Unity
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Town
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| Town of Unity | |
| Motto:
A good town in a good district
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  Unity Location of Unity in Saskatchewan | |
| Coordinates: 52°26′0″N 109°10′0″W / 52.43333°N 109.16667°W / 52.43333; -109.16667 | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Saskatchewan |
| Post office Founded | 1909-04-01 |
| Village established | 1909-06-01 |
| Town incorporated | 1909-11-01 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Sharon Del Frari |
| • Federal Electoral District Battlefords—Lloydminster M.P. | Rosemarie Falk |
| • Provincial Constituency Cut Knife-Turtleford M.L.A. | Ryan Domotor |
| Area | |
| • Land | 9.77 km2 (3.77 sq mi) |
| Population
(2016)
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| • Total | 2,573 |
| • Density | 244.6/km2 (634/sq mi) |
| • Summer (DST) | CST |
| Postal Code |
S0K 4L0
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| Area code | 306-228/210 |
| Highways |   Hwy 14 / Hwy 21 |
| Website | Official Website |
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Unity is a town in the western part of the Canadian provinceofSaskatchewan[5] with a population of 2573. Unity is located at the intersection of Highway 14 and Highway 21, and the intersection of the CNR and CPR main rail lines. Unity is located 200 km (125 mi) west-northwest of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and 375 km (235 mi) southeast of Edmonton, Alberta. The town of Wilkie is located 33 km (21 mi) to the east.
The town was the subject of playwright Kevin Kerr's Governor General's Award-winning play Unity (1918), which dramatizes the effect of the 1918 flu pandemic on Unity.
With the coming of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway in 1908 Unity began to grow from a small settlement in 1904 to about 600 in the 1920s. By 1966 there were 2,154 residents.[6]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Unity had a population of 2,496 living in 1,042 of its 1,148 total private dwellings, a change of -3% from its 2016 population of 2,573. With a land area of 9.7 km2 (3.7 sq mi), it had a population density of 257.3/km2 (666.5/sq mi) in 2021.[7]
| 2021 | 2016 | 2011 | |
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| Population | 2,496 (-3.0% from 2016) | 2,573 (+7.7% from 2011) | 2,389 (+11.3% from 2006) |
| Land area | 9.70 km2 (3.75 sq mi) | 9.77 km2 (3.77 sq mi) | 9.77 km2 (3.77 sq mi) |
| Population density | 257.3/km2 (666/sq mi) | 263.5/km2 (682/sq mi) | 244.6/km2 (634/sq mi) |
| Median age | 42.0 (M: 40.8, F: 42.8) | 39.6 (M: 37.8, F: 41.8) | 42.4 (M: 39.9, F: 44.6) |
| Private dwellings | 1,148 (total) | 1,170 (total) | 1,119 (total) |
| Median household income | $40,533 |
Attractions in the Town of Unity include:[13]
Two elementary schools, St. Peter's Catholic School and Unity Public School offer kindergarten to grade 6. Unity Composite High School] includes grades 7 to 12. The two public schools are in the Living Sky School Division No. 202.[14]
The population of the elementary schools ranges at about 150 students each, while UCHS is between 250 and 300 students with a graduating class of about 30 to 45 students per year.
The Unity railway station receives Via Rail service with The Canadian calling at Unity several times per week. Unity is on the Canadian National Railway tracks. In 1924, the Canadian Pacific Railway crossed the Canadian National Railway at Topaz just west of Unity.
Places adjacent to Unity, Saskatchewan
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52°26′N 109°10′W / 52.433°N 109.167°W / 52.433; -109.167 (Unity, Saskatchewan)
