Canora
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| Motto : The Heart of Good Spirit Country | |||
| Location in Saskatchewan | |||
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| Province : | Saskatchewan | ||
| Rural municipality: | Good Lake No. 274 | ||
| Coordinates : | 51 ° 38 ′ N , 102 ° 26 ′ W | ||
| Area : | 7.31 km² | ||
| Residents : | 2219 (as of 2011) | ||
| Population density : | 303.6 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Time zone : | Central Time ( UTC − 6 ) | ||
| Postal code : | S0A 0L0 | ||
| Foundation : | 1905 | ||
| Mayor : | Gina Rakochy | ||
| Website : | www.canora.com | ||
Canora is a small town (town) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan . In 2011 it had 2219 inhabitants. The name is an acronym from the first two letters of each word of Ca Nadian No rthern Ra ilway , a railway company , who worked in the founding years of the city in the area.
location
Canora is located in eastern Saskatchewan, approximately 50 km from the Manitoba border. The next larger town is Yorkton , which is about 50 km south. The area is dominated by water, for example the Whitesand River flows a few kilometers east , while Good Spirit Lake is located in the southwest . In the Saskatchewan political division, Canora belongs to the Census Division No. 9 . It is also the center of the county- like Rural Municipality of Good Lake No. 274 , which in addition to the city also includes some hamlets .
history
The area around Canora was first populated in the late 19th century, mainly by settlers of Eastern European origin. In 2011, 385 residents stated Russian or Ukrainian as their mother tongue . In religious terms, the Duchoborzen made up a larger proportion of the settlers. In 1905 the community of Canora was founded, the name going back to the Canadian Northern Railway , which had built a railway line and a small train station in the area a year earlier. In 1910, the church received the status of Town .
The town had its highest population so far in 1966 with 2,734, although the number has increased by 10.2% in the more recent past, from 2006 to 2011.
Cityscape
Canora has in addition to various shops a primary school (Elementary School) , a high school , an ice rink , a golf club and an aerodrome (Canora Airport) , which, however, consists of no more than a grass runway.
City personalities
- Sylvia Fedoruk (1927–2012), physicist, curler and Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewans
- Cliff Koroll (* 1946), ice hockey player and coach
- Ken Kotyk (* 1981), bobsledder
- Ralph Lysyshyn (* 1946), ambassador
- Cam Severson (born 1978), ice hockey player
- Tyler Wright (born 1973), ice hockey player
Web links
- City website
- Community Profiles of the City (2013)
- Canora in the Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Census Profile: Canora. statcan.gc.ca, October 24, 2012, accessed February 28, 2015 .
- ^ Places to Fly: Canora. (No longer available online.) Canadian Owners and Pilots Association, archived from the original on May 29, 2012 ; accessed on February 28, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
