Briercrest

Village of Briercrest
Village
Village of Briercrest
Village of Briercrest
Coordinates: 50°06′N 105°10′W / 50.1°N 105.16°W / 50.1; -105.16Coordinates: 50°06′N 105°10′W / 50.1°N 105.16°W / 50.1; -105.16
Country Canada
Province Saskatchewan
Region Saskatchewan
Census division No. 4
Rural Municipality No. 130
Post office Founded N/A
Village established N/A
Area
 • Total 0.62 km2 (0.24 sq mi)
Population (2001)
 • Total 113
Time zone CST
Postal code S0H 0K0
Area code(s) 306

Briercrest is a small village in southern Saskatchewan. It is located in the Redburn rural municipality No. 130 at 50°10′N 105°16′W / 50.167°N 105.267°W / 50.167; -105.267. When the post office formed in 1903, it was a part of the Federal Electoral District: Assiniboia, North West Territories, as well as part of the provisional district of Assiniboia West, North West Territories. The province of Saskatchewan formed in 1905. Briercrest is not far from the cities of Moose Jaw and Regina.

Historical education

Coventry SD 213 North West Territories, was one of the first one-room schools started in 1891. Hipperholme SD 467 North West Territories soon followed in 1899. Many more one room school districts soon followed in the early 1900s to survive until the mid 20th century when they were gradually replaced with the Briercrest Family of Schools.

Briercrest College and Seminary

Although founded in the village of Briercrest in 1935, Briercrest Bible Institute (now Briercrest College and Seminary) moved to Caronport. In 1946, a bigger facility was needed for the increasing number of students, and the airbase at Caronport became the school's new home. The school, however, continued to honour its early history by retaining the name of its village birthplace.

Book

"Wheat Fields and Wild Roses Briercrest and Districts." Briercrest & District Historical Society Box 14, Briercrest Sask 1988. Village of Briercrest and area. Blue Hill Cemetery, Briercrest Cemetery and Briercrest Lutheran Cemetery.

Statistics

Canada census – Briercrest community profile
2006
Population: 117 (-3.5% from 2001)
Land area: 0.62 km2 (0.24 sq mi)
Population density: 188.7/km2 (489/sq mi)
Median age: 46.8 (M: 48.5, F: 45.5)
Total private dwellings: 54
Median household income: $(not available)
References: 2006[1] earlier[2]

Area statistics

North: Levuka | Stelcam | Moose Jaw
West: Buttress | Crestwynd Briercrest East: Rouleau | Dana
South: Claybank | Bayard

References

  1. ↑ "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2009-02-24.
  2. ↑ "2001 Community Profiles". Canada 2001 Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012.
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