Unity, Saskatchewan


Unity is a town in the western part of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan
with a population of 2519. Unity is located at the intersection of Highway 14 and Highway 21, and the intersection of the CNR and CPR main rail lines. Unity is located west-northwest of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and southeast of Edmonton, Alberta. The town of Wilkie is located to the east.
The town was the subject of playwright Kevin Kerr's Governor General's Award-winning play Unity , which dramatizes the effect of the 1918 flu pandemic on Unity.

History

With the coming of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway in 1908 Unity began to grow from a small settlement in 1904 to about 600 in the 1920s. By 1966 there were 2,154 residents.

Demographics

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

Attractions

Attractions in Unity include:
Two elementary schools, St. Peter's Catholic School and Unity Public School offer kindergarten to Grade 6. Unity Composite High School includes Grades 7 to 12. The schools are part of Living Sky School Division No. 202.
SchoolGradesEnrollment
St. Peter’s Catholic SchoolK–6121
Unity Public SchoolK–6235
Unity Composite High School7–12325

Transportation

The town receives Via Rail service with The Canadian calling at Unity several times per week. Unity is on the Canadian National Railway tracks. In 1924, the Canadian Pacific Railway crossed the Canadian National Railway at Topaz just west of Unity.

Notable people