Frontier, Saskatchewan

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|subdivision_name4 = Frontier No. 19

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|leader_title1 = Mayor

|leader_name1 = Brady Berg

|leader_title2 = Administrator

|leader_name2 = Barb Webber

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|leader_name4 = {{MP Cypress Hills}}

|established_title = Post office Founded

|established_date = 1917

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|blank1_info = Great Western Railway

|website = [http://www.villageoffrontier.com/ Village of Frontier]

|footnotes = {{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 =2014-04-22

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|last=Government of Saskatchewan

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

|access-date=2014-04-22

|url-status=dead

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

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Frontier (2016 population: {{nts|372}}) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Frontier No. 19 and Census Division No. 4. Frontier is on Highway 18 and is served by the Frontier Airport located {{convert|3.7|km}} south of the village.

History

The Frontier post office was founded in 1917. Frontier incorporated as a village on 10 July 1930.{{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=1 June 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141015042810/http://municipal.gov.sk.ca/Municipal-History/Urban-Incorporated-Dates | archive-date=15 October 2014}}

Demographics

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(1981–2016)

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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=31 May 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924105944/http://www.stats.gov.sk.ca/stats/population/SaskCensusPopulation8106.pdf | archive-date=24 September 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=31 May 2020}}

|1981|619

|1986|483

|1991|385

|1996|309

|2001|302

|2006|283

|2011|351

|2016|372

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In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Frontier had a population of {{val|364|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|152|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|180|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:364-372}}|372|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|372|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|1.05|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|364|1.05|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}}

In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Frontier recorded a population of {{nts|372}} living in {{nts|159}} of its {{nts|186}} total private dwellings, a {{percentage|{{#expr:372-351}}|372|1}} change from its 2011 population of {{nts|351}}. With a land area of {{convert|0.93|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|372|0.93|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=8 February 2017 | access-date=30 May 2020}}

Climate

{{Weather box|width=auto

|location = Frontier

|metric first = yes

|single line = yes

|Jan record high C = 13

|Feb record high C = 19

|Mar record high C = 23.5

|Apr record high C = 30

|May record high C = 35

|Jun record high C = 37.5

|Jul record high C = 39.5

|Aug record high C = 38.5

|Sep record high C = 35

|Oct record high C = 32

|Nov record high C = 23.5

|Dec record high C = 13.5

|year record high C = 39.5

|Jan high C = -5.2

|Feb high C = -2.3

|Mar high C = 4.3

|Apr high C = 13.0

|May high C = 18.9

|Jun high C = 23.3

|Jul high C = 27.6

|Aug high C = 27.0

|Sep high C = 20.1

|Oct high C = 12.4

|Nov high C = 2.3

|Dec high C = -3.1

|year high C = 11.5

|Jan mean C = −10.8

|Feb mean C = −8.1

|Mar mean C = -1.6

|Apr mean C = 6.0

|May mean C = 11.6

|Jun mean C = 16.2

|Jul mean C = 19.5

|Aug mean C = 18.8

|Sep mean C = 12.4

|Oct mean C = 5.6

|Nov mean C = -3.1

|Dec mean C = -8.6

|year mean C = 4.8

|Jan low C = -16.4

|Feb low C = -13.9

|Mar low C = -7.4

|Apr low C = -1.1

|May low C = 4.3

|Jun low C = 9.1

|Jul low C = 11.3

|Aug low C = 10.5

|Sep low C = 4.8

|Oct low C = -1.4

|Nov low C = -8.5

|Dec low C = -14.1

|year low C = -1.9

|Jan record low C = -41.5

|Feb record low C = -43

|Mar record low C = -35

|Apr record low C = -20.5

|May record low C = -10.0

|Jun record low C = -2.0

|Jul record low C = 3.0

|Aug record low C = -1.0

|Sep record low C = -11.5

|Oct record low C = -29.0

|Nov record low C = -35.0

|Dec record low C = -40.0

|year record low C = -43.0

|Jan precipitation mm = 16.5

|Feb precipitation mm = 12.3

|Mar precipitation mm = 18.6

|Apr precipitation mm = 23.0

|May precipitation mm = 51.2

|Jun precipitation mm = 76.9

|Jul precipitation mm = 44.5

|Aug precipitation mm = 41.8

|Sep precipitation mm = 26.8

|Oct precipitation mm = 16.2

|Nov precipitation mm = 17.3

|Dec precipitation mm = 13.9

|year precipitation mm = 358.9

|source 1 = Environment CanadaEnvironment Canada

[http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_1981_2010_e.html?searchType=stnName&txtStationName=frontier&searchMethod=contains&txtCentralLatMin=0&txtCentralLatSec=0&txtCentralLongMin=0&txtCentralLongSec=0&stnID=3183&dispBack=1 Canadian Climate Normals 1981–2010], accessed 27 July 2016

|date=August 2016

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Attractions

Frontier & District Golf Course, a 9-hole facility located in Frontier
Grasslands National Park, one of Canada's newer national parks, is located in southern Saskatchewan
Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park, an interprovincial park straddling the southern Alberta–Saskatchewan border, located southeast of Medicine Hat

Education

[https://web.archive.org/web/20071118184704/http://schools.chinooksd.ca/frontier/ Frontier School] offers Kindergarten through grade 12 and is in the [https://www.chinooksd.ca/ Chinook School Division].