Warman, Saskatchewan

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Warman was first established in the fall of 1904 when the Canadian Northern Railway built its northern line (running from Humboldt to North Battleford) at the intersection with the Canadian Pacific Railway north–south line (running from Regina to Prince Albert). The original railway station was opened in the spring of 1907,{{Cite web |title=Canadian National Railway Station, Warman SK - Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan |url=https://search.saskarchives.com/canadian-national-railway-station-warman-sk |access-date=2023-04-26 |website=search.saskarchives.com}} and currently holds heritage status. Operational until 1942, the building now serves as a senior citizens' drop-in centre.{{Cite web |title=HistoricPlaces.ca - HistoricPlaces.ca |url=https://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=10748&pid=0 |access-date=2023-04-26 |website=www.historicplaces.ca}}

Informally called "Diamond" due to the diamond shape made by the intersecting railway tracks, the name of the settlement was soon changed to Warman, in honour of Cy Warman (from Illinois), a journalist, author, and poet who worked as a publicity writer for Canadian Northern and the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway documenting the railway expansion boom in western Canada.{{cite web |title=Cy Warman: Pioneer Railroad Writer |url=http://pages.globetrotter.net/burridge/Lit-WarmanBio.html |access-date=2012-02-10 |publisher=Great Eastern |archive-date=February 25, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225062252/http://pages.globetrotter.net/burridge/Lit-WarmanBio.html |url-status=dead }}

Following the completion of the new railway, there was an inflow of settlers into the region, drawn by the promise of a quarter section of farmland for $10 as well as by the economic opportunities in the new community. The government, newspapers, and railways all promoted settlement, and Warman quickly developed into a thriving community with a school, churches, a bank, two hotels, a newspaper, a blacksmith shop, a shoe repair shop, many general stores and wooden pavements.{{Cite web |title=History of Warman {{!}} Warman, SK - Official Website |url=https://www.warman.ca/278/History-of-Warman |access-date=2023-04-26 |website=www.warman.ca}}

A fire in 1908, followed by a tornado in 1910, destroyed most of the newly created village, including most of Main Street, reducing the population. Main Street became a residential side street, as the residents opted to rebuild along Central Street instead. The population continued to decline in the aftermath of World War I and by 1927, the village had dropped to unincorporated hamlet status, having its administrative affairs handled by the Rural Municipality of Warman.

In the early 1950s Warman began to grow again, as one of the first bedroom communities of Saskatoon. By 1961, the population of Warman had reached 659, so it was decided in 1962 to reincorporate as a village, then as a town four years later. By 2011, the town grew to a population of 7,084. The town council applied for city status in 2012, which was approved by the provincial government in the summer of that year. Warman officially became a city on October 27, 2012.

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Warman had a population of {{val|12419|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|4162|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|4313|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:12419-11020}}|11020|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|11020|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|13.1|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|12419|13.1|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=March 27, 2022}}

{{Canada census

|2016_population=11,020 | 2016_pop_delta=55.1 | 2016_land_area=13.05 | 2016_pop_density=844.6

|2016_total_pvt_dwell=3,874

|2011_population=7,104 | 2011_pop_delta=48.5 | 2011_land_area=8.54 | 2011_pop_density=829.7

|2011_total_pvt_dwell=2,475

|2006_population=4,764 | 2006_pop_delta=36.9 | 2006_land_area=5.34 | 2006_pop_density=891.8

|2006_median_age=30.5 | 2006_median_age_m=30.4 | 2006_median_age_f=30.6

|2006_total_pvt_dwell=1,679 | 2006_mean_hh_income=65,067 | 2006_access_date=2011-03-06

|2001_population=3,481 | 2001_pop_delta=22.6 | 2001_land_area=5.01 | 2001_pop_density=695.1

|2001_median_age=30.5 | 2001_median_age_m=30.4 | 2001_median_age_f=30.6

|2001_total_pvt_dwell=1,199 |2001_mean_hh_income=47,914 | 2001_access_date=2011-03-06

}}

Prairie Spirit School Division provides public education in Warman, and operates four{{Cite web |title=Education: Schools in Warman {{!}} Warman, SK - Official Website |url=https://warman.ca/276/Education |access-date=2023-04-26 |website=warman.ca}} schools in the city:

• Warman Elementary School 
• Traditions Elementary School
• Warman Community Middle School
• Warman High School

Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools operates one school in the city:{{citation|url = http://www.gscs.sk.ca/board_information/documents/JUNE_2014_TRUSTEES_JOURNAL.pdf|title = Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools now represents the City of Warman|publisher = GSCS|date = 2014-06-01|access-date = 2015-07-01}}

• Holy Trinity Catholic School{{cite news|url = https://thestarphoenix.com/news/Catholic+schools+names/11159143/story.html|title = New Catholic schools get names|publisher = The StarPhoenix|date = 2015-06-23|access-date = 2015-07-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705094826/https://thestarphoenix.com/news/Catholic+schools+names/11159143/story.html|archive-date=July 5, 2015|url-status=live}}

Great Plains College, offering post-secondary education, has one campus in the city.

Due to its proximity to Saskatoon, Warman receives radio and television broadcasts from the city. Warman has a local newspaper, the Clark's Crossing Gazette, which also serves Martensville and other surrounding areas.

Warman is situation on the Louis Riel Trail (Highway 11), which links Saskatoon to Prince Albert. Highways 305 and 784 provide access to Martensville to the west. The closest major airport is the Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport.

Ed Dyck, former NHL hockey player, was born in Warman.

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;Works by Cy Warman

• [https://books.google.com/books?id=Cl8pAAAAYAAJ Tales of an Engineer: With Rhymes of the Rail] (1895)
• [https://books.google.com/books?id=OKUQAAAAYAAJ Frontier Stories] (1898)
• [https://books.google.com/books?id=VwIeAAAAMAAJ Snow on the Headlight: The Story of the Great Burlington Strike] (1899)
• [https://books.google.com/books?id=HykdAAAAMAAJ The Story of the Railroad] (1906)
• [https://books.google.com/books?id=XQIeAAAAMAAJ The Express Messenger and Other Stories of the Rail] (1908)
• [https://books.google.com/books?id=zfEtAAAAYAAJ The Songs of Cy Warman] (1911).

• {{Official website|http://www.warman.ca/}}

{{Geographic location

|Center=Warman

|North = Waldheim

|South= Saskatoon

|Northwest=Dalmeny

|Northeast=Osler

|Southwest=Martensville

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Category:Cities in Saskatchewan

Category:Division No. 11, Saskatchewan