Weyburn

The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) reached the future site of Weyburn from Brandon, Manitoba in 1892 and the Soo Line from North Portal on the US border in 1893. A post office opened in 1895 and a land office in 1899 in anticipation of the land rush which soon ensued. In 1899, Knox Presbyterian Church was founded with its building constructed in 1906 in the high-pitched gable roof and arches, standing as a testimony to the faith and optimism in the Weyburn area. Weyburn was legally constituted a village in 1900, a town in 1903 and finally as a city in 1913.{{cite encyclopedia

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

|title = Weyburn

|first = David

|last = McLennon

|encyclopedia = Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan

|publisher = Great Plains Research Center

|year = 2006

|access-date = 10 November 2010}} From 1910 until 1931 the Weyburn Security Bank was headquartered in the city.{{cite web

|url = http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=4070

|title =Weyburn Security Bank

|publisher = Canada's Historic Places – a Federal Provincial and Territorial Collaboration

|access-date = 14 April 2012}}

Weyburn had since become an important railroad town in Saskatchewan – the Pasqua branch of the Souris, Arcola, Weyburn, Regina CPR branch; Portal Section of the CPR / Soo Line; Moose Jaw, Weyburn, Shaunavon, Lethbridge CPR section; the Brandon, Marfield, Carlyle, Lampman, Radville, Willow Bunch section of the Canadian National Railway (CNR); and the Regina, Weyburn, Radville, Estevan, Northgate CNR section have all run through Weyburn.{{cite web

|url = http://www.radville.ca/about.htm

|title = About Radville

|work = The Town of Radville, Saskatchewan

|publisher = Radville Economic Development Committee

|date = 2002–2004

|access-date = 10 November 2010}}{{cite web

| last = Adamson

| first = J

| title =Canadian Maps: May 1948 Waghorn's Guide. Post Offices in Man. Sask. Alta. and West Ontario.

| work =Online Historical Map Digitization Project

| publisher = Rootsweb

| date = 5 November 2003

| url = http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canmaps/1948Waghorn/May1948-14-15.html

| access-date = 15 April 2008}}

Weyburn was previously home to the Souris Valley Mental Health Hospital, which was closed as a health care facility and sold in 2006, and demolished in 2009. When the mental hospital opened in 1921, it was the largest building in the British Commonwealth and was considered to be on the cutting edge of experimental treatments for people with mental disabilities. The facility had a reputation of leading the way in therapeutic programming. At its peak, the facility was home to approximately 2,500 patients. The history of the facility is explored in the documentary Weyburn: An Archaeology of Madness.{{cite web

|url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1438284/

|title = Weyburn: An Archaeology of Madness

|work = Internet Movie Database

|publisher = Amazon.com

|year = 2004

|access-date = 10 November 2010}}

{{Historical populations

| title = Historical populations

| type = Canada

| align = right

| width =

| state =

| shading =

| percentages =

| footnote = Source: Statistics Canada

|1901|113

|1911|2,210

|1921|3,193

|1931|5,002

|1941|6,119

|1951|7,148

|1961|9,101

|1971|8,815

|1981|9,523

|1991|9,673

|2001|9,534

|2006|9,433

|2011|10,484

|2016|10,870

|2021|11,019

}}

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Weyburn had a population of {{val|11019|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|4655|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|5142|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:11019-10870}}|10870|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|10870|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|19.03|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|11019|19.03|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

|2001_population=9,534

|2001_pop_delta=-1.9

|2001_land_area=15.72

|2001_pop_density=606.3

|2001_median_age=39.8

|2001_median_age_m=38.1

|2001_median_age_f=41.4

|2001_total_pvt_dwell=4,223

|2001_mean_hh_income=38,469

|2001_access_date=2011-07-16

|2006_population=9,433

|2006_pop_delta=-1.1

|2006_land_area=15.78

|2006_pop_density=597.7

|2006_median_age=41.8

|2006_median_age_m=39.5

|2006_median_age_f=43.9

|2006_total_pvt_dwell=4,267

|2006_total_pvt_dwell_usual=4,046

|2006_mean_hh_income=49,793

|2006_access_date=2011-07-16

|2011_population=10,484

|2011_pop_delta=11.1

|2011_land_area=18.49

|2011_pop_density=566.9

|2011_median_age=

|2011_median_age_m=

|2011_median_age_f=

|2011_total_pvt_dwell=4,645

|2011_total_pvt_dwell_usual=4,480

|2011_mean_hh_income=

|2011_access_date=2012-04-14}}

Weyburn is situated near the upper delta of the {{convert|700|km}} long Souris River. The Souris River continues southeast through North Dakota eventually meeting the Assiniboine River in Manitoba.{{cite web

