Aylesbury, Saskatchewan

Aylesbury
Village
Village of Aylesbury
Main Street Aylesbury.
Aylesbury
Aylesbury
Coordinates: 50°56′20″N 105°41′38″W / 50.939°N 105.694°W / 50.939; -105.694
Country Canada
Province Saskatchewan
Region South-central
Census division 17
Rural Municipality Craik
Post office founded 1905
Incorporated (Village) N/A
Incorporated (Town) 1910
Government
 • Type Aylesbury Village Council
 • Mayor Nigel McAlpine
 • Administrator Doris Adrienne Florness
Area[1]
 • Total 1.28 km2 (0.49 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
 • Total 42
 • Density 32.81/km2 (85.0/sq mi)
Time zone CST
Postal code S0G 0B0
Area code(s) 306
Highways Highway 11
Waterways Last Mountain Lake
[3][4][5][6]

Aylesbury is a village within the Rural Municipality of Craik No. 222, Saskatchewan, Canada. The village is approximately 60 km north of the city of Moose Jaw. Incorporated as a town in 1910 with the arrival of many settlers, Aylesbury's population boomed. After the Great Depression Aylesbury suffered a decline and had been dissolved to a village at an unknown date.[7]

History

The village was named after Aylesbury Vale, a region in Buckinghamshire, England.[8]

A Parrish & Heimbecker grain elevator was constructed in 1906 and was the last elevator to operate in Aylesbury, up until the mid-1990s. It was demolished in October 2009.

Aylesbury School opened in 1909; in 1992 the school closed and its students sent to the school in nearby Craik.[7][9]

In the 1980s, Aylesbury received national media attention when residents rallied in an (ultimately unsuccessful) attempt to convince Canada Post not to close the town's post office. Today the Canada Post service is contracted to the Aylesbury Hotel.

As part of a series of monuments in towns along Highway 11, a life-size ox and cart was erected outside Aylesbury in 1999. It was created by Don Wilkins, who also created metal sculptures for the neighbouring towns of Craik and Girvin.[10]

Demographics

Canada census – Aylesbury, Saskatchewan community profile
2011 2006
Population: 42[2] (-6.7% from 2006) 45 (-10.0%% from 2001)
Land area: 1.28 km2 (0.49 sq mi) 1.28 km2 (0.49 sq mi)
Population density: 32.81/km2 (85.0/sq mi) 35.3/km2 (91/sq mi)
Median age: 54.5 (M: 51.5, F: 60.2)
Total private dwellings: 28[2] 30
Median household income:
References: 2011[11] 2006[12] earlier[13]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2011 and 2006 censuses (Saskatchewan)". Statistics Canada. 2012-02-08. Retrieved 2012-10-14.
  2. 1 2 3 "Corrections and updates". Statistics Canada. 2012-09-19. Retrieved 2012-10-14.
  3. ↑ National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters, archived from the original on 2006-10-06
  4. ↑ Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home, Municipal Directory System, archived from the original on November 21, 2008
  5. ↑ Canadian Textiles Institute. (2005), CTI Determine your provincial constituency, archived from the original on 2007-09-11
  6. ↑ Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005), Elections Canada On-line, archived from the original on 2007-04-21
  7. 1 2 "Village of Aylesbury, SK Canada". Town of Craik. Archived from the original on 29 October 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-22.
  8. ↑ Barry, Bill (September 2005). Geographic Names of Saskatchewan. Regina, Saskatchewan: People Places Publishing, Ltd. p. 29. ISBN 1-897010-19-2.
  9. ↑ "Saskatchewan Hansard" (PDF). Queen's Printer. July 29, 1992. p. 1839. Retrieved 2010-09-22.
  10. ↑ Yanciw, David (August 19, 2002). "Village of Aylesbury, Saskatchewan". Big Things - The Monuments of Canada. Archived from the original on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-22.
  11. ↑ "2011 Community Profiles". Canada 2011 Census. Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2012-10-14.
  12. ↑ "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2009-02-24.
  13. ↑ "2001 Community Profiles". Canada 2001 Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012.

Coordinates: 50°56′20″N 105°41′38″W / 50.939°N 105.694°W / 50.939; -105.694

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