Briercrest


Briercrest is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Redburn No. 130 and Census Division No. 6. The village is approximately 42 km southeast of the City of Moose Jaw and 77 km southwest of the City of Regina. When the post office formed in 1903, it was a part of the Federal Electoral District: Assiniboia, North West Territories, as well as part of the provisional district of Assiniboia West, North West Territories, until the province of Saskatchewan was formed in 1905.

History

Briercrest incorporated as a village on April 17, 1912.

Demographics

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

Education

Coventry School Division 213, North West Territories was one of the first one-room schools started in 1891. Hipperholme SD 467, NWT soon followed in 1899. Many more one-room school districts soon followed in the early 1900s to survive until the mid-20th century when they were gradually replaced with the Briercrest Family of Schools.
;Briercrest College and Seminary
The Briercrest College and Seminary was originally founded as the Briercrest Bible Institute in Briercrest in 1935, which has since moved to Caronport. In 1946, a larger facility was needed for the increasing number of students, and the airbase at Caronport became the school's new home. The school, however, continued to honour its early history by retaining the name of Briercrest as its birthplace.