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Landis Saskatchewan Information

Landis is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Reford No. 379 and Census Division No. 13. The village is about 51 km (32 mi) south of Wilkie and about 128 km (80 mi) west from the City of Saskatoon on Highway 14. From 1907 to 1909, the post office at Section 23, Township 37, Range 18 west of the 3rd meridian, was known as Daneville. In 1925, Landis was a Canadian National Railway Station on the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway line. _x000D_ As of the 2016 Census, its population was 152. _x000D_ Landis incorporated as a village on May 17, 1909. _x000D_ In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Landis had a population of 133 living in 68 of its 78 total private dwellings, a change of -12.5% from its 2016 population of 152. With a land area of 0.84 km2 (0.32 sq mi), it had a population density of 158.3/km2 (410.1/sq mi) in 2021. _x000D_ In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Landis recorded a population of 152 living in 71 of its 82 total private dwellings, a 8.6% change from its 2011 population of 139. With a land area of 0.8 km2 (0.31 sq mi), it had a population density of 190.0/km2 (492.1/sq mi) in 2016. _x000D_ Landis had a K–12 school located within the Sun West School Division. The school was renovated in 1994 and then permanently closed in July 2014. _x000D_ About 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) west of the village is Landis Lake, which is a small endorheic salt lake. It is part of the Landis Lake Important Bird Area (IBA) of Canada that covers 63.07 km2 (24.35 sq mi) of land. It is a significant habitat for congregating shorebirds and a small section of the west-central shore line is designated as critical piping plover habitat. Other birds found there include the stilt sandpiper, sanderling, red-necked phalarope, pectoral sandpiper, American avocet, and the lesser yellowlegs. Landis Lake depends on spring runoff and seasonal rains to maintain water levels. During dry years, the lake will completely dry up. _x000D_ _x000D_ Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landis,_Saskatchewan