Weyburn is the eleventh-largest city in

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, Canada. The city has a population of 10,870. It is on the

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southeast of the provincial capital of Regina and is north from the

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border in the United States. The name is reputedly a corruption of the Scottish "wee burn," referring to a small creek. The city is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Weyburn No. 67.

History

The

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(CPR) reached the future site of Weyburn from

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in 1892 and the Soo Line from

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on the US border in 1893. A post office opened in 1895 and a land office in 1899 in anticipation of the land rush which soon ensued. In 1899, Knox Presbyterian Church was founded with its building constructed in 1906 in the high-pitched gable roof and arches, standing as a testimony to the faith and optimism in the Weyburn area. Weyburn was legally constituted a village in 1900, a town in 1903 and finally as a city in 1913. From 1910 until 1931 the

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was headquartered in the city. Weyburn had since become an important railroad town in Saskatchewan – the Pasqua branch of the Souris, Arcola, Weyburn, Regina CPR branch; Portal Section of the CPR / Soo Line; Moose Jaw, Weyburn, Shaunavon, Lethbridge CPR section; the Brandon, Marfield, Carlyle, Lampman, Radville, Willow Bunch section of the

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(CNR); and the Regina, Weyburn, Radville, Estevan, Northgate CNR section have all run through Weyburn. Weyburn was previously home to the

Souris Valley Mental Health Hospital Souris Valley Mental Health Hospital also called the Souris Valley Extended Care Centre was a public hospital in Weyburn, Saskatchewan. Originally called the Saskatchewan Hospital when opened in 1921, it was the largest building in The British ...

, which was closed as a health care facility and sold in 2006, and demolished in 2009. When the mental hospital opened in 1921, it was the largest building in the British Commonwealth and was considered to be on the cutting edge of experimental treatments for people with mental disabilities. The facility had a reputation of leading the way in therapeutic programming. At its peak, the facility was home to approximately 2,500 patients. The history of the facility is explored in the documentary ''Weyburn: An Archaeology of Madness''.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, Weyburn had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

Geography and climate

Weyburn is situated near the upper delta of the long

. The Souris River continues southeast through

eventually meeting the Assiniboine River in Manitoba. In the 1800s this area was known as an extension of the ''Greater Yellow Grass Marsh''. Extensive flood control programs have created reservoirs, parks and waterfowl centres along the Souris River. Between 1988 and 1995, the Rafferty-Alameda Project was constructed to alleviate spring flooding problems created by the Souris River.

Climate

Weyburn has a

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( Köppen ''Dfb'') typical of Southern Saskatchewan.

Economy

Weyburn is the largest inland grain gathering point in Canada. Well over half a million tons of grain pass through the Weyburn terminals each year. Oil and gas exploration make up the other major component of the economy.

Culture

The Soo Line Historical Museum (c. 1910) is a Municipal Heritage Property under Saskatchewan's Heritage Property Act. Weyburn is also home to the world's first

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museum, the Turner Curling Museum.

Education

Elementary and secondary

The public school system, South East Cornerstone School Division No. 209, operates the following schools. * Assiniboia Park Elementary School * Legacy Park Elementary School * Weyburn Comprehensive High School * Haig School (now closed) * Queen Elizabeth School (now closed) * Souris School (now closed) It also operated Weyburn Junior High School from 1966 to 2016, which was closed in favour of relocating students to Weyburn Comprehensive High School. Haig School, Queen Elizabeth School, and Souris School are being closed in favour of relocating students to Legacy Park Elementary School in September 2021. The

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system, Holy Family Roman Catholic Separate School Division No. 140, operates St. Michael School.

Post-secondary

Southeast College offers technical, trade and non-degree programs, as well as

distance learning Distance education, also known as distance learning, is the education of students who may not always be physically present at a school, or where the learner and the teacher are separated in both time and distance. Traditionally, this usually in ...

from the

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and

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Other

The Weyburn Public Library is a branch of the Southeast Regional Library system.

Infrastructure

Transportation

Weyburn is at the junction of highways 13, 35 and 39. The Weyburn Airport is northeast of the city.

Utilities

Electricity is provided by

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and natural gas is provided by

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. The city maintains its own water treatment plant and

waste management Waste management or waste disposal includes the processes and actions required to manage waste from its inception to its final disposal. This includes the collection, transport, treatment and disposal of waste, together with monitorin ...

system. Telephone and internet services are provided by both

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and Access Communications.

Health care

The Weyburn General Hospital is operated by the SunCountry Health Region.

