Wolseley, Saskatchewan

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Wolseley is a small yet vibrant town, in southeast Saskatchewan, Canada, approximately 100 km east of Regina on the Trans-Canada Highway. It has two schools, Dr. Isman Elementary School and Wolseley High School. It is home to 4 different restaurants. The recently rebuilt "swinging bridge", a feature of Wolseley since 1905, is a must see in this picture perfect prairie town. It has a twelve bed hospital, an eighty bed nursing home, and two resident doctors. There are four churches: United Church of Canada (resident clergy); Roman Catholic; Pentecostal/Full Gospel (resident clergy) and Lutheran. The town is served by three weekly newspapers: The Wolseley Bulletin, The Indian Head-Wolseley News, and the Grenfell Sun, and a Wolseley-based FM travel radio station, CISE, 93.1.

Wolseley has a modern artificial ice arena, a curling rink, and a fine nine hole golf course and a public swimming beach which is located on the shore of Fairly Lake, the town's most distinguishing feature. This body of water was formed when the Canadian Pacific Railway dammed a creek in order to obtain a water supply for its steam engines. The town was voted one of Canada's prettiest towns by Harrowsmith magazine.

The town is home to two agriculture-based businesses: West Central Pelleting (specialized cattle feeds) and Natural Valley Farms (organic beef).

Wolseley has four heritage properties. The Provincial Court House building was constructed in 1893 and is the oldest surviving Court House building in the province. The Town Hall/Opera House, built in 1906 is a classic building and is used for all sorts of community events. The home of Wolseley's first mayor, R.A. Magee, immediately south of the Town Hall/Opera House is the third heritage property. It is still a private residence, with Mr. James Taylor, retired lawyer and author of note, as its owner. The fourth property is the Banbury House, which was built in 1905 as the private home for E.A. Banbury, one of the founders of the Canadian lumber retail organization, Beaver Lumber, which was founded in Wolseley. From its original location on the north bank of Fairly Lake, the home was moved to the West end of Wolseley to allow expansion of Lakeside Care Home in the 1980's, It has been converted into a fine bed and breakfast facility.

The town's population slide has been reversed and the population now is close to 900. It is home to a thriving arts community and in the downtown area there is an art gallery which is the meeting place of the Wolseley Writers Group, the Wolseley Photography Club, and the Ellisboro Artisans Guild. Please click on the following symbol to be taken to the Town's official web site.

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According to the Canada 2006 Census:

* Population:	782 (+2.6% from 2001)
* Land area:	5.91 km²
* Population density:	129.5 people/km²
* National population rank (Out of 5,008):	Ranked {{{popRank}}}
* Median age:^†	48.6 (males: 43.2, females: 53.4)
* Total private dwellings:	376
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* Mean household income:^↑	$27,939