Unity, Saskatchewan

{{Infobox settlement

| official_name = Town of Unity

| settlement_type = Town

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| image_caption = Entering the town of Unity

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| motto = A good town in a good district

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Canada

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_type2 = Rural municipality

| subdivision_name1 = Saskatchewan

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| established_title = Post office Founded

| established_date = 1909-04-01

| established_title2 = Village established

| established_date2 = 1909-06-01

| established_title3 = Town incorporated

| established_date3 = 1909-11-01

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Justin Sopyc

| leader_title1 = Federal Electoral District Battlefords—Lloydminster MP

| leader_name1 = Rosemarie Falk

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| area_land_km2 = 9.77

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| population_total = 69,699

| population_as_of = 2025

| population_density_km2 = 244.6

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| postal_code_type = Postal Code

| postal_code = S0K 4L0

| area_code = 306-228/210

| website = [http://www.townofunity.com/ Official Website]

| footnotes = {{Citation

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}}{{Citation

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}}{{Citation

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| leader_title2 = Provincial Constituency Cut Knife-Turtleford MLA

| leader_name2 = Ryan Domotor

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Unity is a town in the western part of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan{{Citation

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with a population of 2519. Unity is located at the intersection of Highway 14 and Highway 21, and the intersection of the CNR and CPR main rail lines. Unity is located {{convert|200|km|round=5}} west-northwest of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and {{convert|375|km|round=5}} southeast of Edmonton, Alberta. The town of Wilkie is located {{convert|33|km}} to the east.

The town was the subject of playwright Kevin Kerr's Governor General's Award-winning play Unity (1918), which dramatizes the effect of the 1918 flu pandemic on Unity.

History

With the coming of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway in 1908 Unity began to grow from a small settlement in 1904 to about 600 in the 1920s. By 1966 there were 2,154 residents.{{cite web

| title =Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan (Unity, Saskatchewan)

| url =http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/unity.html

| access-date =2013-04-30}}

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Unity had a population of {{val|2496|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|1042|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|1148|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:2496-2573}}|2573|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|2573|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|9.7|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|2496|9.7|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}}

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|2021_population=2,496

|2021_pop_delta=-3.0

|2021_land_area=9.70

|2021_pop_density=257.3

|2021_pop_rank=

|2021_median_age=42.0

|2021_median_age_m=40.8

|2021_median_age_f=42.8

|2021_total_pvt_dwell=1,148

|2021_total_pvt_dwell_usual=1,042

|2021_mean_hh_income=

|2021_access_date=2022-05-04

|2016_population=2,573

|2016_pop_delta=+7.7

|2016_land_area=9.77

|2016_pop_density=263.5

|2016_pop_rank=

|2016_median_age=39.6

|2016_median_age_m=37.8

|2016_median_age_f=41.8

|2016_total_pvt_dwell=1,170

|2016_total_pvt_dwell_usual=1,106

|2016_mean_hh_income=40,533

|2016_access_date=2022-05-04

|2011_population=2,389

|2011_pop_delta=+11.3

|2011_land_area=9.77

|2011_pop_density=244.6

|2011_pop_rank=

|2011_median_age=42.4

|2011_median_age_m=39.9

|2011_median_age_f=44.6

|2011_total_pvt_dwell=1,119

|2011_total_pvt_dwell_usual=1,073

|2011_mean_hh_income=

|2011_access_date=2012-02-29

|2006_population=2,147

|2006_pop_delta=-4.3

|2006_land_area=9.77

|2006_pop_density=219.9

|2006_pop_rank=

|2006_median_age=43.5

|2006_median_age_m=41.2

|2006_median_age_f=45.7

|2006_total_pvt_dwell=1,063

|2006_total_pvt_dwell_usual=984

|2006_mean_hh_income=59,876

|2006_access_date=2009-02-24

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Attractions

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Attractions in Unity include:{{cite web

| title =Town of Unity website

| url =http://www.townofunity.com/

| access-date =2013-04-30}}

the history murals in downtown
Unity & District Heritage Museum
Unity Golf Course
Unity Regional Park housing the Unity Ball Diamonds
Unity Arena.
Unity Credit Union Aquatics Centre
Sink and Gordon Lakes are just to the west of Unity, providing wetlands for many migratory birds.
Muddy Lake is just south of town.

Education

Two elementary schools, St. Peter's Catholic School and Unity Public School offer kindergarten to Grade 6. Unity Composite High School (UCHS) includes Grades 7 to 12. The schools are part of Living Sky School Division No. 202.{{cite web

| title =Living Sky School Division No. 202

| url =http://www.lskysd.ca/

| access-date =2013-04-30}}

class="wikitable" \|+ Student Enrollment (2024–2025){{cite web \|title=New school, who's this? \|url=https://www.sasktoday.ca/north/unity-wilkie-press-herald/new-school-whos-this-9529755 \|access-date=2025-03-27}} ! School !! Grades !! Enrollment
St. Peter’s Catholic School	K–6	121
Unity Public School	K–6	235
Unity Composite High School	7–12	325

Transportation

The town receives Via Rail service with The Canadian calling at Unity several times per week. Unity is on the Canadian National Railway tracks. In 1924, the Canadian Pacific Railway crossed the Canadian National Railway at Topaz just west of Unity.

{{Adjacent stations|system=Via Rail|line=Canadian|left=Wainwright|right=Biggar}}