Southey, Saskatchewan

The vast prairie land of the North-West Territories was opened for settlement during the latter part of the 1880s and 1890s. Prior to this, the whole area was home to the First Nations people and their culture. Settlement by Europeans and Americans followed the river valleys and then the westward movement of the railway.

The first early settlement in the Southey area consisted of ranchers north and south of the present townsite. H.B. Chandler, one of the first settlers, filed on land on the south side of town in 1903. When the railway arrived in the area, he applied for the site to be named "Southey", after Robert Southey, one of his favourite English poets.

From this point on, the town grew and developed with the appearance of the first stores, school, banks, elevators, barber shop, hardware and implement dealers, restaurants, lumber yard, telephone system, sidewalks, fire brigades, and others in the 1905 - 1912 period. This growth allowed Southey to be incorporated in 1907–08. Subsequently, streets were named after other British writers and poets, so it is possible to travel down streets named Keats, Browning, Burns, Byron, Coleridge, Frost, Kipling, Milton, and others.

In 1988 Southey celebrated its 80th anniversary{{cite web|url=http://joebess.com/July07/Southey80thTrans.html |title=Southey 80th Anniversary, July 1988 |work=Joebess.com |access-date=2013-08-11}} and in 2008 the town had a 100th year celebration.{{cite web |url=http://joebess.com/Aug08/S100thMask.html |title=Southey's 100th Anniversary |work=Joebess.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222130625/http://joebess.com/Aug08/S100thMask.html |archive-date=2012-02-22}}

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Southey had a population of {{val|832|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|339|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|356|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:832-804}}|804|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|804|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|1.56|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|832|1.56|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}}

According to the 2011 census, Southey's median age was 39.9 years (males:37.4 yrs., females:42.0 yrs.) It had the median household income was $71,585.{{cite web|url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=4706092&Data=Count&SearchText=Southey&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&GeoLevel=PR&GeoCode=10 |title=Southey, Saskatchewan (Code 4706092) and Saskatchewan (Code 47) (table). Census Profile. 2011 Census |author=Statistics Canada |year=2012 |location=Ottawa |access-date=2013-09-19}}

Southey has a curling rink, water spray park, nearby golf courses, and an ice rink at the Southey Communiplex. The Southey Marlins of the senior men's Highway Hockey League play there, except right now the team is on a hiatus.{{cite web |title=Highway Hockey League |url=https://www.highwayhockey.ca/ |website=Highway Hockey |publisher=Highway Hockey League |access-date=29 July 2024}}

The Robert Southey School is a K-12 school incorporating over 100 years of history. In 2006 Southey School celebrated its centenary.{{cite web |url=http://www.joebess.com/100yr/SoutheySchool.html |title=Southey School 100th Anniversary |work=Joebess.com}}

The people of Southey and District have four main centres for religious congregations:{{cite web |url=http://joebess.com/May09/ChurchesOfSouthey.jpg |title=Churches |work=Joebess.com}}

• Southey Baptist Church
• Southey Emmanuel Lutheran Church
• Southey St James Roman Catholic Church
• Southey United Church

The Southey Cable Company was owned and operated by the Town of Southey under the guidance of the Southey Cable Committee. It is now defunct and Access TV was substituted in as an option.{{cite web |url=http://joebess.com/Mar09/SoutheyCable.html |title=The Southey Cable Company |work=Joebess.com}}

• Donna Kriekle, artist

File:SoutheyA2.jpg|West side of Southey

File:SoutheyB2.jpg|Southey, west of Main Street

File:SoutheyC2.jpg|Southey, east of Main Street

File:SoutheyNLacLagune2tn9.jpg|The elevators of Southey in 1987

File:SoutheyElevatorsOct92tn9.jpg|Elevators in 1992

File:Southey elevator.jpeg|Silhouette of last remaining elevator

• List of communities in Saskatchewan
• List of towns in Saskatchewan

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{{Geographic location

| Northwest = Strasbourg

| North = Raymore

| Northeast =

| West = Earl Grey

| Centre = Southey

| East = Markinch

| Southwest = Lumsden

| South = Regina

| Southeast =

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