Melfort, Saskatchewan
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Melfort is a small Canadian city in Saskatchewan, approximately 95 km (60 mi) southeast of Prince Albert. According to The World Gazetteer, its population as of 2004 was 5,400. Melfort became Saskatchewan's 12th city in 1980; although it had achieved the necessary 5,000 population a number of years earlier, residents were reluctant to give up their status as a town, and for a time, the town of Melfort was actually larger than the city of Melville. Western Canadian icon Grant MacEwan grew up in Melfort, as well as Canadian Sr. Womens Figure Skating Silver Medalist Nicole Watt.
According to the Canada 2001 Census:
| Population: | 5,559 (-3.5% from 1996) |
| Land area: | 14.78 km² |
| Population density: | 376.1 people/km² |
| Median age: | 40.4 (males: 38.9, females: 41.8) |
| Total private dwellings: | 2,440 |
| Mean household income: | $34,014 |
Notable people from Melfort
- Grant MacEwan, former university professor and Calgary mayor
- Nicole Watt, Canadian Sr. Women's Figure Skating silver medalist
- Arthur Hill, actor
- Sean Simmans, cartoonist
| North: Choiceland | ||
| West: Prince Albert | Melfort | East: Tisdale |
| South: Watson |
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| Saskatchewan |
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| Census Divisions: | 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 13 - 14 - 15 - 16 - 17 - 18 |
| Cities: | Estevan - Flin Flon (part) - Humboldt - Lloydminster (part) - Melfort - Melville - Moose Jaw - North Battleford - Prince Albert - Regina - Saskatoon - Swift Current - Weyburn - Yorkton |
| See also: | List of rural municipalities in Saskatchewan |
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