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Fosston
Village
Village of Fosston
Motto: Catch The Fosston Feeling
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Coordinates: 52°12′22″N 103°49′48″W / 52.206°N 103.830°W / 52.206; -103.830
Country	Canada
Province	Saskatchewan
Region	Central
Census division	14
Rural Municipality	Ponass Lake
Post office Founded	1908
Incorporated (Village)	1964
Government
• Type	Municipal
• Governing body	Fosston Village Council
• Mayor	William Dyck
• Administrator	Valerie Bjerland
• Federal Electoral District of Yorkton—Melville M.P.	Cathay Wagantall (2015)
• Provincial Constituency of Kelvington-Wadena M.L.A.	June Draude (2007)
Area
• Total	0.59 km (0.23 sq mi)
Population
• Total	45
• Density	76.8/km (199/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
Postal code	S0E 0V0
Area code	306
Highways	Highway 35 Highway 760

Fosston (2016 population: 45) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Ponass Lake No. 367 and Census Division No. 14. The village was named after Fosston, Minnesota, the original home of five Rustad brothers, who homesteaded there.

History

Fosston incorporated as a village on January 1, 1965.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Fosston had a population of 40 living in 22 of its 29 total private dwellings, a change of -11.1% from its 2016 population of 45. With a land area of 0.54 km (0.21 sq mi), it had a population density of 74.1/km (191.9/sq mi) in 2021.

In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Fosston recorded a population of 45 living in 24 of its 35 total private dwellings, a -22.2% change from its 2011 population of 55. With a land area of 0.59 km (0.23 sq mi), it had a population density of 76.3/km (197.5/sq mi) in 2016.

See also

• List of communities in Saskatchewan
• Villages of Saskatchewan

References

1. National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters, archived from the original on October 6, 2006
2. Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home. "Municipal Directory System". Retrieved June 21, 2014.
3. Canadian Textiles Institute. (2005), CTI Determine your provincial constituency, archived from the original on September 11, 2007
4. Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005), Elections Canada On-line, archived from the original on April 21, 2007
5. Barry, Bill (September 2005). Geographic Names of Saskatchewan. Regina, Saskatchewan: People Places Publishing, Ltd. p. 149. ISBN 1-897010-19-2.
6. "Urban Municipality Incorporations". Saskatchewan Ministry of Government Relations. Archived from the original on October 15, 2014. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
7. "Saskatchewan Census Population" (PDF). Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 24, 2015. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
8. "Saskatchewan Census Population". Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
9. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
10. "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.

v t e Places adjacent to Fosston, Saskatchewan
Fosston

v t e Division No. 14, Saskatchewan
Cities	Melfort
Towns	Arborfield Carrot River Choiceland Hudson Bay Kelvington Naicam Nipawin Porcupine Plain Rose Valley Star City Tisdale
Villages	Archerwill Aylsham Bjorkdale Codette Fosston Love Mistatim Pleasantdale Ridgedale Smeaton Spalding Valparaiso Weekes White Fox Zenon Park
Resort villages	Tobin Lake
Rural municipalities	Kelvington 366 Ponass Lake 367 Spalding 368 Hudson Bay 394 Porcupine 395 Barrier Valley 397 Pleasantdale 398 Bjorkdale 426 Tisdale 427 Star City 428 Arborfield 456 Connaught 457 Willow Creek 458 Moose Range 486 Nipawin 487 Torch River 488
First Nations	Kinistin Opaskwayak Red Earth Shoal Lake Yellow Quill
Indian reserves	Carrot River 29A Kinistin 91 Opaskwayak Cree Nation 27A Red Earth 29 Shoal Lake 28A Yellow Quill 90 90-18
Unincorporated communities
See also: Municipalities in Saskatchewan Census divisions of Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities

52°12′22″N 103°49′48″W / 52.206°N 103.830°W / 52.206; -103.830

• Villages in Saskatchewan
• Division No. 14, Saskatchewan