Weekes, Saskatchewan

Weekes, Saskatchewan
Weekes, Saskatchewan
Village
	Location of Porcupine Plain in Saskatchewan Weekes, Saskatchewan (Canada)
	Coordinates: 52°20′25″N 102°31′16″W / 52.340315°N 102.521219°W
Country	Canada
Province	Saskatchewan
Region	East-Central Saskatchewan
Census division	14
Rural Municipality	Porcupine No. 395
Government
• Governing body	Weekes Village Council
Area
• Total	0.59 km2 (0.23 sq mi)
Population (2006)
• Total	55
• Density	92.6/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone	CST
Area code	306
Highways	Highway 23
Railway	Canadian National Railway (abandoned)
Website	[1]

Weekes (2016 population: 40) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Porcupine No. 395 and Census Division No. 14. The village is located 29 km east of the town of Porcupine Plain on Highway 23.

History

Weekes incorporated as a village on January 13, 1947.^[5]

Demographics

Population history
(1981–2016)
Year	Pop.	±%
1981	113	—
1986	108	−4.4%
1991	104	−3.7%
1996	84	−19.2%
2001	65	−22.6%
2006	55	−15.4%
2011	42	−23.6%
2016	40	−4.8%
Source: Statistics Canada via Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics^[6]^[7]

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Weekes had a population of 50 living in 28 of its 64 total private dwellings, a change of 25% from its 2016 population of 40. With a land area of 0.53 km² (0.20 sq mi), it had a population density of 94.3/km² (244.3/sq mi) in 2021.^[8]

In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Weekes recorded a population of 40 living in 22 of its 57 total private dwellings, a -5% change from its 2011 population of 42. With a land area of 0.59 km² (0.23 sq mi), it had a population density of 67.8/km² (175.6/sq mi) in 2016.^[9]