Plunkett, Saskatchewan
Plunkett is a special service area in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Viscount No. 341 and Census Division No. 11. It held village status between 1921 and 2022.
History
Plunkett incorporated as a village on December 28, 1921. It was named after Viscount Horace Plunkett, a Canadian Pacific Railway investor. It restructured on April 1, 2022, relinquishing its village status in favour of becoming a special service area under the jurisdiction of the RM of Viscount.Geography
Plunkett is at the intersection of Highway 16 and Highway 365. The village site is bounded by the railway to the south and Highway 16 to the north.Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Plunkett 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, Plunkett had 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.