Smeaton (
2016 population: ) is a
village
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in the
Canadian province
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of
Saskatchewan
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within the
Rural Municipality of Torch River No. 488 and
Census Division No. 14. It is at the foot of
Hanson Lake Road, which ends at
Creighton near
Flin Flon, Manitoba
Flin Flon (pop. 5,185 in 2016 census; 4,982 in Manitoba and 203 in Saskatchewan) is a mining city, located on a correction line on the border of the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan, with the majority of the city located within ...
).
Narrow Hills Provincial Park is 70 km north.
History
Smeaton incorporated as a village on March 7, 1944.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
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conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, Smeaton 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.
In the
2016 Census of Population, the Village of Smeaton recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.
See also
*
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 ...
References
Villages in Saskatchewan
Torch River No. 488, Saskatchewan
Division No. 14, Saskatchewan
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