Ituna

{{For|the surrounding rural municipality|Rural Municipality of Ituna Bon Accord No. 246}}

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Ituna ({{IPAc-en|aɪ|ˈ|tj|uː|n|ə}}) is a town in Saskatchewan, Canada. In 2006, it had a population of 622. It is {{convert|165|km}} north-east of the capital Regina.

The town contains several businesses serving the local residents and rural community, including financial services, grocery stores, restaurants, and a hotel. The Ituna Theatre, built in 1946, is one of few remaining small town movie theatres still in operation.http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/columnists/story.html?id=40510c2a-cf3f-48df-993e-e1e16dc4faeb Big screen thrives in small town THE LEADER-POST (REGINA)JANUARY 21, 2008{{Cite web |url=http://www.astonishmentartist.com/Ituna_Theatre/page_1514062.html |title=Ituna Theatre - Film Schedule |access-date=2010-01-03 |archive-date=2009-03-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090308013217/http://www.astonishmentartist.com/Ituna_Theatre/page_1514062.html |url-status=dead }} About {{convert|1|km}} south of town is the Ituna & District Regional Park, which has a campground and a 9-hole golf course.{{cite web | url=https://saskregionalparks.ca/park/ituna-district/ | title=Ituna & District }}

History

Ituna has one registered historical site, the Red Brick Schoolhouse that was constructed in 1920 as a composite school for the Fruitville School District. The school build was closed in 1980 when the town school moved into a new building.http://heritageapp.cyr.gov.sk.ca/assets/pdf/471.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706203605/http://heritageapp.cyr.gov.sk.ca/assets/pdf/471.pdf |date=2011-07-06 }} Saskatchewan Register of Heritage Property - Red Brick Schoolhouse

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Ituna had a population of {{val|726|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|350|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|401|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:726-701}}|701|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|701|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|1.47|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|726|1.47|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}}