Rocanville
Town of Rocanville | |
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Coordinates: 50°23′06″N 101°41′31″W / 50.385°N 101.692°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Saskatchewan |
Census division | 5 |
Rural Municipality | Rocanville |
Post office Founded | 1904 |
Town established | 1904 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Ron Reed |
• M.P. (Souris—Moose Mountain) | Ed Komarnicki (2008) |
• M.L.A. (Moosomin) | Don Toth (2007) |
Elevation | 519 m (1,703 ft) |
Population (2006) | |
• Total | 869 |
Time zone | CST |
Postal code | S0A 3L0 |
Area code | 306 |
Website | rocanville.ca |
Rocanville is a community in Saskatchewan, Canada, and home to the largest oil can in the world.[1] It is home of the Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Rocanville mine which recently announced a $1.6 billion expansion. Rocanville is also home of the Symons Oiler factory which produced over 1 million oil cans during the Second World War.[2] The town erected the giant oil can to commemorate the factory.
Rocanville is also known for crop circles that were discovered there in the fall of 1996.[3]
Fort Espérance, an archaeological site in Rocanville believed to contain the remains of two late 18th- and early 19th-century fur trade forts, was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1944.[4] The Rocanville and District Museum Site, the Rocanville Farmers Building and the Symons Metalworks have all been designated as Municipal Heritage Properties under the provincial Heritage Property Act.[5]
Demographics
[edit]In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Rocanville had a population of 889 living in 398 of its 471 total private dwellings, a change of 3% from its 2016 population of 863. With a land area of 2.36 km2 (0.91 sq mi), it had a population density of 376.7/km2 (975.6/sq mi) in 2021.[6]
Climate
[edit]Climate data for Rocanville | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 13 (55) | 13 (55) | 22 (72) | 34.4 (93.9) | 37.8 (100.0) | 37.8 (100.0) | 38.9 (102.0) | 39 (102) | 35 (95) | 30 (86) | 23 (73) | 13 (55) | 39 (102) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −11.5 (11.3) | −7.3 (18.9) | −0.6 (30.9) | 9.9 (49.8) | 18.3 (64.9) | 22.8 (73.0) | 25.4 (77.7) | 24.8 (76.6) | 18 (64) | 10.6 (51.1) | −1 (30) | −8.9 (16.0) | 8.4 (47.1) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −16.6 (2.1) | −12.2 (10.0) | −5.5 (22.1) | 4 (39) | 11.7 (53.1) | 16.4 (61.5) | 18.9 (66.0) | 17.9 (64.2) | 11.8 (53.2) | 5.1 (41.2) | −5.2 (22.6) | −13.2 (8.2) | 2.7 (36.9) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −21.6 (−6.9) | −17.1 (1.2) | −10.4 (13.3) | −2 (28) | 5 (41) | 10.1 (50.2) | 12.4 (54.3) | 11 (52) | 5.5 (41.9) | −0.5 (31.1) | −9.4 (15.1) | −18 (0) | −2.9 (26.8) |
Record low °C (°F) | −45 (−49) | −41.7 (−43.1) | −38.9 (−38.0) | −26.1 (−15.0) | −16 (3) | −5 (23) | 2.2 (36.0) | −5 (23) | −6.7 (19.9) | −23 (−9) | −36 (−33) | −41.5 (−42.7) | −45 (−49) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 22.8 (0.90) | 16.3 (0.64) | 23.4 (0.92) | 20.7 (0.81) | 48.5 (1.91) | 75.5 (2.97) | 61.5 (2.42) | 56.2 (2.21) | 51.9 (2.04) | 25.1 (0.99) | 16.5 (0.65) | 22.7 (0.89) | 440.9 (17.36) |
Source: Environment Canada[7] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "World's Largest Oil Can, Rocanville, SK, Canada" Roadside Attractions on WayMarking
- ^ McLennan, David "Rocanville" Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan
- ^ Deetken, Chad (1996) "Preliminary Report on Rocanville, Saskatchewan Crop Circle Formations" Mutual UFO Network
- ^ Fort Espérance National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
- ^ Rocanville and District Museum Site. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 31 October 2014. , Rocanville Farmers Building. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 31 October 2014. , Symons Metalworkers Company Limited. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan". Statistics Canada. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
- ^ Environment Canada - Canadian Climate Normals 1971–2000—Canadian Climate Normals 1971–2000, accessed 19 December 2010
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