Lang, Saskatchewan

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

{{Other uses|Lang (disambiguation){{!}}Lang}}

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| name = Lang

| official_name = Village of Lang

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| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Saskatchewan}}

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| subdivision_name2 = Southeast

| subdivision_type3 = Census division

| subdivision_name3 = 2

| subdivision_type4 = Rural Municipality

| subdivision_name4 = Scott No. 98

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| government_type = Municipal

| leader_title = Governing body

| leader_name = Lang Village Council[http://www.mds.gov.sk.ca/apps/Pub/MDS/muniDetails.aspx?cat=3&mun=2051 Lang Village Council]

| leader_title1 = Mayor

| leader_name1 = Mike Saip

| leader_title2 = Administrator

| leader_name2 = Darlene Wingert

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| established_title = Post office founded

| established_date = May 15, 1904

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| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = S0G 2W0

| area_code = 306

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| website = [http://www.langsk.com/ Village of Lang]|

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|last=Canadian Textiles Institute.

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Lang (2016 population: {{nts|189}}) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Scott No. 98 and Census Division No. 2. The village is located approximately 70 km southeast of the City of Regina.

History

Lang was named after George Macdonald Lang (1860 to 1930), a civil engineer and architect, who was employed by the Canadian Pacific Railway between 1893 and 1906. Lang incorporated as a village on July 27, 1906.{{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=June 1, 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

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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=May 31, 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 31, 2020}}

|1981|219

|1986|210

|1991|206

|1996|189

|2001|189

|2006|172

|2011|200

|2016|189

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In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lang had a population of {{val|176|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|84|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|98|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:176-189}}|189|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|189|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|0.65|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|176|0.65|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}}

In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Lang recorded a population of {{nts|189}} living in {{nts|81}} of its {{nts|96}} total private dwellings, a {{percentage|{{#expr:189-200}}|189|1}} change from its 2011 population of {{nts|200}}. With a land area of {{convert|0.64|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|189|0.64|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 30, 2020}}

Education

Students from Lang attend school in Milestone, of the Prairie Valley School Division.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090420073604/http://www.saskschools.ca/~pvsdmile/ Prairie Valley School Division]

Notable people

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