Marquis, Saskatchewan

For other uses, see Marquis (disambiguation).

Village of Marquis
—  Village  —
Village of Marquis
Coordinates: 50°37′05″N 105°43′08″W / 50.618°N 105.719°W / 50.618; -105.719
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]

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

See also

• List of communities in Saskatchewan
• Villages of Saskatchewan

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

1. ^ National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters, http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/post-offices/001001-100.01-e.php 
2. ^ Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home, Municipal Directory System, http://www.municipal.gov.sk.ca/index.html ^{[dead link]}
3. ^ Canadian Textiles Institute. (2005), CTI Determine your provincial constituency, http://www.textiles.ca/eng/nonAuthProg/redirect.cfm?path=IssPolContacts&sectionID=7601.cfm 
4. ^ Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005), Elections Canada On-line, http://www.elections.ca/home.asp 
5. ^ SaskBiz (Government of Saskatchewan), http://www.saskbiz.ca/communityprofiles/CommunityProfile.Asp?CommunityID=906, retrieved 2007-09-03 
6. ^ 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 
7. ^ "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}}}. 

Coordinates: 50°37′05″N 105°43′08″W / 50.618°N 105.719°W / 50.618; -105.719