From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Melfort is a small Canadian city in Saskatchewan, approximately 95 km (60 mi) southeast of Prince Albert. Melfort's first post office was established August 1, 1892 in the provisional district of the North West Territories. According to The World Gazetteer, its population as of 2004 was 5,400. Melfort became Saskatchewan's 12th city in 1980; although it had achieved the necessary 5,000 population a number of years earlier, residents were reluctant to give up their status as a town, and for a time, the town of Melfort was actually larger than the city of Melville. Western Canadian icon Grant MacEwan grew up in Melfort, as well as Canadian Sr. Women's Figure Skating Silver Medalist Nicole Watt.

Melfort is near the largest diamond find in the world. The ongoing diamond exploration by a joint venture between Shore Gold Inc. Newmont Mining Corporation of Canada in the Fort a la Corne district is expected to begin mine construction in 2009.

For more information see also the Rural Municipality of Flett's Springs No. 429, Saskatchewan

Contents 1 Railways 2 Hockey 3 Statistics 4 Historical Education 5 Notable people from Melfort 6 External links 7 Area statistics

In 1925, Melfort was listed as a Canadian Pacific Railways Ltd. C.P.R. Rail Station on the Lanigan - Naicam Branch Line. Melfort was also a Canadian National Railways C.N.R. Rail Station on the Swan River - Prince Albert Branch Line and the Humboldt - Melfort - Ridgdale Branch line.

Hockey is a key part of Saskatchewan's lifestyle and community, and Melfort is no exception. The Melfort Mustangs play in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League. The Mustangs are well known in Canadian hockey circles in many ways - for instance Marc Habscheid, past coach of Canada's World Junior team, started his coaching career with the Mustangs in 1996.

The latest census which was taken in 2006, showed a population in the city of melfort at 5,192. This meant the city grew 6.6 % since 2001.^[1]

This article or section needs to be updated. Parts of this article or section have been identified as no longer being up to date. Please update the article to reflect recent events, and remove this template when finished.

According to the Canada 2001 Census:

Population:	5,559 (-3.5% from 1996)
Land area:	14.78 km²
Population density:	376.1 people/km²
Median age:	40.4 (males: 38.9, females: 41.8)
Total private dwellings:	2,440
Mean household income:	$34,014

There were three namings of one room school houses which used Melfort. Melfort School District # 54 later called Tiger Lily #54 17 near Pleasantdale, Saskatchewan. Pleasantdale post office was previously named Windgap and was located at Twp.41, R.18, W2 CA A ). Melfort School District # 318 established in 1904 at Clemens, RR1, Melfort. Melfort School District # 1037 was the last one room school house to use this name.

• Grant MacEwan, former university professor and Calgary mayor
• Nicole Watt, Canadian Sr. Women's Figure Skating silver medalist
• Arthur Hill, actor
• Grant Jennings, National Hockey League player (retired)
• Lorne Henning, National Hockey League player and coach
• Steven Woods, high-tech entrepreneur
• Martine Gaillard, sports television personality currently working for Rogers Sportsnet

• City of Melfort
• Country School Memories Melfort and District Museum Melfort, Saskatchewan
• GeoNames Query
• Canadian Maps: January 1925 Waghorn's Guide. Post Offices in Man. Sask. Alta. and West Ontario.
• Saskatoon Gen Web
• Melfort Journal

• Lat (DMS) 52° 52' 00" N
• Long (DMS) 104° 37' 00" W
• Dominion Land Survey Sec.7, Twp.45, R.18, W2

Time zone (est) UTC-6

		Choiceland
	Prince Albert	Melfort	Tisdale
		Watson

v • d • e Subdivisions of Saskatchewan
Census divisions	1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 10 · 11 · 12 · 13 · 14 · 15 · 16 · 17 · 18
SARM divisions	1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6
Cities	Estevan · Flin Flon (part) · Humboldt · Lloydminster (part) · Melfort · Melville · Moose Jaw · North Battleford · Prince Albert · Regina · Saskatoon · Swift Current · Weyburn · Yorkton
Communities · Rural municipalities · First Nations · Indian reserves · Subdivisions of: BC · AB · MB · ON · QC · NB · NS · PEI · NL · YU · NT · NU

Coordinates: 52°52′N 104°36′W