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Radisson is a town in the province of
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Western Canada. It is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and to the south by the ...
, Canada. It was named after Pierre-Esprit Radisson
Pierre-Esprit Radisson (1636/1640–1710) was a French coureur des bois and explorer in New France. He is often linked to his brother-in-law Médard des Groseilliers. The decision of Radisson and Groseilliers to enter the English service led to ...
(1636–1710), an explorer who was instrumental in creating Hudson's Bay Company
The Hudson's Bay Company (HBC), originally the Governor and Company of Adventurers of England Trading Into Hudson’s Bay, is a Canadian holding company of department stores, and the oldest corporation in North America. It was the owner of the ...
.
Demographics
In the2021 Canadian census
The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canada, Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, whic ...
conducted by Statistics Canada
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, Radisson had a population of 466 living in 231 of its 256 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 514. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
Transportation
The community is served by Radisson Airport which is located adjacent to Radisson.Climate
Notable people
*Bill Hajt
William Albert Hajt (born November 18, 1951) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the NHL from 1973 until 1987. He featured in the 1975 Stanley Cup Finals with the Buffalo Sabres.
Hajt was drafted 33rd overall by ...
, former ice hockey player
See also
*List of communities in Saskatchewan
Communities in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, include Incorporation (municipal government), incorporated municipalities, Unincorporated area#Canada, unincorporated communities and First Nations in Canada, First Nations communities.
Types ...
* List of francophone communities in Saskatchewan
This is a list of francophone communities in Saskatchewan. Municipalities with a high percentage of French-speakers in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan are listed.
The provincial average of Saskatchewanians whose mother tongue is French ...
* List of towns in Saskatchewan
A town is a type of incorporated urban municipality in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. A resort village or a village
A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a populati ...
* Radisson Lake
References
External links
* Towns in Saskatchewan Division No. 16, Saskatchewan {{SKDivision16-geo-stub