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Zenon Park is a village in eastern Saskatchewan, Canada. The population was 231 with 108 dwellings according to the 2001 Statistics Canada census. Zenon Park is bilingual, using English and French.
[edit] Demographics
According to the Canada 2001 Census:
Population: |
231 (-10.8 from 1996) |
Land area: |
0.56 km² |
Population density: |
415.2 people/km² |
Median age: |
39.7 (males: 39.7, females: 39.8) |
Total private dwellings: |
108 |
Mean household income: |
$NA |
[edit] History
In 1910 French-American settlers arrived and later came immigrants from Quebec and Northern United States. In 1913 Zenon Park was named officially, after Zenon Chamberland, the postmaster. The economy then depended on agriculture and lumber. Alfalfa has has also been a successful industry and has greatly helped the economy.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ 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§ionID=7601.cfm>
- ^ Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada, Elections Canada On-line, <http://www.elections.ca/home.asp>
Coordinates: 53°03′50″N 103°45′14″W / 53.064, -103.754