Theodore, Saskatchewan
Theodore is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Insinger No. 275 and Census Division No. 9. Theodore is located on the Yellowhead Highway, in southeastern Saskatchewan. The Theodore post office first opened in 1893 by a German industrialist who brought immigrants from Europe and started the town while living in London named Richard John Earnest Seeman at the legal land description of Sec.1, Twp.28, R.7, W2. Richard named the town, Theodore, after his father and is located between Yorkton and Foam Lake. Richard moved to Yorkton with his wife in 1894 according to author Guilherme de Albuquerque d’Orey in an essay he wrote in the early 2020s.
With the end of passenger rail service in 1974, the Theodore railway station was adopted for use as a senior citizens' centre; it also serves as the home for the Theodore Historical Museum.
Theodore Reservoir and Whitesand Regional Park are about north-east of Theodore.
The village contains a Co-op, a fire department, an old-age home, a motel, a butcher shop, a variety store, a Canada Post outlet, a Kindergarten to 8th grade catholic school and a former CPR train station
History
Theodore incorporated as a village on July 5, 1907.Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Theodore 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 Theodore 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.