Minton, Saskatchewan


Minton is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Surprise Valley No. 9 and Census Division No. 2. It is on Highway 6 just north of its intersection with Highway 18, 19 km north of the Raymond-Regway Border Crossing on the Montana-Saskatchewan border. The village was named after Minton, Shropshire in England. The name was given by the Canadian Pacific Railway.

History

Minton incorporated as a village on January 1, 1951.

Demographics

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

Attractions

There is an Inukshuk monument approximately 8 km north of Minton on highway #6. It is 50 metre east of the highway at coordinates 49 13.901 N, 104 36.358 W just off of the gravel road.

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