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Tisdale Saskatchewan Information

Tisdale is the business centre for the rich agricultural boreal forest area in central Saskatchewan, Canada. This town is in the Rural Municipality of Tisdale No. 427, Saskatchewan. _x000D_ Located at the junction of Highway 35 and Highway 3, and serviced by both the Canadian National Railway and the Canadian Pacific Railway, Tisdale is the grain handling centre of the region with five inland grain terminals, and is the centre of regional industry. _x000D_ The intersection of Highways 3 and 35 has traffic volumes of 11,200 vehicles per day and is the location of the largest 7-Eleven in Canada (by floor space) and the 4.9 m (16 ft) long roadside statue of “The World’s Largest Honey Bee” (the Giant Bee in Falher, is actually bigger at 6.91 m (22 ft 8 in)). _x000D_ This town is the administrative office of the Kinistin Saulteaux Nation band government. _x000D_ English explorer Henry Kelsey passed through this area in 1690 during his exploration of the Carrot River. _x000D_ The post office of Tisdale, provisional District of Saskatchewan, North-West Territories was created on 1 February 1904. The community was originally known as “Doghide” after the Doghide River that flows through the town, but with the arrival of the railway the community was renamed “Tisdale” in honour of F.W. Tisdale, an employee of the Canadian Northern Railway. _x000D_ Western Canada’s biggest gun shoot out took place just east of Tisdale in 1920. The historic gunfight involved a posse of Saskatchewan Provincial Police and four outlaws _x000D_ In 2005, Tisdale celebrated its 100th birthday with a homecoming celebration in conjunction with Saskatchewan’s centennial. The town also underwent beautification projects, including the construction of a new town square. _x000D_ In 2016, Tisdale changed its town motto from “The land of rape and honey” to “Opportunity grows here”. _x000D_ In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Tisdale had a population of 2,962 living in 1,379 of its 1,613 total private dwellings, a change of -8.4% from its 2016 population of 3,235. With a land area of 6.56 km2 (2.53 sq mi), it had a population density of 451.5/km2 (1,169.4/sq mi) in 2021. _x000D_ For 60 years, until October 2015, Tisdale was known as the “Land of Rape and Honey” due to its significance in both rapeseed and honey production. Tisdale is also known as the Honey Capital of Saskatchewan. One third of the farmland in the Northeast region is cropped into canola and 10% of the honey produced in Canada comes from this area. Traditionally the area produces about 4,100,000 kg (9,000,000 lb) ($7.2 million) in honey. Due to the sexual alternate meaning, industrial metal band Ministry named their 1988 album The Land of Rape and Honey after seeing the motto on a Tisdale souvenir mug. The town adopted the new motto “Opportunity Grows Here” on 22 August 2016. _x000D_ 5 major parks are located within the town. Some regional and provincial parks near Tisdale are: _x000D_ Tisdale is the regional sports hub which boasts a 6 sheet curling rink, indoor and outdoor skating rinks, soccer and football fields, indoor gun range and one of Saskatchewan’s most picturesque 9 hole golf courses situated along the Doghide River. Tisdale’s sporting facilities draw teams and individuals from all over Northeast Saskatchewan and beyond. _x000D_ Tisdale Hospital is a 24-bed hospital with four doctors, an ambulance service, and long-term care facilities. _x000D_ Tisdale has twelve churches, two schools, and the Cumberland Regional College. _x000D_ Tisdale Airport has a paved runway 14/32 with ARCAL (Aircraft Radio Control of Aerodrome Lighting), two grass runways, 17/35 and 08/26, a terminal building, and several hangars. _x000D_ Tisdale RecPlex (Tisdale’s Recreational Centre) is a large 100,000 square foot joint-use complex that includes the following: _x000D_ An outdoor pool, outdoor ice rink, trails and playing fields are located on the grounds surrounding the complex. _x000D_ _x000D_ Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tisdale,_Saskatchewan