Riverhurst

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| subdivision_name2 = Southwest

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| subdivision_type4 = Rural Municipality

| subdivision_name4 = Maple Bush

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| area_code = 306

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| website = [http://www.riverhurst.ca/ Village of Riverhurst]|

| footnotes = {{Cite web

| last =National Archives

| first =Archivia Net

| title =Post Offices and Postmasters

| url =http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/post-offices/001001-100.01-e.php

}}{{Cite web |last=Government of Saskatchewan |first=MRD Home |title=Municipal Directory System |url=http://www.municipal.gov.sk.ca/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121083646/http://www.municipal.gov.sk.ca/index.html |archive-date=November 21, 2008 }}{{Cite web| last =Canadian Textiles Institute.| title =CTI Determine your provincial constituency| year =2005| url =http://www.textiles.ca/eng/nonAuthProg/redirect.cfm?path=IssPolContacts§ionID=7601.cfm| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20070911025012/http://www.textiles.ca/eng/nonAuthProg/redirect.cfm?path=IssPolContacts§ionID=7601.cfm| archive-date =2007-09-11}}{{Cite web

| last =Commissioner of Canada Elections

| first =Chief Electoral Officer of Canada

| title =Elections Canada On-line

| year =2005

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Riverhurst (2021 population: {{nts|152}}) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Maple Bush No. 224 and Census Division No. 7. It is in the southwest Coteau Hills area of the province, north of the Vermillion Hills. The community is located on Highway 42 east of Riverhurst Ferry. The village is primarily a farming community.

The name is a portmanteau of Riverside and Boldenhurst, two nearby post offices.{{cite book|last1=Barry|first1=Bill|title=Geographic Names of Saskatchewan|url=https://archive.org/details/geographicnameso0000barr|url-access=registration|date=September 2005|publisher=People Places Publishing, Ltd.|location=Regina, Saskatchewan|isbn=1-897010-19-2|page=[https://archive.org/details/geographicnameso0000barr/page/358 358]}}

History

Riverhurst incorporated as a village on June 22, 1916.{{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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(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|193

|1986|180

|1991|174

|1996|158

|2001|143

|2006|121

|2011|114

|2016|130

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In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Riverhurst had a population of {{val|152|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|74|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|131|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:152-130}}|130|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|130|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|1.01|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|152|1.01|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 Riverhurst recorded a population of {{nts|130}} living in {{nts|69}} of its {{nts|114}} total private dwellings, a {{percentage|{{#expr:130-114}}|130|1}} change from its 2011 population of {{nts|114}}. With a land area of {{convert|0.91|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|130|0.91|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}}

Infrastructure

Riverhurst is situated close to the east bank of Lake Diefenbaker, and is the location of the Riverhurst Ferry, a cable ferry that crosses to Lucky Lake on the west bank. Highway 42 (which provides access to the community) crosses Lake Diefenbaker by the Riverhurst Ferry. The village is located 8 km south of the Elbow crater.