Young, Saskatchewan

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|leader_title = Mayor

|leader_name = Agnes Thompson

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|established_title = Founded

|established_date = 1908

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|established_date2 = 1909-04-01

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|established_date3 = June 7, 1910

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| title =2011 Community Profiles

| work =Statistics Canada

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| url =http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E

| access-date =2014-08-21

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|postal_code = S0K 4Y0

|area_code = 306

|blank_name = Highways

|blank_info = Highway 2

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|website = [http://www.young.ca Official Site]

|footnotes = {{Cite web

| last =National Archives

| first =Archivia Net

| title =Post Offices and Postmasters

| url =http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/post-offices/001001-100.01-e.php

| access-date = 2014-08-21}}{{Cite web

|last=Government of Saskatchewan

|first=MRD Home

|title=Municipal Directory System

|url=http://www.mds.gov.sk.ca/apps/Pub/MDS/welcome.aspx

|access-date=2014-08-21

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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160115125115/http://www.mds.gov.sk.ca/apps/Pub/MDS/welcome.aspx

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Young (2016 population: {{nts|244}}) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Morris No. 312. The economy is dominated by local agriculture and the nearby Mosaic Potash mine.{{cite web

|url =http://www.young.ca/economy.htm

|title =Economy of Young

|publisher =Village of Young

|access-date = 2011-03-06}}

History

Young came into being with the coming of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. Young incorporated as a village on June 7, 1910.{{cite web | url=http://municipal.gov.sk.ca/Municipal-History/Urban-Incorporated-Dates | title=Urban Municipality Incorporations | publisher=Saskatchewan Ministry of Government Relations | access-date=June 1, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141015042810/http://municipal.gov.sk.ca/Municipal-History/Urban-Incorporated-Dates | archive-date=October 15, 2014}} It was named for F.G. Young, a land agent.

A limestone kiln producing 1000 bushels of lime a day was established in the town at the northwest end of 2 Avenue.

It has a 3 sheet curling rink with artificial ice and hockey arena, a swimming pool, golf course, ball diamonds and playground.{{cite web

|url =http://www.young.ca/history.htm

|title =History of Young

|publisher =Village of Young

|access-date = 2011-03-06}}

A fire destroyed the village's oldest building, the former Young Hotel, on November 12, 2011. The hotel was built in 1910.{{cite web

|url =https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/young-s-century-old-hotel-building-destroyed-1.1056721

|title =Young's century-old hotel building destroyed

|publisher =CBC News

|access-date = 2013-02-09}}

Demographics

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{{Historical populations

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(1981–2016)

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| footnote = Source: Statistics Canada via Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics{{cite web | url=http://www.stats.gov.sk.ca/stats/population/SaskCensusPopulation8106.pdf | title=Saskatchewan Census Population | publisher=Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics | access-date=May 31, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924105944/http://www.stats.gov.sk.ca/stats/population/SaskCensusPopulation8106.pdf | archive-date=September 24, 2015 | url-status=dead}}{{cite web | url=https://publications.saskatchewan.ca/api/v1/products/86690/formats/100724/download | title=Saskatchewan Census Population | publisher=Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics | access-date=May 31, 2020}}

|1981|456

|1986|427

|1991|352

|1996|320

|2001|299

|2006|263

|2011|239

|2016|244

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In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Young had a population of {{val|253|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|126|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|142|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:253-244}}|244|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|244|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|2.54|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|253|2.54|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}}

In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Young recorded a population of {{nts|244}} living in {{nts|117}} of its {{nts|133}} total private dwellings, a {{percentage|{{#expr:244-239}}|244|1}} change from its 2011 population of {{nts|239}}. With a land area of {{convert|2.51|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|244|2.51|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2016.{{cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table.cfm?Lang=Eng&T=302&SR=1&S=86&O=A&RPP=9999&PR=47 | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Saskatchewan) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 8, 2017 | access-date=May 30, 2020}}