Heward Saskatchewan Information

Heward (2016 population: 44) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Tecumseh No. 65 and Census Division No. 1. The village is located along highway 33 in southeastern Saskatchewan. Even though it has under 50 people it still maintains a post office, rink, and hall that all service the farming community. In 1977 Prairie Trails and Tales: Heward Saskatchewan 1900-1976 was written by Muriel Dempsey. _x000D_ Heward incorporated as a village on November 21, 1904. _x000D_ Bryce Dickey, born in Heward in 1908, wrote an extensive history of the village which is published in the summer 2007 issue of Folklore magazine. He describes how “Reverend Pike, an Englishman and a bachelor decided to build a new church and it was to be the same design and construction as one in England that had been lost to the sea due to coastal erosion.” The chimes and font were from this church and were installed in the Heward church. When the church was finally closed, the chimes and font were sent to a church in Regina. _x000D_ In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Heward had a population of 30 living in 15 of its 20 total private dwellings, a change of -31.8% from its 2016 population of 44. With a land area of 0.92 km2 (0.36 sq mi), it had a population density of 32.6/km2 (84.5/sq mi) in 2021. _x000D_ In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Heward recorded a population of 44 living in 19 of its 20 total private dwellings, a 9.1% change from its 2011 population of 40. With a land area of 0.99 km2 (0.38 sq mi), it had a population density of 44.4/km2 (115.1/sq mi) in 2016. _x000D_ 49°44?13?N 103°08?46?W? / ?49.737°N 103.146°W? / 49.737; -103.146 _x000D_ This article about a location in the Census Division No. 1 of Saskatchewan is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it._x000D_ _x000D_ Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heward,_Saskatchewan