Big Shell, Saskatchewan
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{{Use MDY dates|date=May 2020}}
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|official_name = Resort Village of Big Shell
|settlement_type = Resort village
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|subdivision_name4 = RM of Spiritwood No. 496
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|leader_title = Mayor
|leader_name = Jim Wilkie
|leader_title1 = Governing body
|leader_name1 = Resort Village Council
|leader_title2 = Administrator
|leader_name2 = Tara Bueckert
|leader_title3 = Clerk
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|established_date2 = August 1, 1982
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|area_land_km2 = 1.02
|population_as_of = 2016
|population_total = 48
|population_density_km2 = 43.6
|timezone = CST
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|area_codes = 306 and 639
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Big Shell (2016 population: {{nts|48}}) is a resort village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 16. It is on the shores of Shell Lake in the Rural Municipality of Spiritwood No. 496.
History
Big Shell incorporated as a resort village on August 1, 1982.{{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=May 26, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141015042810/http://municipal.gov.sk.ca/Municipal-History/Urban-Incorporated-Dates | archive-date=October 15, 2014}}
Demographics
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{{Historical populations
| title = Population history
(1981–2016)
| type = Canada
| align = right
| 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 26, 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 26, 2020}}
|1981|
|1986|0
|1991|0
|1996|7
|2001|16
|2006|45
|2011|45
|2016|48
}}
}}
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Big Shell had a population of {{val|64|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|34|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|115|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:64-48}}|48|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|48|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|0.93|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|64|0.93|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=March 27, 2022}}
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Resort Village of Big Shell recorded a population of {{nts|48}} living in {{nts|26}} of its {{nts|111}} total private dwellings, a {{percentage|{{#expr:48-45}}|45|1}} change from its 2011 population of {{nts|45}}. With a land area of {{convert|1.1|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|48|1.1|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 26, 2020}}
Government
The Resort Village of Big Shell is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator that meets on the third Friday of every month.{{cite web | url=http://www.mds.gov.sk.ca/apps/Pub/MDS/muniDetails.aspx?cat=4&mun=1858 | title=Municipality Details: Resort Village of Big Shell | publisher=Government of Saskatchewan | access-date=May 28, 2020}} The mayor is Jim Wilkie and its administrator is Tara Bueckert.
See also
References
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{{Subdivisions of Saskatchewan|resortvillages=yes}}
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Category:Resort villages in Saskatchewan