Edenburg, Saskatchewan

Edenburg is a tiny hamlet or village located northeast of the town of Aberdeen, Saskatchewan in Canada. Edenburg has a population of approximately 30 and is a mixed use residential/agricultural area.

Edenburg is a living example of the settlement preferences of the Mennonites, originally from Germany who emigrated to Canada via Russia. Although government policy of the day required the farmers to take up residence on their own "home quarter" (a quarter-section of land 1/2 mile square), the Mennonites preferred to live in villages similar to those they had left in Europe. Thus, Edenburg and many other such villages sprung up with narrow frontages on the roadway, yet had their back boundaries set rather far from the edge of the road (generally 1/2 mile). Residences were located near the road, and barns and pasture was located further back. The effect is similar to the river lots favoured in Quebec, and by the Saskatchewan Métis.

As of 2005, neither schooling nor business are carried on anymore in Edenburg, with residents travelling to Aberdeen or to Saskatoon for most commercial and educational matters.