Choiceland

{{Short description|Town in Saskatchewan, Canada}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=July 2024}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

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|subdivision_name1 = Saskatchewan

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|subdivision_type3 = Rural Municipality

|subdivision_name3 = No. 488

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|leader_title = Mayor

|leader_name = Rob Mardell

|leader_title1 = Administrator

|leader_name1 = Erin Delisle

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|established_title = Post office established

|established_date = 1927

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|population_total = 359

|population_density_km2 = 321.1

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|postal_code_type = Postal code

|postal_code = S0J 0M0

|area_code = 306

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|website ={{URL|www.choiceland.ca}}

|footnotes ={{cite web

| title =2011 Community Profiles

| work =Statistics Canada

| publisher =Government of Canada

| url =http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E

| access-date =2014-03-20

| archive-date =26 December 2018

| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20181226131643/http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E%0A

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}}{{Cite web

|last=National Archives

|first=Archivia Net

|title=Post Offices and Postmasters |url=http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/post-offices/001001-100.01-e.php

|access-date=2014-03-20

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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061006045957/http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/post-offices/001001-100.01-e.php

|archive-date=6 October 2006

}}{{Cite web

|last=Government of Saskatchewan

|first=MRD Home

|title=Municipal Directory System |url=http://www.mds.gov.sk.ca/apps/Pub/MDS/welcome.aspx

|access-date=2014-03-20

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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160115125115/http://www.mds.gov.sk.ca/apps/Pub/MDS/welcome.aspx

|archive-date=15 January 2016

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Choiceland is a town in Saskatchewan, Canada. Choiceland is located 100km East of Prince Albert, a larger Saskatchewan city.

Choiceland is home to William Mason Public School, which offers schooling for grades kindergarten through 12.{{cn|date=July 2024}}

The Torch River Railway is based in Choiceland.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Choiceland had a population of {{val|342|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|174|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|204|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:342-359}}|359|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|359|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|1.06|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|342|1.06|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=9 February 2022 | accessdate=1 April 2022}}

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|location = Choiceland

|2021_population=342 | 2021_pop_delta=-4.7 | 2021_land_area=1.06 | 2021_pop_density=323.9

|2021_median_age=47.6 | 2021_median_age_m=49.2 | 2021_median_age_f=47.2

|2021_total_pvt_dwell=204 |2021_occ_pvt_dwell=174 |2021_mean_hh_income=52,800

|2021_geocode=2021A00054714092 | 2021_access_date=2023-10-19

|2001_population=370

|2001_pop_delta=-11.3

|2001_land_area=1.12

|2001_pop_density=330.9

|2001_pop_rank=

|2001_median_age=45.5

|2001_median_age_m=45.0

|2001_median_age_f=46.0

|2001_total_pvt_dwell=209

|2001_total_pvt_dwell_usual=

|2001_mean_hh_income=24,273

|2001_access_date=14 August 2011

|2006_population=346

|2006_pop_delta=-6.5

|2006_land_area=1.12

|2006_pop_density=309.5

|2006_pop_rank=

|2006_median_age=46.2

|2006_median_age_m=45.7

|2006_median_age_f=47.1

|2006_total_pvt_dwell=205

|2006_total_pvt_dwell_usual=165

|2006_mean_hh_income=34,158

|2006_access_date=14 August 2011

|2011_population=381

|2011_pop_delta=10.1

|2011_land_area=1.12

|2011_pop_density=340.8

|2011_pop_rank=

|2011_median_age=46.6

|2011_median_age_m=44.2

|2011_median_age_f=47.2

|2011_total_pvt_dwell=210

|2011_total_pvt_dwell_usual=187

|2011_mean_hh_income=

|2011_access_date=7 July 2012

| 2016_population = 359

| 2016_pop_delta = -5.8

| 2016_land_area = 1.12

| 2016_pop_density = 321.1

| 2016_pop_rank =

| 2016_median_age = 44.4

| 2016_median_age_m = 41.1

| 2016_median_age_f = 51.0

| 2016_total_pvt_dwell = 204

| 2016_mean_hh_income = 47,616

| 2016_access_date = 2017-11-29

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Climate

{{Weather box

|location = Choiceland

|metric first = yes

|single line = yes

|Jan record high C = 9

|Feb record high C = 9.5

|Mar record high C = 16.5

|Apr record high C = 31.7

|May record high C = 35

|Jun record high C = 37

|Jul record high C = 36.1

|Aug record high C = 36.1

|Sep record high C = 35

|Oct record high C = 28.3

|Nov record high C = 20.6

|Dec record high C = 8.3

|year record high C = 37

|Jan high C = -13.6

|Feb high C = -9.4

|Mar high C = -1.5

|Apr high C = 8.6

|May high C = 18.2

|Jun high C = 22

|Jul high C = 24.1

|Aug high C = 22.8

|Sep high C = 16.4

|Oct high C = 8.7

|Nov high C = -4.2

|Dec high C = -11.9

|year high C = 6.7

|Jan mean C = −18.7

|Feb mean C = −14.9

|Mar mean C = −7.4

|Apr mean C = 2.7

|May mean C = 11.2

|Jun mean C = 15.2

|Jul mean C = 17.4

|Aug mean C = 16

|Sep mean C = 10

|Oct mean C = 3.4

|Nov mean C = -8.4

|Dec mean C = -16.6

|year mean C = 0.8

|Jan low C = -23.7

|Feb low C = -20.5

|Mar low C = -13.3

|Apr low C = -3.3

|May low C = 4.2

|Jun low C = 8.3

|Jul low C = 10.7

|Aug low C = 9.2

|Sep low C = 3.6

|Oct low C = -2

|Nov low C = -12.6

|Dec low C = -21.4

|year low C = -5.1

|Jan record low C = -47.8

|Feb record low C = -45

|Mar record low C = -39.4

|Apr record low C = -33.9

|May record low C = -11.1

|Jun record low C = -3.3

|Jul record low C = 0

|Aug record low C = -3

|Sep record low C = -11.1

|Oct record low C = -25

|Nov record low C = -37.8

|Dec record low C = -43

|year record low C = -47.8

|Jan precipitation mm = 19.7

|Feb precipitation mm = 18.6

|Mar precipitation mm = 20.1

|Apr precipitation mm = 26.7

|May precipitation mm = 46.9

|Jun precipitation mm = 82.3

|Jul precipitation mm = 78.2

|Aug precipitation mm = 65.2

|Sep precipitation mm = 52

|Oct precipitation mm = 28.1

|Nov precipitation mm = 22.9

|Dec precipitation mm = 23.2

|year precipitation mm = 483.7

|source 1 = Environment CanadaEnvironment Canada

[http://climate.weatheroffice.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_e.html?Province=SASK&StationName=&SearchType=&LocateBy=Province&Proximity=25&ProximityFrom=City&StationNumber=&IDType=MSC&CityName=&ParkName=&LatitudeDegrees=&LatitudeMinutes=&LongitudeDegrees=&LongitudeMinutes=&NormalsClass=A&SelNormals=&StnId=3409& Canadian Climate Normals 1971–2000], accessed 24 July 2010

|date=August 2010

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See also

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