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Holdfast
Village
Village of Holdfast
Railway Avenue, Holdfast
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Coordinates: 50°57′47″N 105°24′18″W / 50.963°N 105.405°W / 50.963; -105.405
Country	Canada
Province	Saskatchewan
Region	Central
Census division	6
Rural Municipality	Sarnia No. 221
Post office Founded	1911
Government
• Governing body	Holdfast Village Council
• Mayor	Chris Thorson
• Administrator	Donna Flavel
Area
• Total	1.29 km (0.50 sq mi)
Population
• Total	247
• Density	191.1/km (495/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
Postal code	S0G 2H0
Area code	306
Highways	Highway 2 Highway 732
Railways	Abandoned

Holdfast (2016 population: 247) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Sarnia No. 221 and Census Division No. 6. The village is located 2 km east of Highway 2 on Highway 732, about 97.6 km northwest of the City of Regina.

History

Holdfast incorporated as a village on October 5, 1911.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Holdfast had a population of 173 living in 78 of its 92 total private dwellings, a change of -30% from its 2016 population of 247. With a land area of 1.32 km (0.51 sq mi), it had a population density of 131.1/km (339.4/sq mi) in 2021.

In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Holdfast recorded a population of 247 living in 107 of its 136 total private dwellings, a 31.6% change from its 2011 population of 169. With a land area of 1.29 km (0.50 sq mi), it had a population density of 191.5/km (495.9/sq mi) in 2016.

Public services

• Village of Holdfast Office
• Rural Municipality of Sarnia office
• Holdfast Fire Hall
• Holdfast Post office
• Holdfast Library
• Holdfast Parks-And-Rec Committee
• Schell School
• Sarnia Community Complex

See also

• List of communities in Saskatchewan
• Villages of Saskatchewan

References

1. National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters, archived from the original on 2006-10-06
2. Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home, Municipal Directory System, archived from the original on November 21, 2008
3. Canadian Textiles Institute. (2005), CTI Determine your provincial constituency, archived from the original on 2007-09-11
4. Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005), Elections Canada On-line, archived from the original on 2007-04-21
5. "Urban Municipality Incorporations". Saskatchewan Ministry of Government Relations. Archived from the original on October 15, 2014. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
6. "Saskatchewan Census Population" (PDF). Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 24, 2015. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
7. "Saskatchewan Census Population". Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
8. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
9. "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Saskatchewan)". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved May 30, 2020.

v t e Places adjacent to Holdfast, Saskatchewan
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v t e Division No. 6, Saskatchewan
Cities	Regina
Towns	Balcarres Balgonie Cupar Fort Qu'Appelle Francis Grand Coulee Indian Head Lumsden Pilot Butte Qu'Appelle Regina Beach Rouleau Sintaluta Southey Strasbourg White City
Villages	Abernethy Belle Plaine Bethune Briercrest Buena Vista Bulyea Chamberlain Craven Dilke Disley Drinkwater Dysart Earl Grey Edenwold Findlater Holdfast Kendal Lebret Lipton Markinch McLean Montmartre Odessa Pense Sedley Silton Vibank Wilcox
Resort villages	Alice Beach B-Say-Tah Fort San Glen Harbour Grandview Beach Island View Kannata Valley Katepwa Lumsden Beach North Grove Pasqua Lake Pelican Pointe Saskatchewan Beach Sunset Cove Wee Too Beach
Rural municipalities	Abernethy 186 Bratt's Lake 129 Cupar 218 Dufferin 190 Edenwold 158 Francis 127 Indian Head 156 Lajord 128 Lipton 217 Longlaketon 219 Lumsden 189 McKillop 220 Montmartre 126 North Qu'Appelle 187 Pense 160 Redburn 130 Sarnia 221 Sherwood 159 South Qu'Appelle 157 Tullymet 216
First Nations	Carry the Kettle Nakoda Little Black Bear Muscowpetung Okanese Pasqua Peepeekisis Cree Piapot Cree Standing Buffalo Dakota Star Blanket Cree
Indian reserves	Assiniboine 76 Carry the Kettle 76-1 Little Black Bear 84 Muscowpetung 80 Okanese 82 Pasqua 79 Peepeekisis 81 Piapot 75 Standing Buffalo 78 Star Blanket 83 Star Blanket 83C Treaty Four Reserve Grounds 77 Wa-pii-moos-toosis 83A
Unincorporated communities	Organized hamlets Candiac Collingwood Lakeshore Estates Crawford Estates Deer Valley Edgeley MacPheat Park Sorensen Beach Taylor Beach Special service areas Penzance Avonhurst Blackwood Corinne Cottonwood Diana Dreghorn Eastview Emerald Park Estlin Franksburg Frankslake Hearne Jameson Kalium Katepwa Beach Katepwa South Kathrintal Colony Kenlis Keystown Lajord Lakeview Beach Lorlie Madrid Milaty Pattee Pitman Poplar Park Richardson Sandy Beach Schulerville Seitzville Stelcam Stony Beach Zehner
See also: Municipalities in Saskatchewan Census divisions of Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities

50°57′47″N 105°24′18″W / 50.963°N 105.405°W / 50.963; -105.405

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