Kinistino
{{Short description|Town in Saskatchewan, Canada}}
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|subdivision_type3 = Census division
|subdivision_name3 = No. 11
|subdivision_type4 = Rural municipality
|subdivision_name4 = Kinistino
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|leader_title = Mayor
|leader_name = Leonard Margolis
|leader_title1 = Town Manager
|leader_name1 = Todd Ilnisky
|leader_title2 = Governing body
|leader_name2 = Kinistino Town Council
|leader_name3 = Delbert Kirsch
|leader_title4 =MP Prince Albert
|leader_name4 = Randy Hoback
|established_title = Post office Founded
|established_date = 1883
|established_title2 = Incorporated (Village)
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|postal_code_type = Postal code
|postal_code = S0J 1H0
|area_code = 306
|blank_name = Highways
|blank_info = Highway 3
|blank1_name = Waterways
|blank1_info = Carrot River
|website = {{URL|https://townofkinistino.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 =2014-04-05
| archive-date =2018-12-26
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|last=National Archives
|first=Archivia Net
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|archive-date=2006-10-06
|last=Government of Saskatchewan
|first=MRD Home
|title=Municipal Directory System |url=http://www.mds.gov.sk.ca/apps/Pub/MDS/welcome.aspx
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Kinistino {{IPAc-en|k|ᵻ|ˈ|n|ɪ|s|t|ᵻ|n|oʊ}} is a town in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Kinistino is situated in north-central Saskatchewan. It lies on rich agricultural soil in the valley of the Carrot River, which flows a mile east of the town.
Kinistino is located {{convert|30|km}} northwest of Melfort on Highway 3 and {{convert|65|km}} southeast of Prince Albert.
Geography
The town of Kinistino rests upon a bedrock of shale in an area of maximum glacial lake coverage.
Kinistino is located in the Aspen parkland biome. The immediate area is one of moderate rolling hills and level stretches. The excellent soil is interspersed occasionally with bluffs of aspen and some sloughs. To the southwest lies the Waterhen Marsh and Lake (now drained and utilized for various farming purposes), while to the north approximately {{convert|20|mi|km|order=flip}} the Saskatchewan River and the Forks of the North and South branches provide a beautiful spot of coniferous forest growth.{{cn|date=December 2023}}
= Climate =
Like in the rest of Saskatchewan, Kinistino experiences a high variance in the seasonal temperatures. However, Kinistino is not in an area of high storm activity and usually experiences only 3 blizzards per year (as compared to Saskatoon 7, and Qu'Appelle 14). Fewer thunderstorms are experienced in Kinistino than in the south of Saskatchewan.
The frost-free period extends, on a 30-year average, from June 1 to September 6; hours of sunshine amount to 2,280. The precipitation averages are: rain {{convert|271.0|mm}}; and snowfall {{convert|131.0|cm}}.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Kinistino had a population of {{val|671|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|265|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|305|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:671-654}}|654|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|654|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|1.58|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|671|1.58|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}}
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|location = Kinistino
|2021_population=671 | 2021_pop_delta=+2.6 | 2021_land_area=1.58 | 2021_pop_density=426
|2021_median_age=43.2 | 2021_median_age_m=42.8 | 2021_median_age_f=44.0
|2021_total_pvt_dwell=305 |2021_occ_pvt_dwell=265 |2021_mean_hh_income=72,000
|2021_geocode=2021A00054715074 | 2021_access_date=2023-10-19
|2011_population=743
|2011_pop_delta=+15.6
|2011_land_area=0.98
|2011_pop_density=758.8
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|2011_median_age=46.6
|2011_median_age_m=42.5
|2011_median_age_f=48.8
|2011_total_pvt_dwell=305
|2011_total_pvt_dwell_usual=292
|2011_mean_hh_income=
|2011_access_date=2014-04-05
|2006_population=643
|2006_pop_delta=-8.4
|2006_land_area=0.89
|2006_pop_density=724.3
|2006_pop_rank=
|2006_median_age=46.2
|2006_median_age_m=43.8
|2006_median_age_f=49.2
|2006_total_pvt_dwell=302
|2006_total_pvt_dwell_usual=261
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|2006_access_date=2009-02-24
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See also
References
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External links
- {{Official website}}
{{Geographic location
| Northwest = Weldon
| North = James Smith First Nation
| Northeast = Brockington
| West = Birch Hills
| Centre = Kinistino
| East = Melfort
| Southwest = Invergordon No. 430
| South = Meskanaw
| Southeast = Beatty
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{{Subdivisions of Saskatchewan|towns=yes}}
{{coord|52.95|N|105.03|W|display=title|type:city_region:CA_source:GNS-enwiki}}
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Category:Towns in Saskatchewan