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Weyburn is a city in southeastern Saskatchewan, Canada. It is located on the Souris River 110 kilometres (68 miles) southeast of the provincial capital of Regina and is 70 km (43 mi) north of the border with the United States. The name is reputedly a corruption of the Scottish "wee burn," referring to a small creek.

Contents 1 Demographics 2 History 3 Facilities 4 Sports 5 Noteworthy Weyburnians 6 Economy 7 Notes 8 External links

The city had a population of 9,433 in 2006, having declined from 9,534 in 2001.^[1]

According to the Canada 2006 Census:

• Population:	9,433 (-1.1% from 2001)
• Land area:	15.78 km² (6.09 sq mi)
• Population density:	597.7 people/km² (1,548/sq mi)
• Median age:	39.8 (males: 38.1, females: 41.4)
• Total private dwellings:	4,267
• Dwellings occupied by permanent residents:	4,046
• Mean household income:↑	$38,469

References:

• 2006 Community Profile

Footnotes: ^↑ The data has not yet been released and is based on 2001 Census.

The Canadian Pacific Railway reached the future site of Weyburn from Brandon, Manitoba in 1892 and the Soo Line from North Portal on the US border in 1893.^[2] A post office opened in 1895 and a land office in 1899 in anticipation of the land rush which soon ensued.^[3] Weyburn was legally constituted a village in 1900, a town in 1903 and as a city in 1913.^[4]

Today the city's facilities include:

• 220 stores and services;
• five elementary schools, two junior high schools and one high school; and the Southeast Regional College;
• public library;
• Weyburn General Hospital;
• municipal police and fire departments;
• some 15 churches;
• two radio stations; and
• a weekly newspaper, the Weyburn Review, established in 1909.^[5]

Weyburn is the home of the Weyburn Red Wings of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL). The Red Wings have been Canadian Junior A Hockey League Champions on two occasions, in 1984 and 2005.

Weyburn was the birthplace of acclaimed Canadian writers W. O. Mitchell, Guy Gavriel Kay and Mark Steven Morton, and former National Hockey League player Dave "Tiger" Williams. It was also home to Canadian politician Tommy Douglas who is credited with the establishment of Medicare in Canada. In 2005, Douglas was voted the Greatest Canadian in a nationwide poll on Canadian Broadcasting Corporations "The Greatest Canadian". British medical researcher Dr Humphry Osmond is also a former resident of Weyburn. It is also the birthplace of the former Premier of Prince Edward Island, Pat Binns.

Weyburn is the largest inland grain gathering point in Canada. Well over half a million tons of grain pass through the Weyburn terminals each and every year. Weyburn is also home to the world's only curling museum, the Turner Curling Museum. Weyburn is also home to the Souris Valley Mental Health Hospital. When opened in 1921, it was the largest building in Canada and was considered 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 1,500 patients. The history of the facility is explored in the documentary Weyburn: An Archaeology of Madness.^[6]

• City of Weyburn Web Site
• Soo Line Historical Museum
• Tatagwa Parkway

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Coordinates: 49°40′N, 103°51′W