Village of Pelly | |
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Village | |
Motto: Pearl of the Parkland | |
Coordinates: 51°51′23″N 101°55′38″W / 51.85639°N 101.92722°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Saskatchewan |
Census division | 9 |
Rural Municipality | St. Philips |
Incorporated (village) | 1911 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Trevor Auchstaetter |
• Administrator | Leanne Kwasney |
• Governing body | Pelly Village Council |
Area | |
• Total | 0.96 km2 (0.37 sq mi) |
Population (2006) | |
• Total | 287 |
• Density | 315.5/km2 (817/sq mi) |
Time zone | CST |
Postal code | S0A 2Z0 |
Area code | 306 |
Highways |
Highway 49 Highway 8 |
Website | Pelly Saskatchewan homepage |
[1] [2] [3] [4] |
Pelly ( 2016 population: 285) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of St. Philips No. 301 and Census Division No. 9.
The village is the closest inhabited settlement to the historical sites of Fort Livingstone, a former capital of the North-West Territories [5] and a former North-West Mounted Police headquarters, and Fort Pelly, the Swan River district headquarters for the Hudson's Bay Company, from which the village gets its name.
Pelly incorporated as a village on May 4, 1911. [6]
Climate data for Pelly | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 10.0 (50.0) |
10.5 (50.9) |
17.5 (63.5) |
28.3 (82.9) |
37.0 (98.6) |
35.0 (95.0) |
36.7 (98.1) |
37.2 (99.0) |
33.3 (91.9) |
29.0 (84.2) |
18.3 (64.9) |
10.6 (51.1) |
37.2 (99.0) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −13.7 (7.3) |
−9.2 (15.4) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
7.5 (45.5) |
16.3 (61.3) |
20.8 (69.4) |
23.0 (73.4) |
22.0 (71.6) |
15.6 (60.1) |
8.2 (46.8) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
−11.4 (11.5) |
6.1 (43.0) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −19.3 (−2.7) |
−15.1 (4.8) |
−8.7 (16.3) |
1.2 (34.2) |
9.3 (48.7) |
14.0 (57.2) |
16.4 (61.5) |
15.2 (59.4) |
9.4 (48.9) |
2.9 (37.2) |
−7.7 (18.1) |
−16.3 (2.7) |
0.1 (32.2) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −24.9 (−12.8) |
−20.9 (−5.6) |
−14.7 (5.5) |
−5 (23) |
2.3 (36.1) |
7.2 (45.0) |
9.9 (49.8) |
8.4 (47.1) |
3.1 (37.6) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
−11.9 (10.6) |
−21.2 (−6.2) |
−5.9 (21.4) |
Record low °C (°F) | −48.3 (−54.9) |
−45.6 (−50.1) |
−46.7 (−52.1) |
−36 (−33) |
−13.9 (7.0) |
−6.7 (19.9) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
−3.5 (25.7) |
−16.7 (1.9) |
−22 (−8) |
−40.6 (−41.1) |
−46.1 (−51.0) |
−48.3 (−54.9) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 26.1 (1.03) |
20.5 (0.81) |
35.0 (1.38) |
33.5 (1.32) |
48.7 (1.92) |
89.7 (3.53) |
91.6 (3.61) |
64.9 (2.56) |
57.5 (2.26) |
30.4 (1.20) |
26.1 (1.03) |
26.2 (1.03) |
550.1 (21.66) |
Source: Environment Canada [7] |
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Pelly had a population of 255 living in 131 of its 166 total private dwellings, a change of -10.5% from its 2016 population of 285. With a land area of 0.96 km2 (0.37 sq mi), it had a population density of 265.6/km2 (688.0/sq mi) in 2021. [10]
In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Pelly recorded a population of 285 living in 141 of its 181 total private dwellings, a 0.7% change from its 2011 population of 283. With a land area of 0.96 km2 (0.37 sq mi), it had a population density of 296.9/km2 (768.9/sq mi) in 2016. [11]