| url=http://www.milebymile.com/main/Canada/Saskatchewan/State_6_2/Canada_Saskatchewan_road_map_travel_guides.html

| title=Saskatchewan Road Map RV Travel Guide: #6 Canada / United States Border to Regina

| access-date=11 February 2009

| publisher= Mile By Mile Media

| year=2007

}} In the 1800s, this area was known as an extension of the Greater Yellow Grass Marsh. Extensive flood control programs have created reservoirs, parks and waterfowl centres along the Souris River.{{cite web

| url = http://ndpcaucus.sk.ca/topics/read.php3/423.html

| title = Canadian Rural Partnership — Rural Development – Public – Private Partnerships in Rural and Northern Canada Study – Appendix C – List of Projects

| publisher = Government of Canada

| date = 26 September 2005

| access-date = 15 April 2008}} Between 1988 and 1995, the Rafferty-Alameda Project was constructed to alleviate spring flooding problems created by the Souris River.{{cite web

| url =http://www.swa.ca/WaterManagement/DamsAndReservoirs.asp?type=RaffertyAlameda#

| title = Water Control – Saskatchewan Dams and Reservoirs

| publisher = Saskatchewan Watershed Authority

| access-date = 15 April 2008}}

Weyburn has a humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) typical of Southern Saskatchewan.

