Arran, Saskatchewan


Arran is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Livingston No. 331 and Census Division No. 9. The village is approximately 90 km northeast of the City of Yorkton and 10 km west of the Manitoba border. Arran is located on Highway 49.

History

The area around Arran was part of the "North Reserve", also known as "Thunder Hill Reserve", one of the block settlement areas allocated for the Doukhobor immigrants who arrived here in 1899 from Russia's Transcaucasian provinces. Arran incorporated as a village on September 21, 1916. The village was named after the Isle of Arran in Scotland.
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In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Arran recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2016.
In the 2011 Census of Population, the Village of Arran recorded a population of, a change from its 2006 population of. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2011.

Climate

Education

Arran School opened on November 30, 1914 and closed on June 30, 1994.