Weyakwin
{{Short description|Community in Saskatchewan, Canada}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=February 2024}}
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Weyakwin{{cite web |title=Weyakwin |url=https://toponymes.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/HAABH|website=Canadian Geographical Names Database |publisher=Government of Canada |access-date=18 February 2024}} is a northern hamlet in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It is situated along Highway 2 on the south bank of Weyakwin River.{{cite web |title=Weyakwin River |url=https://toponymes.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/HAMTJ|website=Canadian Geographical Names Database |publisher=Government of Canada |access-date=18 February 2024}} The Weyakwin River flows from Weyakwin Lake east to Montreal Lake.
Name
The name of the community comes from the Cree language, meaning Foul or profane language.Wolvengrey, Arok, editor. Cree: Words. Regina, University of Regina Press, 2001. [https://itwewina.altlab.app/word/wiyahkw%C3%AAwin/ https://itwewina.altlab.app/word/wiyahkw%C3%AAwin/]
The community is known in Cree as ᐏᔭᐦᑵᐏᓂᕽ wiyahkwêwinihk. Wolvengrey, Arok, editor. Cree: Words. Regina, University of Regina Press, 2001. [https://itwewina.altlab.app/word/wiyahkw%C3%AAwinihk/ https://itwewina.altlab.app/word/wiyahkw%C3%AAwinihk/]
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Weyakwin had a population of {{val|100|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|30|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|36|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:100-102}}|102|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|102|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|5.27|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|100|5.27|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}}
See also
References
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Category:Division No. 18, Saskatchewan
Category:Northern hamlets in Saskatchewan
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