Avonlea, Saskatchewan

Avonlea incorporated as a village on February 10, 1912.{{cite web | url=http://municipal.gov.sk.ca/Municipal-History/Urban-Incorporated-Dates | title=Urban Municipality Incorporations | publisher=Saskatchewan Ministry of Government Relations | access-date=June 1, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141015042810/http://municipal.gov.sk.ca/Municipal-History/Urban-Incorporated-Dates | archive-date=October 15, 2014}} The village was named after the fictional town of Avonlea, Prince Edward Island in Lucy Maud Montgomery's novel Anne of Green Gables.{{Cite web | last=Our History | title=Village of Avonlea | url=http://www.villageofavonlea.com/#!aboutus/c2414 | access-date=September 8, 2013}} The television series Road to Avonlea is based on the book.

Avonlea Heritage Museum houses many artifacts from the area in the train station, and contains an indoor Main Street, agricultural displays as well as murals by accomplished local artist Paul Geraghty.

Avonlea Badlands are four kilometres away to the west on private land. Guided tours are available through the museum.{{cite web |title=Avonlea Badlands |url=https://avonleamuseum.ca/avonlea_badlands/ |website=Avonlea Museum |publisher=Avonlea Museum |access-date=27 October 2021}}

The picturesque Dirt Hills{{Cite web|url=https://saskatchewanderer.ca/blog/exploring-the-worlds-largest-glacial-push-hills-in-saskatchewan|title = Exploring the World's Largest Glacial Push Hills in Saskatchewan « Saskatchewanderer}} to the west are home to natural flora and fauna. The Dirt Hills are the largest push moraine in the world.{{cite web |last1=George |first1=Ashlyn |title=5 hidden gems not to be missed in Saskatchewan |url= https://www.pressreader.com/canada/saskatoon-starphoenix/20160730/281522225458509 |website=Saskatoon StarPhoenix |access-date=27 October 2021}}

Dunnet Regional Park, which was named after a local medical doctor, was built and opened on the west side of Reg Watson Reservoir in 1967. The park provides RV parks, camping, fishing, boating, a swimming pool, and eight baseball diamonds. Fish species in the lake include walleye, yellow perch, northern pike, white sucker, and burbot. Walleye are liberally stocked in the lake.

Long Creek Golf & Country Club is an 18-hole championship golf course four kilometres east of the village along Avonlea Creek.{{cite web |title=Long Creek Golf & Country Club |url=https://long-creek.ca/ |website=Long Creek |publisher=Long Creek Golf & Country Club |access-date=23 July 2023}}

Avonlea is home to the Avonlea Arrows of the senior men's Highway Hockey League.{{cite web |title=Highway Hockey |url=http://www.highwayhockey.ca/ |website=Highway Hockey |publisher=Highway Hockey |access-date=23 July 2023}} The team plays at the village's Avonlea Arena.

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| footnote = Source: Statistics Canada via Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics{{cite web | url=http://www.stats.gov.sk.ca/stats/population/SaskCensusPopulation8106.pdf | title=Saskatchewan Census Population | publisher=Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics | access-date=May 31, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924105944/http://www.stats.gov.sk.ca/stats/population/SaskCensusPopulation8106.pdf | archive-date=September 24, 2015 | url-status=dead}}{{cite web | url=https://publications.saskatchewan.ca/api/v1/products/86690/formats/100724/download | title=Saskatchewan Census Population | publisher=Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics | access-date=May 31, 2020}}

|1981|442

|1986|433

|1991|405

|1996|402

|2001|412

|2006|381

|2011|398

|2016|393

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In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Avonlea had a population of {{val|411|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|174|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|193|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:411-393}}|393|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|393|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|1.3|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|411|1.3|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000203&geocode=A000247 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=April 1, 2022}}

In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Avonlea recorded a population of {{nts|393}} living in {{nts|172}} of its {{nts|191}} total private dwellings, a {{percentage|{{#expr:393-398}}|393|1}} change from its 2011 population of {{nts|398}}. With a land area of {{convert|0.96|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|393|0.96|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2016.{{cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table.cfm?Lang=Eng&T=302&SR=1&S=86&O=A&RPP=9999&PR=47 | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Saskatchewan) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 8, 2017 | access-date=May 30, 2020}}

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