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Dafoe
Special service area
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Coordinates: 51°45′16″N 104°31′39″W / 51.75444°N 104.52750°W / 51.75444; -104.52750
Country	Canada
Province	Saskatchewan
Region	Saskatchewan
Census division	10
Rural Municipality	Big Quill No. 308
Post office founded	July 1, 1911
Incorporated (village)	May 28, 1920
Dissolved (Special service area)	July 31, 2018
Government
• Type	Municipal
• Governing body	Dafoe Village Council
• Mayor	Bob Pilkey
• Administrator	Santana Dawson
Area
• Total	0.80 km (0.31 sq mi)
Population
• Total	15
• Density	18.7/km (48/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
Postal code	S0K 1C0
Area code	306
Highways	Highway 6 Highway 16

Dafoe (2016 population: 15) is a special service area in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Big Quill No. 308 and Census Division No. 10. It was a village prior to August 2018. Dafoe is located east of the intersection of Highway 6 and the Yellowhead Highway southwest of Big Quill Lake, the Dafoe Brook flows to the east of the community. Dafoe marks the far west end of the area known to Icelandic settlers in Saskatchewan as the Lakes Settlement (Icelandic: Vatnabyggð).

History

Dafoe incorporated as a village on May 28, 1920. It restructured on July 31, 2018, relinquishing its village status in favour of becoming a special service area under the jurisdiction of the Rural Municipality of Big Quill No. 308.

Demographics

In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Dafoe recorded a population of 15 living in 7 of its 10 total private dwellings, a 0% change from its 2011 population of 15. With a land area of 0.8 km (0.31 sq mi), it had a population density of 18.8/km (48.6/sq mi) in 2016.

In the 2011 Census of Population, the Village of Dafoe recorded a population of 15, a 50% change from its 2006 population of 10. With a land area of 0.8 km (0.31 sq mi), it had a population density of 18.8/km (48.6/sq mi) in 2011.

See also

• RCAF Station Dafoe
• List of communities in Saskatchewan
• List of special service areas in Saskatchewan

References

1. "Urban Municipality Incorporations". Saskatchewan Ministry of Government Relations. p. 3. Archived from the original on October 15, 2014. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
2. ^ "The Saskatchewan Gazette: Restructuring of the Village of Dafoe". Saskatchewan Queen's Printer. July 13, 2018. pp. 1581–1583. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
3. National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters, archived from the original on October 6, 2006
4. Canadian Textiles Institute. (2005), CTI Determine your provincial constituency, archived from the original on September 11, 2007
5. Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005), Elections Canada On-line, archived from the original on April 21, 2007
6. Google Maps - Dafoe Brook
7. Lindal, W. J. (1946). The Saskatchewan Icelanders: A Strand of the Canadian Fabric. Winnipeg: Columbia Press. p. 167.
8. "Urban Municipality Incorporations". Saskatchewan Ministry of Government Relations. Archived from the original on October 15, 2014. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
9. "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Saskatchewan)". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
10. "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2011 and 2006 censuses (Saskatchewan)". Statistics Canada. June 3, 2019. Retrieved May 30, 2020.

v t e Division No. 10, Saskatchewan
Towns	Foam Lake Ituna Leroy Raymore Wadena Watson Wynyard
Villages	Dafoe Elfros Hubbard Jansen Kelliher Leross Margo Punnichy Quill Lake Quinton Semans
Resort villages	Chorney Beach Leslie Beach
Rural municipalities	Ituna Bon Accord 246 Kellross 247 Touchwood 248 Foam Lake 276 Emerald 277 Mount Hope 279 Elfros 307 Big Quill 308 Prairie Rose 309 Sasman 336 Lakeview 337 Lakeside 338 Leroy 339
First Nations	Beardy's and Okemasis' Day Star Fishing Lake George Gordon Kawacatoose Muskowekwan
Indian reserves	Beardy's and Okemasis 96 & 97-A Day Star 87 Fishing Lake 89 89A 89D1 Gordon 86 Muskowekwan 85 85-1 85-2A 85-8 85-10 85-12 85-15 85-17 85-22 85-23 85-24 85-26 85-27 85-28 85-29 85-31 85-33 Poorman 88
Unincorporated communities	Organized hamlets Bankend Hendon Kandahar Kuroki Mozart North Shore Fishing Lake Ottman-Murray Beach Tuffnell Wishart Special service areas Leslie Lestock Arbury Booth Clair Copeland Edmore Enid Esk Goudie Jasmin Kylemore Magyar McDonald Hills Krasne Kristnes Lampard Last Mountain Layco Nut Mountain Paswegin Romance Serath Shady Grove Sinnett South Touchwood Tate Tornea Touchwood West Bend Wimmer Winthorpe Wynot Zala
See also: Municipalities in Saskatchewan Census divisions of Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities

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