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Herbert
Town
Early morning light on the grain elevators in Herbert.
Motto: Have you seen Herbert?
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Coordinates: 50°25′38″N 107°13′40″W / 50.42728°N 107.22781°W / 50.42728; -107.22781
Country	Canada
Province	Saskatchewan
Census division	7
Rural Municipality	Morse
Post office Founded	1904-10-01
Government
• Mayor	Ron Mathies
• CAO	Michelle Mackow
• Governing body	Herbert Town Council
Area
• Land	3.78 km (1.46 sq mi)
Population
• Total	856
• Density	200.7/km (520/sq mi)
Time zone	CST
Postal code	S0H 2A0
Area code	306
Highways	Trans-Canada Highway, Highway 612 & Highway 645
Railways	Canadian Pacific Railway
Website	Official website

Herbert is a town in the Rural Municipality of Morse No. 165, in southwest Saskatchewan, Canada. The community is 48 km east of the city of Swift Current, and 197 km west of Regina, the provincial capital, on the Trans-Canada Highway. Its population as of 2016 was 856.

Herbert was named after the British diplomat Sir Michael Henry Herbert. It is the hometown of CBC Sports broadcaster Don Wittman. Herbert was also the home of former senator Jack Wiebe.

Attractions

The Herbert Train Station Museum is the best place to stop for information on the town of Herbert during the Summer. The train station is located on 625 Railway Avenue. Spring Fall & Winter Town Hall is best. The Klassen Museum (c. 1916) was a Municipal Heritage Property on the Canadian Register of Historic Places.

Education

Herbert School offers kindergarten to grade 12 and is in the Chinook School Division 211

Recreation

Herbert has a skating rink and a curling rink, a swimming pool, a number of ball diamonds, and a gym within the school.

Herbert is also home to the Herbert Stampede, a Canadian Cowboys Association approved Rodeo. Herbert Stampede was the CCA's 2008 and 2014 Rodeo of the year. The Herbert Stampede also features the very popular Wild Cow Race and The Wild West Parade.

Amenities

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Herbert also has a Highway Inn Restaurant, CO-OP store, a pharmacy, a hospital/nursing home, a senior home, a public library, thrift store, a car wash, and a post office.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Herbert had a population of 770 living in 313 of its 338 total private dwellings, a change of -10% from its 2016 population of 856. With a land area of 3.69 km (1.42 sq mi), it had a population density of 208.7/km (540.5/sq mi) in 2021.

See also

• List of communities in Saskatchewan
• List of towns in Saskatchewan

References

1. ^ "Census Profile, 2016 Census". Statistics Canada. Government of Canada. 8 February 2017.
2. National Archives, Archivia Net. "Post Offices and Postmasters". Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
3. Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home. "Municipal Directory System". Archived from the original on 15 January 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
4. Find a Museum. "Herbert CPR Train Station Museum". Archived from the original on 18 September 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
5. Canada's Historic Places. "Klassen Museum ( Building torn down)". Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
6. Tourism Saskatchewan. "Herbert Annual Stampede". Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
7. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan". Statistics Canada. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
8. "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. 4 February 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
9. "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. 12 August 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
10. "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. 21 March 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2014.

External links

• Official website

v t e Places adjacent to Herbert, Saskatchewan
Gouldtown Rush Lake Herbert Ernfold Neidpath

v t e Division No. 7, Saskatchewan
Cities	Moose Jaw
Towns	Central Butte Craik Herbert Morse
Villages	Aylesbury Beechy Brownlee Caronport Chaplin Coderre Ernfold Eyebrow Hodgeville Keeler Lucky Lake Marquis Mortlach Riverhurst Rush Lake Shamrock Tugaske Tuxford Waldeck
Resort villages	Beaver Flat Coteau Beach Mistusinne South Lake Sun Valley
Rural municipalities	Baildon 131 Canaan 225 Caron 162 Chaplin 164 Coteau 255 Coulee 136 Craik 222 Enfield 194 Excelsior 166 Eyebrow 193 Hillsborough 132 Huron 223 King George 256 Lawtonia 135 Maple Bush 224 Marquis 191 Moose Jaw 161 Morse 165 Rodgers 133 Shamrock 134 Victory 226 Wheatlands 163
Unincorporated communities	Organized hamlets Caron Hitchcock Bay Demaine Hamlets Main Centre Abound Archive Archydal Baildon Bernard Birsay Braddock Boharm Burnham Bushell Park Buttress Calderbank Chortitz Courval Crestwynd Darmody Droxford Dunblane Eskbank Flowing Well Gilroy Glen Kerr Gouldtown Grainland Grayburn Greenbrie Hallonquist Halvorgate Kelstern Lake Valley Lawson Leakville Levuka Lillestrom Log Valley Lyons Mawer McMahon Melaval Neidpath Old Wives Orland Parkbeg Prairie View Rheinfeld Rosenhof Rosenort South Gnadenthal Tichfield Junction Tilney Tullis Tyson Val Jean Vogel
See also: Municipalities in Saskatchewan Census divisions of Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities

50°25′37″N 107°13′37″W / 50.427°N 107.227°W / 50.427; -107.227

• Towns in Saskatchewan
• Morse No. 165, Saskatchewan