Vawn, Saskatchewan

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Vawn is a former village, now a hamlet, in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was dissolved as a village in 2004; its population is now counted as part of the rural municipality of Turtle River.{{Citation

|title = Saskatchewan Health Covered Population 2006

|publisher = Saskatchewan Health

|date = 2006-06-30

|url = http://www.health.gov.sk.ca/covered-population2006/NoticetoReaders2006.htm

|accessdate = 2008-10-21

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}} Vawn is located on Highway 26 52 km north west of the City of North Battleford.

History

Prior to February 15, 2004, Vawn was incorporated as a village, and was restructured as a hamlet under the jurisdiction of the Rural municipality of Turtle River on that date.{{cite web | author= |publisher= Saskatchewan Ministry of Municipal Affairs|title= Restructured Villages |accessdate=2008-02-10 |url=http://www.municipal.gov.sk.ca/div/munadvisory/munchanges/restructvillages.html| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080325234155/http://www.municipal.gov.sk.ca/div/munadvisory/munchanges/restructvillages.html| archivedate = March 25, 2008}}

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Vawn had a population of 20 living in 12 of its 16 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:20-49}}|49|1}} from its 2016 population of 49. With a land area of {{cvt|0.6|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|20|0.6|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/cv.action?pid=9810001201 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=Aug 31, 2022}}

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