Lanigan, Saskatchewan

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

{{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}}

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|established_title = Founded

|established_date = 1907

|established_title2 = Village Incorporated

|established_date2 = August 21, 1907

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|established_date3 = April 15, 1908

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|postal_code = S0K 2M0

|area_code = 306

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|website = [http://www.town.lanigan.sk.ca Official Site]

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Lanigan (pop. 1,300){{cite web|title=Travel and Tourism|url=http://www.yellowheadit.com/lanigan/|access-date=19 June 2012}} is a town in south-central Saskatchewan, Canada, at the intersection of Trans-Canada Yellowhead Highway 16 and Highway 20, approximately {{convert|117|km}} east of Saskatoon and {{convert|170|km}} north of Regina.{{cite web|title=SaskSearch|url=http://www.sasksearch.com/maps/towns.php?town=Town+of+Lanigan&lat=51.85&lng=-105.0333|access-date=19 June 2012}}

Lanigan is surrounded by the RM of Usborne No. 310 and is about {{convert|2|km}} west of Lanigan Creek{{Cite web|url=http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/HATOJ|title=Place names - Lanigan Creek|first=Natural Resources Canada|last=Government of Canada|website=www4.rncan.gc.ca}} and about {{convert|10|km}} west of Jansen Lake. The Quill Lakes are about {{convert|34|km}} to the east along the Yellowhead Highway.

Sports and recreation

The town of Lanigan has a wide variety of sporting activities and facilities, including a nine-hole grass green golf course, a 25-metre outdoor heated swimming pool, a curling rink with four sheets of ice, ball diamonds, camping, and tennis courts.{{cite web |url=http://town.lanigan.sk.ca/ |title=Town of Lanigan – The Land of Potash |access-date=July 24, 2021 |archive-date=July 31, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731021347/http://town.lanigan.sk.ca/ |url-status=dead }} At the heart of Lanigan is the Lanigan Recreation Complex featuring a skating rink, fully equipped kitchen, hall, and meeting room facilities. The complex is home to the Lanigan Pirates of the Long Lake Hockey League.{{cite web |url=http://longlakehockey.com/ |title = Long Lake Hockey League : Website by RAMP InterActive}}

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lanigan had a population of {{val|1433|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|578|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|651|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:1433-1377}}|1377|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|1377|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|8.14|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|1433|8.14|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}}

{{Canada census

|location = Lanigan

|2021_population=1,433 | 2021_pop_delta=+4.1 | 2021_land_area=8.14 | 2021_pop_density=176.1

|2021_median_age=42.0 | 2021_median_age_m=39.6 | 2021_median_age_f=44.0

|2021_total_pvt_dwell=651 |2021_occ_pvt_dwell=578 |2021_mean_hh_income=87,000

|2021_geocode=2021A00054711049 | 2021_access_date=2023-10-19

|2011_population=1,390 | 2011_pop_delta=12.7 | 2011_land_area=8.34 | 2011_pop_density=166.8

|2011_median_age=42.3 | 2011_median_age_m=39.1 | 2011_median_age_f= 45.0

|2011_total_pvt_dwell=584 | 2011_mean_hh_income= | 2011_access_date=2012-07-01

|2006_population=1,233 | 2006_pop_delta=-4.3 | 2006_land_area=8.34 | 2006_pop_density=147.9

|2006_median_age=44.8 | 2006_median_age_m=42.6 | 2006_median_age_f=47.1

|2006_total_pvt_dwell= 560 | 2006_mean_hh_income=62,702 | 2006_access_date=2012-07-01

|2001_population=1,289 | 2001_pop_delta=-5.8 | 2001_land_area= 8.34 | 2001_pop_density=154.6

|2001_median_age=43.3 | 2001_median_age_m=42.2 | 2001_median_age_f=44.9

|2001_total_pvt_dwell=562 |2001_mean_hh_income=60,597 | 2001_access_date=2012-07-01

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Notable people

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