Landis, Saskatchewan

Landis is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Reford No. 379 and Census Division No. 13. The village is about south of Wilkie and about west from the city of Saskatoon on Highway 14. From 1907 to 1909, the post office at Section 23, Township 37, Range 18 west of the 3rd meridian, was known as Daneville. In 1925, Landis was a Canadian National Railway Station on the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway line.
As of the 2016 Census, its population was.

History

Landis incorporated as a village on May 17, 1909.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Landis 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 Landis 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.

Education

Landis had a K-12 school located within the Sun [West School Division]. The school was renovated in 1994 and then permanently closed in July 2014.

Landis Lake

About west of the village is Landis Lake, which is a small endorheic salt lake. It is part of the Landis Lake Important Bird Area of Canada that covers of land. It is a significant habitat for congregating shorebirds and a small section of the west-central shore line is designated as critical piping plover habitat. Other birds found there include the stilt sandpiper, sanderling, red-necked phalarope, pectoral sandpiper, American avocet, and the lesser yellowlegs. Landis Lake depends on spring runoff and seasonal rains to maintain water levels. During dry years, the lake will completely dry up.