Public safety

The Weyburn Police Service and local RCMP detachment provide

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for the city.

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services are provided by the Weyburn Fire Department.

Sports and recreation

Weyburn is the home of the

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of the

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(SJHL) and the Weyburn Beavers of the

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, a collegiate summer baseball league in Canada's prairie provinces. In addition, Weyburn is home to Saskatchewan's largest amateur wrestling club.

Local media

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operates three

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s that serve Weyburn and the surrounding area; full service country station

CFSL CFSL is a Canadian radio station licensed to Weyburn, Saskatchewan. Owned by Golden West Broadcasting, it broadcasts a country format on the assigned frequency of 1190 kHz, and serves the southeast portion of the province. The station shares stu ...

1190 AM,

hot adult contemporary Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quiet ...

station

CKRC-FM CKRC-FM is a radio station in Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Canada that operates at 103.5 FM. CKRC broadcasts a hot adult contemporary format branded as ''Magic 103''. Owned by Golden West Broadcasting, it shares studios with CFSL and CHWY-FM at 305 ...

103.5, and

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station

CHWY-FM CHWY-FM is a radio station in Weyburn, Saskatchewan. Broadcasting on 106.7 FM, the station is owned by Golden West Broadcasting, which received approval from the CRTC on February 17, 2012. It shares studios with Golden West's other Weyburn statio ...

106.7. All three stations, and the cluster's news website ''Discover Weyburn'', are based out of studios on 305 Souris Avenue in downtown Weyburn. *

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publishes three newspapers for Weyburn and area: the ''Weyburn Review'', ''Weyburn and Area Booster'', and ''Weyburn This Week''.

Notable people

Tenille Arts Tenille Jade Dakota Arts (born April 19, 1994) is a Canadian country music singer from Weyburn, Saskatchewan. She released a self-titled extended play and her debut studio album '' Rebel Child'' with 19th & Grand Records before signing a joint ...

- country music singer *

Pat Binns Patrick George Binns (born October 8, 1948), is a Canadian diplomat, the 30th premier of Prince Edward Island from 1996 to 2007 and Canadian Ambassador to Ireland from 2007 to 2010. Binns has a long history of public service, most notably being ...

- former premier of

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* Neil Cameron - politician, academic, journalist * Graham DeLaet - professional golfer *

Shirley Douglas Shirley Jean Douglas (April 2, 1934 – April 5, 2020) was a Canadian actress and activist. Her acting career combined with her family name made her recognizable in Canadian film, television and national politics. Early life Douglas was born A ...

- actress *

Tommy Douglas Thomas Clement Douglas (20 October 1904 – 24 February 1986) was a Scottish-born Canadian politician who served as seventh premier of Saskatchewan from 1944 to 1961 and Leader of the New Democratic Party from 1961 to 1971. A Baptist min ...

- politician, recipient of

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award in 2004 * Larry Giroux, played in the NHL for the

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, and

St. Louis Blues The St. Louis Blues are a professional ice hockey team based in St. Louis. The Blues compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division in the Western Conference. The franchise was founded in 1967 as one of the ...

Eric Grimson William Eric Leifur Grimson (born 1953) is a Canadian-born computer scientist and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he served as Chancellor from 2011 to 2014. An expert in computer vision, he headed MIT's Department of ...

- former Chancellor of the

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* Brett Jones - professional football player * Guy Gavriel Kay - writer * Trenna Keating – actress * Brendon LaBatte - professional football player *

W. O. Mitchell William Ormond Mitchell, (March 13, 1914 – February 25, 1998) was a Canadian writer and broadcaster. His "best-loved" novel is '' Who Has Seen the Wind'' (1947), which portrays life on the Canadian Prairies from the point of view of a smal ...

- writer *

Humphry Osmond Humphry Fortescue Osmond (1 July 1917 – 6 February 2004) was an English psychiatrist who expatriated to Canada, then moved to work in the United States. He is known for inventing the word ''psychedelic'' and for his research into interesting a ...

- medical researcher *

Derrick Pouliot Derrick Pouliot (born January 16, 1994) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman for the San Jose Barracuda in the American Hockey League (AHL) while under contract to the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has prev ...

- professional hockey player * John Saywell - Canadian historian *

Dave "Tiger" Williams David James "Tiger" Williams (born February 3, 1954) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) from the 1974–75 NHL season to the 1987–88 NHL season. He is the NHL's career leader in ...

- former professional hockey player

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1898 establishments in Saskatchewan Cities in Saskatchewan Division No. 2, Saskatchewan Populated places established in 1898