Elfros


Elfros is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Elfros No. 307 and Census Division No. 10. It is northeast of Regina and southeast of the Quill Lakes at the junction of Highway 16 and Highway 35.

History

Elfros was first settled by Icelandic immigrants, and many of the present inhabitants are of Icelandic descent. A post office was opened in 1909. Elfros incorporated as a village on December 1, 1909.
From the Icelandic Pioneer Memorial in Elfros comes the following quotation.

Demographics

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