{{Weather box

|location = Weyburn, 1981–2010 normals, extremes 1916–present

|metric first = yes

|single line = yes

|Jan record high C = 11.5

|Feb record high C = 16.0

|Mar record high C = 23.5

|Apr record high C = 32.2

|May record high C = 37.5

|Jun record high C = 40.5

|Jul record high C = 42.5

|Aug record high C = 40.0

|Sep record high C = 38.0

|Oct record high C = 31.1

|Nov record high C = 24.0

|Dec record high C = 14.5

|year record high C = 42.5

|Jan high C = -8.2

|Feb high C = -5.4

|Mar high C = 1.4

|Apr high C = 11.9

|May high C = 18.6

|Jun high C = 23.2

|Jul high C = 26.5

|Aug high C = 26.2

|Sep high C = 19.6

|Oct high C = 11.4

|Nov high C = 0.8

|Dec high C = -6.1

|year high C = 10.0

|Jan mean C = -13.5

|Feb mean C = -10.5

|Mar mean C = -3.6

|Apr mean C = 5.2

|May mean C = 11.7

|Jun mean C = 16.7

|Jul mean C = 19.6

|Aug mean C = 18.8

|Sep mean C = 12.5

|Oct mean C = 5.1

|Nov mean C = -4.2

|Dec mean C = -11.1

|year mean C = 3.9

|Jan low C = -18.8

|Feb low C = -15.6

|Mar low C = -8.7

|Apr low C = -1.5

|May low C = 4.8

|Jun low C = 10.1

|Jul low C = 12.7

|Aug low C = 11.4

|Sep low C = 5.5

|Oct low C = -1.3

|Nov low C = -9.1

|Dec low C = -16.2

|year low C = -2.2

|Jan record low C = -42.9

|Feb record low C = -41.9

|Mar record low C = -41.1

|Apr record low C = -30.6

|May record low C = -13.3

|Jun record low C = -3.9

|Jul record low C = -2.2

|Aug record low C = -2.2

|Sep record low C = -13.3

|Oct record low C = -20.6

|Nov record low C = -34.0

|Dec record low C = -42.0

|year record low C = -42.9

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 19.7

|Feb precipitation mm = 11.9

|Mar precipitation mm = 22.2

|Apr precipitation mm = 27.6

|May precipitation mm = 56.8

|Jun precipitation mm = 75.5

|Jul precipitation mm = 66.1

|Aug precipitation mm = 47.5

|Sep precipitation mm = 33.2

|Oct precipitation mm = 24.2

|Nov precipitation mm = 18.5

|Dec precipitation mm = 20.8

|year precipitation mm = 423.9

|rain colour = green

|Jan rain mm = 0.7

|Feb rain mm = 0.8

|Mar rain mm = 6.1

|Apr rain mm = 19.2

|May rain mm = 51.3

|Jun rain mm = 75.5

|Jul rain mm = 66.1

|Aug rain mm = 47.5

|Sep rain mm = 32.1

|Oct rain mm = 16.4

|Nov rain mm = 2.2

|Dec rain mm = 0.5

|year rain mm = 318.2

|snow colour = green

|Jan snow cm = 19.0

|Feb snow cm = 11.1

|Mar snow cm = 16.1

|Apr snow cm = 8.3

|May snow cm = 5.5

|Jun snow cm = 0.0

|Jul snow cm = 0.0

|Aug snow cm = 0.0

|Sep snow cm = 1.1

|Oct snow cm = 7.8

|Nov snow cm = 16.4

|Dec snow cm = 20.3

|year snow cm = 105.7

|Jan sun = 98.0

|Feb sun = 125.4

|Mar sun = 150.4

|Apr sun = 222.7

|May sun = 268.3

|Jun sun = 309.4

|Jul sun = 353.0

|Aug sun = 294.5

|Sep sun = 192.5

|Oct sun = 176.0

|Nov sun = 117.3

|Dec sun = 80.1

|year sun = 2387.7

|Jan percentsun = 36.5

|Feb percentsun = 44.0

|Mar percentsun = 40.9

|Apr percentsun = 54.1

|May percentsun = 56.4

|Jun percentsun = 63.6

|Jul percentsun = 71.9

|Aug percentsun = 65.8

|Sep percentsun = 50.7

|Oct percentsun = 52.6

|Nov percentsun = 42.8

|Dec percentsun = 31.4

|year percentsun = 50.9

|source 1 = Environment Canada[http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_1981_2010_e.html?stnID=3050&autofwd=1 Canadian Climate Normals 1981–2010], accessed 16 July 2016

{{cite web

| title = Daily Data Report for January 2009

| work = Canadian Climate Data

| publisher = Environment Canada

| url = http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=1994-02-01%7C2016-07-15&dlyRange=1992-12-01%7C2016-07-14&mlyRange=1996-02-01%7C2007-10-01&StationID=10666&Prov=SK&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnName&optLimit=yearRange&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2016&selRowPerPage=25&Line=1&searchMethod=contains&Month=1&Day=31&txtStationName=weyburn&timeframe=2&Year=2009

| access-date = 16 July 2016}}

{{cite web

| title = Daily Data Report for February 1996

| work = Canadian Climate Data

| publisher = Environment Canada

| url = http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=1994-02-01%7C2016-07-15&dlyRange=1992-12-01%7C2016-07-14&mlyRange=1996-02-01%7C2007-10-01&StationID=10666&Prov=SK&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnName&optLimit=yearRange&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2016&selRowPerPage=25&Line=1&searchMethod=contains&Month=2&Day=28&txtStationName=weyburn&timeframe=2&Year=1996

| access-date = 16 July 2016}}

{{cite web

| title = Weyburn

| work = Canadian Climate Data

| publisher = Environment Canada

| url = http://climate.weather.gc.ca/historical_data/search_historic_data_stations_e.html?searchType=stnName&timeframe=1&txtStationName=weyburn&searchMethod=contains&optLimit=yearRange&StartYear=1840&EndYear=1916&Year=2016&Month=7&Day=16&selRowPerPage=25

| access-date = 16 July 2016}}

{{cite web

| title = Weyburn Airport

| work = Canadian Climate Data

| publisher = Environment Canada

| url = http://climate.weather.gc.ca/historical_data/search_historic_data_stations_e.html?searchType=stnName&timeframe=1&txtStationName=weyburn&searchMethod=contains&optLimit=yearRange&StartYear=2016&EndYear=2016&Year=2016&Month=7&Day=16&selRowPerPage=25

| access-date = 16 July 2016}}

|date=December 2010

}}

Weyburn is the largest inland grain gathering point in Canada. Well over half a million tons of grain pass through the Weyburn terminals each year. Oil and gas exploration make up the other major component of the economy.{{cite web

|url = http://www.weyburn.ca/pdfs/newsletter.pdf

|title = Weyburn... The Opportunity City!

|publisher = City of Weyburn

|access-date = 10 November 2010}}

The Soo Line Historical Museum (c. 1910) is a Municipal Heritage Property under Saskatchewan's Heritage Property Act.{{CRHP|1592|Soo Line Historical Museum|22 October 2014}}

Weyburn is also home to the world's first curling museum, the Turner Curling Museum.{{cite web

|url = http://www.weyburn.ca/modules.php?name=Sections&op=viewarticle&artid=374

|title = Turner Curling Museum

|publisher = City of Weyburn

|access-date = 10 November 2010}}

The public school system, South East Cornerstone School Division No. 209, operates the following schools.

