RM of Aberdeen No. 373 - 148.58 acres

Aberdeen No 373 Aberdeen No 373 S0K 0A0

Osler Saskatchewan Information

.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}52°22?N 106°32?W? / ?52.37°N 106.54°W? / 52.37; -106.54 _x000D_ Osler is a town in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, founded in the 1890s. The community was named after Sir Edmund Boyd Osler (1845–1924), who was an Ontario-based explorer, railroad financier, and Member of Parliament. _x000D_ The town has a library, seniors’ centre, volunteer fire department, gas station, grocery store, first responders, leisure centre, two schools, and four churches. Osler is about 20 km north of Saskatoon. _x000D_ Osler was built along the historic Qu’Appelle, Long Lake and Saskatchewan Railroad after surveying starting in 1890 by the engineering firm of Osler, Hammond and Nanton. _x000D_ In 1892 the station house was built. The town of Osler came into existence soon after and became one of many towns and villages to spring up along the new railroad. Osler officially became a village on April 9, 1904, and stayed a village until May 1, 1918, when it became a Hamlet. Then, in 1949 it was upgraded to organized Hamlet status. Osler became a village for a second time in 1968, and was officially designated Town of Osler in 1985. _x000D_ By the 1970s the railroad station had fallen into disuse and it was demolished by Canadian National Railway in 1973. _x000D_ In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Osler had a population of 1,251 living in 420 of its 429 total private dwellings, a change of 1.1% from its 2016 population of 1,237. With a land area of 1.62 km2 (0.63 sq mi), it had a population density of 772.2/km2 (2,000.0/sq mi) in 2021. _x000D_ _x000D_ Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osler,_Saskatchewan