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Alvena Saskatchewan Information

Alvena (2016 population: 60) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Fish Creek No. 402 and Census Division No. 15. It is approximately 60 kilometres (37 mi) northeast of Saskatoon. _x000D_ Many early settlers to Alvena were of Ukrainian descent. Many were peasant serf farmers in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Others were from Poland and they erected Roman Catholic Churches in the area. Earlier settlers along the South Saskatchewan River were Métis. Many of these families were involved in the April 24, 1885 Battle of Fish Creek which occurred in Tourond’s Coulee, a few miles west of what later became Alvena. Alvena incorporated as a village on July 1, 1936. _x000D_ In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Alvena had a population of 75 living in 34 of its 52 total private dwellings, a change of 25% from its 2016 population of 60. With a land area of 0.43 km2 (0.17 sq mi), it had a population density of 174.4/km2 (451.7/sq mi) in 2021. _x000D_ In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Alvena recorded a population of 60 living in 32 of its 46 total private dwellings, a 8.3% change from its 2011 population of 55. With a land area of 0.43 km2 (0.17 sq mi), it had a population density of 139.5/km2 (361.4/sq mi) in 2016. _x000D_ 52°31?N 106°01?W? / ?52.517°N 106.017°W? / 52.517; -106.017 _x000D_ This article about a location in the Census Division No. 15 of Saskatchewan is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it._x000D_ _x000D_ Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvena