Edam, Saskatchewan


Edam is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Turtle River No. 469 and Census Division No. 17. Edam is located off Highway 26, south of Turtleford and north of Vawn.
The village is known as a "Little piece of Holland in Saskatchewan". Established in 1907, the hamlet was named for the city of Edam in the Netherlands, after the name 'Amsterdam' was rejected by the Saskatchewan Government Office as "too long".

History

Edam incorporated as a village on October 12, 1911.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Edam 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.
In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Edam recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2016.

Notable people