Sedley, Saskatchewan

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Coordinates: 50°10′00″N 104°00′00″W / 50.166667, -104
Sedley
Sedley
Country	Canada
Province	Saskatchewan
Rural Municipalities (R.M.)	Francis No. 127
Post office Founded	1904-07-01
Village established
Town incorporated
Government
- Mayor
- Federal Electoral District Qu'Appelle M.P.
- Provincial Consituency M.L.A.
Area
- Total	1.31 km² (0.5 sq mi)
Population (2006)
- Total	319
- Density	243.1/km² (629.6/sq mi)
^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Sedley is a village in Saskatchewan, south-east of Regina, Saskatchewan on Highway 33, 25 miles south east of Regina. This village is located at the intersection of Highway 33 and Highway 620. The CPR rail branch line helped to settle this community. Wascana Creek runs just to the west of Highway 33. As of 2001, it had a population of 322 people. It was named for Sedley Blanchard, a lawyer.^[5]

Sedley lies in a wheat producing agricultural district and is home to Sedley High School.

1 Notable natives
2 Published Works
3 Demographics
4 Area statistics
5 References
6 External links
7 See also

[edit] Notable natives

Kelly Bechard (born January 28, 1978 in Sedley, Saskatchewan is a women's ice hockey player. Bechard competed for Canada at the World Championships in 2000 and 2001. ^[6] In 2002, she competed for Canada at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. She was also a provincial doubles badminton champion in High School. ^[7]

[edit] Published Works

Title Outline history of Our Lady of Grace Church, Sedley, Sasktachewan : on the occasion of its 75th anniversary Author Baker, Leonard, Mrs Published Weyburn, Sask. : Weyburn Review Ltd., 1981

[edit] Demographics

According to the Canada 2006 Census^[8]:

• Population:	119 (-26.1% from 2001)
• Land area:	0.80 km² (0.31 sq mi)
• Population density:	148.3 inhabitants per square kilometre (384 /sq mi)
• Median age:	N/A (males: N/A, females: N/A)
• Total private dwellings:	74
• Dwellings occupied by permanent residents:	74
• Mean household income:	$N/A

N/A = Data Not Available

[edit] Area statistics

Lat (DMS) 50° 10' 00" N
Long (DMS) 104° 00' 00" W
Dominion Land Survey Sec.17, Twp.14, R.15, W2
Time zone (cst) UTC-6

Vibank

v • d • e

Gray

Montmarte

Sedley

Colfax

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[edit] References

^ National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters, <http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/post-offices/001001-100.01-e.php>
^ Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home, Municipal Directory System, <http://www.municipal.gov.sk.ca/index.html>
^ Canadian Textiles Institute., CTI Determine your provincial constituency, <http://www.textiles.ca/eng/nonAuthProg/redirect.cfm?path=IssPolContacts&sectionID=7601.cfm>
^ Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada, Elections Canada On-line, <http://www.elections.ca/home.asp>
^ EPoduk - Sedley
^ Canadian Gold 2002, p. 114, Andrew Podnieks, Fenn Publishing Company Ltd, Bolton, Ontario, Canada, 2002
^ Kelly Bechard
^ 2006 Community Profile
^ Becquet's Custom Programming (August 17, 2005), Saskatchewan City & Town Maps - Directory, <http://www.becquet.com/director/maps/index.htm>

[edit] External links

[edit] See also

v • d • e Subdivisions of Saskatchewan

Subdivisions	Census divisions · SARM divisions · Rural municipalities · Regions

Communities	Towns · Villages · Hamlets · Ghost towns · Indian reserves

Cities	Estevan · Flin Flon (part) · Humboldt · Lloydminster (part) · Melfort · Melville · Moose Jaw · North Battleford · Prince Albert · Regina · Saskatoon · Swift Current · Weyburn · Yorkton