Borden, Saskatchewan

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Village of Borden
Business district
Shepard Street and First Avenue
Village of Borden
Coordinates: 52°24′47″N 107°13′19″W / 52.413°N 107.222°W / 52.413; -107.222
Country Canada
Province Saskatchewan
Region Saskatchewan
Census division 16
Rural Municipality Great Bend
Post office Founded 1905
Incorporated (Village) 1909
Government
  Mayor David Buckingham
  Town Administrator Sandra Long
  Governing body Borden Town Council
Area
  Total 0.76 km2 (0.29 sq mi)
Population (2006)
  Total 223
  Density 294.1/km2 (762/sq mi)
Time zone CST (UTC-6)
Postal code S0K 0N0
Area code(s) 306
Highways Highway 16
Website [www.bordensask.ca]
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Borden is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It is named after former Canadian prime minister Sir Robert Borden. An abandoned arch bridge of the same name (Borden Bridge) is located to the southeast and once carried Highway 16 across the North Saskatchewan River.

Demographics

Notable people

  • Robert Wardhaugh, born 1967, in Borden, Saskatchewan is tap-dancing enthusiast and award-winning History professor at the University of Western Ontario.[citation needed]
  • David Orchard, (born June 28, 1950, in Borden, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian political figure and a member of the Liberal Party of Canada.[citation needed]

See also

Footnotes

  1. National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters 
  2. Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home, Municipal Directory System 
  3. Canadian Textiles Institute. (2005), CTI Determine your provincial constituency 
  4. Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005), Elections Canada On-line 
  5. "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2009-02-24. 

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Coordinates: 52°24′47″N 107°13′19″W / 52.413°N 107.222°W / 52.413; -107.222

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