Bladworth


Bladworth is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of McCraney No. 282 and Census Division No. 11. The village is located south of the City of Saskatoon on Highway 11.

History

Bladworth incorporated as a village on July 27, 1906.
;Heritage properties
Bladworth is the site of a Saskatchewan Municipal Heritage property, a two-story brick house clearly visible from adjacent Highway 11. The J. Fred Johnston house is named for its builder, a Saskatchewan entrepreneur, Liberal Member of Parliament and later a Senator, from 1943 to 1948. The home is now owned by Barkley and Tannis Prpick, proprietors of the local public house. Mr. Prpick is a noted local figure and third generation "Bladworthian".

Demographics

In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Bladworth 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 Bladworth recorded a population of, a change from its 2006 population of. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2011.

Notable people

In 1926, disc golf was allegedly invented in Bladworth by a local elementary school student and his friends.
Gordon Stewart Northcott, known for abducting and murdering 3 children in Wineville, California, was born in Bladworth in 1906.