- Marquis, Saskatchewan
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Village of Marquis — Village — Coordinates: 50°37′05″N 105°43′08″W / 50.618°N 105.719°W Country Canada Province Saskatchewan Region Saskatchewan Census division 7 Rural Municipality Marquis Post office Founded N/A Incorporated (Village) 1910 Incorporated (Town) N/A Government - Mayor Nicolas J. Kettel - Administrator Ronald J.Gasper - Governing body Marquis Village Council Area - Total 0.63 km2 (0.2 sq mi) Population (2001) - Total 94 - Density 148.3/km2 (384.1/sq mi) Time zone CST Postal code S0H 2X0 Area code(s) 306 Highways Highway 42 Waterways South Lake [1][2][3][4] Marquis, Saskatchewan is a village located on the highway 42 about 32 km northwest of Moose Jaw. It was incorporated in 1910[5] and, as of 2001, has 94 residents.[6]
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Economy
Businesses and services in the village include a general store/liquor store franchise, a post office, a municipal office, a sand blasting and painting facility, and a service station. The primary economic base is agriculture.
Marquis is located on the Canadian Pacific Railway line. In common with many Saskatchewan communities, Marquis's grain elevators were torn down during the 1990s.
Demographics
Canada census – Marquis, Saskatchewan Community Profile References: 2001[7] See also
Keeler Aylesbury Chamberlain Lake Valley Sun Valley Marquis
Mortlach Caronport Tuxford, Moose Jaw External links
- Marquis Village Council
- Saskatchewan City & Town Maps
- Saskatchewan Gen Web - One Room School Project
- Post Offices and Postmasters - ArchiviaNet - Library and Archives Canada
- Saskatchewan Gen Web Region
- Online Historical Map Digitization Project
- GeoNames Query
- 2001 Community Profiles
Footnotes
- ^ National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters, http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/post-offices/001001-100.01-e.php
- ^ Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home, Municipal Directory System, http://www.municipal.gov.sk.ca/index.html[dead link]
- ^ Canadian Textiles Institute. (2005), CTI Determine your provincial constituency, http://www.textiles.ca/eng/nonAuthProg/redirect.cfm?path=IssPolContacts§ionID=7601.cfm
- ^ Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005), Elections Canada On-line, http://www.elections.ca/home.asp
- ^ SaskBiz (Government of Saskatchewan), http://www.saskbiz.ca/communityprofiles/CommunityProfile.Asp?CommunityID=906, retrieved 2007-09-03
- ^ Statistics Canada 2001 report detail, http://www12.statcan.ca/english/profil01/CP01/details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=4707044&Geo2=PR&Code2=47&Data=Count&SearchText=MARQUIS%20NO.%20191&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All, retrieved 2007-09-03
- ^ "2001 Community Profiles". Statistics Canada. Government of Canada. 2007-02-01. http://www12.statcan.ca/english/profil01/CP01/Index.cfm?Lang=E. Retrieved {{{2001_access_date}}}.
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