Craik, Saskatchewan
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Craik is a progressive town in south central Saskatchewan, Canada, incorporated on August 1 1907. It is strategically located along Provincial Highway 11 (Louis Riel Trail), 140 km southeast of Saskatoon and 117 km northwest of Regina. The town slogan is "Friendliest Place by a Dam Site".
The town's economy is based almost exclusively on agriculture, although efforts by the Town and RM of Craik No. 222 have been made to attract and develop industry related to the principles of sustainability, including a flax mill and a hemp mill to be built in 2006-2007. Craik used to be part of the Davidson School Division, but after amalgamations of school divisions it joined the Prairie South School Division. Craik is home to a kindergarten to grade 12 public school, as well as an RCMP detachment and Health Care Centre.
Local news coverage is provided by the Craik Weekly News and the Davidson Leader.
Craik is home to the Craik Sustainable Living Project, which is working to build a sustainable community.
According to the Canada 2001 Census:
| Population: | 418 (-5.2% from 1996) |
| Land area: | 2.78 km² |
| Population density: | 150.5 people/km² |
| Median age: | 46.8 (males: 41.8, females: 50.8) |
| Total private dwellings: | 205 |
| Mean household income: | $32,006 |
Location relative to other communities in Saskatchewan
| North: Davidson | Girvin | ||
| West: Lake Diefenbaker | Craik
| width = 30% align="center" | East: Last Mountain Lake
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| width = 30% align="center" | South: Moose Jaw | Aylesbury
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|}Notable CraikersNotable persons who were born, grew up or lived in Craik:
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