Orkney, Saskatchewan

Orkney is an unincorporated community within the Rural Municipality of Val Marie No. 17, Saskatchewan, Canada. Listed as a designated place by Statistics Canada, the hamlet had a population of 4 in the Canada 2011 Census.[1]

Orkney
Unorganized hamlet
Orkney School and ex. Patterson elevator in background.
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Coordinates: 49.1333°N 107.9172°W
Country	Canada
Province	Saskatchewan
Region	Southwest Saskatchewan
Rural municipality	Val Marie No. 17
Government
• Governing body	Rural Municipality of Val Marie No. 17
• MLA	Dave Marit
• MP	Jeremy Patzer
Area
• Total	0.23 km^2 (0.09 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	4
Time zone	CST
Postal code	S0N 1V0
Area code(s)	306
Highways	Highway 18

Demographics

Canada census – Orkney, Saskatchewan community profile
	2011
Population:	0 (0.0% from 2006)
Land area:	0.23 km^2 (0.089 sq mi)
Population density:	0.0/km^2 (0/sq mi)
Median age:
Total private dwellings:
Median household income:
References: 2011[2] earlier[3]

Education

Frontier and Val Marie each have one school that covers kindergarten through grade 12 in the Chinook School Division, which area residents are bused to.

Attractions

• Frontier & District Golf Course, a nine-hole facility located in Frontier, it also features all the hallmarks of Saskatchewan golf.
• Grasslands National Park, one of Canada's newer national parks and is located in southern Saskatchewan along the Montana border.
• Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park, an interprovincial park straddling the southern Alberta-Saskatchewan border, located southeast of Medicine Hat. It is Canada's only interprovincial park.

See also

• List of communities in Saskatchewan
• Designated place

References

1. Canada 2011 Census: Designated places in Saskatchewan
2. "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013.
3. "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012.