%
1981220—    
1986218−0.9%
1991172−21.1%
1996172+0.0%
2001185+7.6%
2006152−17.8%
2011152+0.0%
2016175+15.1%
Source: Statistics Canada via Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics[2][3]

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Shell Lake had a population of 189 living in 94 of its 150 total private dwellings, a change of 8% from its 2016 population of 175. With a land area of 1.39 km2 (0.54 sq mi), it had a population density of 136.0/km2 (352.2/sq mi) in 2021.[4]

In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Shell Lake recorded a population of 175 living in 95 of its 231 total private dwellings, a 13.1% change from its 2011 population of 152. With a land area of 1.23 km2 (0.47 sq mi), it had a population density of 142.3/km2 (368.5/sq mi) in 2016.[5]

See also

References
  1. "Urban Municipality Incorporations". Saskatchewan Ministry of Government Relations. Archived from the original on October 15, 2014. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  2. "Saskatchewan Census Population" (PDF). Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 24, 2015. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
  3. "Saskatchewan Census Population". Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
  4. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
  5. "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.


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