Main Centre, Saskatchewan

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

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Main Centre is a hamlet in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Listed as a designated place by Statistics Canada, the hamlet had a reported population of 5 living in 3 of its 4 total private dwellings in the Canada 2011 Census.{{cite web | url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=DPL&Code1=470080&Geo2=PR&Code2=47&Data=Count&SearchText=main%20centre&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 | title=Census Profile: Main Centre, OHM, Saskatchewan, (Designated place) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=May 31, 2016 | accessdate=January 20, 2017}}

It is notable for being the birthplace of Homer Groening, the father of The Simpsons creator Matt Groening.{{cite web|url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19960319&slug=2319671|title=Homer Groening, Cartoonist's Father, `Simpsons' Inspiration|author=Associated Press|date=March 19, 1996|publisher=Seattle Times|accessdate=October 19, 2023}}

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Category:Former designated places in Saskatchewan

Category:Excelsior No. 166, Saskatchewan

Category:Hamlets in Saskatchewan

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