• Assiniboia Park Elementary School
• Legacy Park Elementary School
• Weyburn Comprehensive High School
• Haig School (now closed)
• Queen Elizabeth School (now closed)
• Souris School (now closed)

It also operated Weyburn Junior High School from 1966 to 2016, which was closed in favour of relocating students to Weyburn Comprehensive High School.{{cite web | url=http://www.weyburnreview.com/news/local-news/farewell-held-for-weyburn-jr-high-1.2267026 | title=Farewell held for Weyburn Jr. High | newspaper=Weyburn Review | author=Greg Nikkel | publisher=Glacier Community Media | date=1 June 2016 | access-date=15 November 2016}}

Haig School, Queen Elizabeth School, and Souris School are being closed in favour of relocating students to Legacy Park Elementary School in September 2021.{{cite web | url=https://www.secpsd.ca/pages/newsitem.aspx | title=Board Highlights (June 2019) |author=South East Cornerstone Public School Division | date=19 June 2019 | access-date=6 July 2019}}

The separate school system, Holy Family Roman Catholic Separate School Division No. 140, operates St. Michael School.

Southeast College offers technical, trade and non-degree programs, as well as distance learning from the University of Regina and University of Saskatchewan.

The Weyburn Public Library is a branch of the Southeast Regional Library system.{{cite web

|url = http://wcapqlx.sasktelwebhosting.com/wpl/

|title = Weyburn Public Library Branch

|publisher = Southeast Regional Library

|access-date = 10 November 2010}}

File:Weyburn water tower.jpg

Weyburn is at the junction of highways 13, 35, and 39. The Weyburn Airport is northeast of the city.

Electricity is provided by SaskPower and natural gas is provided by SaskEnergy. The city maintains its own water treatment plant{{cite web

|url = http://www.weyburn.ca/modules.php?name=Sections&op=viewarticle&artid=370

|title = Water Treatment Plant

|publisher = City of Weyburn

|access-date = 10 November 2010}} and waste management system. The city's water is sourced from Nickle Lake.{{cite web

|url = http://www.weyburn.ca/modules.php?name=Sections&op=viewarticle&artid=365

|title = Refuse Collection and Disposal

|publisher = City of Weyburn

|access-date = 10 November 2010}} Telephone and internet services are provided by both SaskTel and Access Communications.

The Weyburn General Hospital is operated by the SunCountry Health Region.{{cite web

|url = http://www.suncountry.sk.ca/map/work/menu_id/94/id/23/f_id/35

|title = Weyburn General Hospital

|publisher = SunCountry Health Region

|access-date = 10 November 2010}}

The Weyburn Police Service and local RCMP detachment provide law enforcement for the city.{{cite web

|url = http://www.weyburn.ca/modules.php?name=Sections&op=viewarticle&artid=35

|title = Weyburn Police Service

|publisher = City of Weyburn

|access-date = 10 November 2010}} Fire protection services are provided by the Weyburn Fire Department.{{cite web

|url = http://www.weyburn.ca/modules.php?name=Sections&op=viewarticle&artid=28

|title = Weyburn Fire Department

|publisher = City of Weyburn

|access-date = 10 November 2010}}

Weyburn is the home of the Weyburn Red Wings of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) and the Weyburn Beavers of the Western Canadian Baseball League, a collegiate summer baseball league in Canada's prairie provinces. In addition, Weyburn is home to Saskatchewan's largest amateur wrestling club.

• Golden West Broadcasting operates three radio stations that serve Weyburn and the surrounding area; full service classic hits station CFSL 1190 AM, hot adult contemporary station CKRC-FM 103.5, and country music station CHWY-FM 106.7. All three stations, and the cluster's news website Discover Weyburn, are based out of studios on 305 Souris Avenue in downtown Weyburn.
• Glacier Media Group publishes three newspapers for Weyburn and area: the Weyburn Review, Weyburn and Area Booster, and Weyburn This Week.{{cite web

|url = http://www.glaciermedia.ca/readerlink/readerlink.html

|title = Readerlink

|publisher = Glacier Media Group

|access-date = 10 November 2010}}

• Tenille Arts - country music singer
• Pat Binns - former premier of Prince Edward Island
• Neil Cameron - politician, academic, journalist
• Graham DeLaet - professional golfer
• Shirley Douglas - actress
• Tommy Douglas - politician, recipient of The Greatest Canadian award in 2004
• Larry Giroux, played in the NHL for the Detroit Red Wings, Hartford Whalers, Kansas City Scouts, and St. Louis Blues
• Brett Jones - professional football player
• Guy Gavriel Kay - writer
• Trenna Keating – actress
• Brendon LaBatte - professional football player
• W. O. Mitchell - writer
• John Saywell - Canadian historian
• Dave "Tiger" Williams - former professional hockey player

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{{Geographic location

|Centre = Weyburn

|Northwest = McTaggart

|North = Cedoux

|Northeast = Fillmore

|East = Griffin

|Southeast = Halbrite

|South = Tribune

|Southwest = Radville

|West = Trossachs

}}

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