Dalmeny, Saskatchewan
Dalmeny is a town in the central part of Saskatchewan, Canada, named after Dalmeny, Scotland. The town is located in the Rural Municipality of Corman Park No. 344, and is about 26.8 km north of Saskatoon. The Dominion Land Survey description of Dalmeny's location is Section 10 Twp 39 Rge 6 W3.
History
The Dalmeny district was first settled around 1900; many of the early settlers were Mennonites. The town site developed in 1904–1905 with the arrival of the Canadian National Railways Carlton branch line and the Winnipeg – Edmonton Main Line. A year later, the post office opened, the first grain elevator was built, and a general store was established.The village's population growth was slow until the 1970s, when it became known as a bedroom community for people working in Saskatoon. The population grew from 417 to 1964 between 1971 and 1981. In 1983, the village was incorporated as a town.
The town's original hockey arena which was built in the early 1950s was replaced in 2003 with a state-of-the-art new one.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Dalmeny had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.Education
- Prairie View School - Kindergarten to Grade 6
- Dalmeny High School - Grade 7 to 12 Both schools are part of Prairie Spirit School Division.