Heward, Saskatchewan

Village in Saskatchewan, Canada

49°44′13″N 103°08′46″W / 49.737°N 103.146°W / 49.737; -103.146Country

SaskatchewanRegionSaskatchewanCensus division1Rural Municipality Tecumseh No. 65Government

• Governing bodyHeward Village Council • MayorDoug Trowell • AdministratorZandra Slater • MPRobert Kitchen • MLADan D'AutremontArea

• Total0.99 km² (0.38 sq mi)Population

(2016)

• Total44 • Density44.5/km² (115/sq mi)Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)Postal code

S0G 2G0

Area code306Highways

Highway 33^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Heward (2016 population: 44) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Tecumseh No. 65 and Census Division No. 1. The village is located along Highway 33 in southeastern Saskatchewan. Even though it has under 50 people it still maintains a post office, rink, and hall that all service the farming community. In 1977, Prairie Trails and Tales: Heward Saskatchewan 1900-1976 was written by Muriel Dempsey.

History

Heward incorporated as a village on November 21, 1904.^[5]

Bryce Dickey, born in Heward in 1908, wrote an extensive history of the village which is published in the summer 2007 issue of Folklore magazine. He describes how "Reverend Pike, an Englishman and a bachelor decided to build a new church and it was to be the same design and construction as one in England that had been lost to the sea due to coastal erosion." The chimes and font were from this church and were installed in the Heward church. When the church was finally closed, the chimes and font were sent to a church in Regina.^[6]

Demographics

Population history
(1981–2016)
Year	Pop.	±%
1981	54	—
1986	39	−27.8%
1991	25	−35.9%
1996	26	+4.0%
2001	25	−3.8%
2006	20	−20.0%
2011	40	+100.0%
2016	44	+10.0%
Source: Statistics Canada via Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics^[7]^[8]

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Heward had a population of 30 living in 15 of its 20 total private dwellings, a change of -31.8% from its 2016 population of 44. With a land area of 0.92 km² (0.36 sq mi), it had a population density of 32.6/km² (84.5/sq mi) in 2021.^[9]

In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Heward recorded a population of 44 living in 19 of its 20 total private dwellings, a 9.1% change from its 2011 population of 40. With a land area of 0.99 km² (0.38 sq mi), it had a population density of 44.4/km² (115.1/sq mi) in 2016.^[10]

References

^ National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters, archived from the original on 6 October 2006
^ Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home, Municipal Directory System, archived from the original on 11 December 2007
^ "CTI Determine your provincial constituency", Canadian Textiles Institute., 2005, archived from the original on 11 September 2007
^ Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005), Elections Canada On-line, archived from the original on 21 April 2007
^ "Urban Municipality Incorporations". Saskatchewan Ministry of Government Relations. Archived from the original on 15 October 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
^ "The Rise and Fall of Heward" - Bryce Dickey. Folklore, Summer 2007
^ "Saskatchewan Census Population" (PDF). Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
^ "Saskatchewan Census Population". Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan". Statistics Canada. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
^ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Saskatchewan)". Statistics Canada. 8 February 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2020.