Waldeck, Saskatchewan

Waldeck is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Excelsior No. 166 and Census Division No. 7. Waldeck is northeast of the city of Swift Current on the Trans-Canada Highway. Waldeck is situated in the Swift Current River Valley.

History

Waldeck is a German word meaning "Wooded Corner"; the community is probably named after the willows that grew along the banks of the Swift Current Creek.
In 1903 the Canadian Government opened to settlement a tract of land from Swift Current Creek to Herbert. Among the first settlers were Rev. Klaas Peters and Mr. Abraham in 1908. Waldeck incorporated as a village on December 23, 1913.
The majority of the people in and around Waldeck are of Mennonite ancestry.
Elon Musk worked on a farm near Waldeck after coming to Canada from South Africa in the late 1980s.

Demographics

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