Rhein, Saskatchewan


Rhein is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Wallace No. 243 and Census Division No. 9.

History

Rhein incorporated as a village on March 10, 1913.

Demographics

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

Economy

Commercial cultivation of industrial cannabis was banned in Canada in 1938, but as of 1928 1,640 acres of cannabis were grown in Canada, with 200 of those acres being in Rhein.

Notable residents

Rhein was the hometown of Arnie Weinmeister, one of the only two Canadians to be elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Rhein is also home of radio announcer Aaron Nagy. He also worked with CFL team the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Nagy also petitioned the Saskatchewan government to change the occupational regulations after his friend Jim Wiebe was murdered. The law was coined "Jimmy's law."
Established Ukrainian-Canadian fiddler Bill Prokopchuk, who recorded several albums and appeared in the 1979 NFB film "Paper Wheat," was born in Rhein in 1925.