Unity, Saskatchewan
| Town of Unity | |
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| Coordinates: 52°26′0″N 109°10′0″W / 52.433333°N 109.166667°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Saskatchewan |
| Rural Municipalities (R.M.410) | RM |
| Post office Founded | 1909-04-01 |
| Village established | 1909-06-01 |
| Town incorporated | 1919-11-01 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor- Sylvia Maljan | |
| • Federal Electoral District Battlefords—Lloydminster M.P. | |
| • Provincial Consituency Kindersley M.L.A. | |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 2,146 |
| Website | http://www.townofunity.com/ |
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Unity is a town in the western part of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan with a population of almost 2200. Unity is located at the intersection of Highway 14 and Highway 21, and the intersection of the CNR and CPR main rail lines. Unity is located 200 km west of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and 375 km east of Edmonton, Alberta. The Town of Wilkie is located 18.96 miles (30.51 km) to the east. Attractions in the Town of Unity include the Historic Downtown Murals of Unity, the Unity & District Heritage Museum, and the Unity Golf Course. Nearby is the Unity and District Regional Park housing the Unity Ball Diamonds, adjacent to the Unity & District Heritage Museum, and the Unity Arena.[5] Sink and Gordon Lakes are just to the west of Unity, providing wetlands for many migratory birds. Muddy Lake is just south of town.
The town was the subject of playwright Kevin Kerr's Governor General's Award-winning play Unity (1918), which dramatizes the effect of the 1918 flu pandemic on Unity.
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[edit] Notable residents
- Curtis Brown (ice hockey) Former San Jose Sharks (NHL). Currently plays with Kloten Flyers (SUI).
- Boyd Gordon currently plays for the Phoenix Coyotes (NHL).
[edit] Education
There are 2 elementary schools, St. Peter's Catholic School (K-7) and Unity Public School (K-6). Unity Composite High School (UCHS) includes grades 7-12 and is publicly funded. The population of the elementary schools ranges at about 150 students each, while UCHS is between 250 and 300 students with a graduating class of about 45-50 students a year. The North West Regional College, located in the Unity Public School, provides post-secondary and continuing education opportunities.
[edit] Transportation
The Unity railway station receives Via Rail service with The Canadian calling at Unity several times per week. Unity is on the Canadian National Railway tracks. In 1924, the Canadian Pacific Railway crossed the Canadian National Railway at Topaz just west of Unity.
[edit] Demographics
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[edit] Area statistics
- Lat (DMS) 52°26′ N
- Long (DMS) 109°10′00″ W
- Dominion Land Survey Section 18, Township 40, Range 22, West of the 3rd Meridian
- Time zone (cst) UTC−6
[edit] Location
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Vera | Cutknife Waseca |
Swarthmore | |
| Macklin, Topaz, Buccleugh |  |
Adanac, Phippen, Wilkie | ||
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[edit] See also
- List of towns in Saskatchewan
- List of rural municipalities in Saskatchewan
- WikiProject Saskatchewan
- WikiProject Saskatchewan Communities & Neighbourhoods
- :WikiProject Cities
[edit] Notes
- ^ 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[dead link]
- ^ Canadian Textiles Institute. (2005), 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 (2005), Elections Canada On-line, http://www.elections.ca/home.asp
- ^ Natural Resources Canada (2005), Names : Radius - Unity, Saskatchewan, http://geonames2.nrcan.gc.ca/cgi-bin/v9/within_radius_v9?english, retrieved 2008-10-03
- ^ "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. 2009-02-24. http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-591/index.cfm?Lang=E. Retrieved 2009-02-24.
- ^ Adamson, J; et al. (2007-07-23), Online Historical Map Digitization Project, http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canmaps/
[edit] External links
- Town of Unity
- [1] Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan
Coordinates: 52°26′N 109°10′W / 52.433°N 109.167°W
