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Country
  
Canada

Post office Founded
  
1909-04-01

Town incorporated
  
1919-11-01

Population
  
2,389 (2011)

Local time
  
Saturday 5:35 PM

Area code
  
306

Rural Municipalities (R.M.410)
  
RM

Village established
  
1909-06-01

Postal Code
  
S0K 4L0

Mayor
  
Sylvia Maljan

Province
  
Saskatchewan

Number of airports
  
1

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Weather
  
8°C, Wind N at 10 km/h, 70% Humidity

Unity is a town in the western part of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan with a population of almost 2400. Unity is located at the intersection of Highway 14 and Highway 21, and the intersection of the CNR and CPR main rail lines. Unity is located 200 km west-northwest of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and 375 km southeast of Edmonton, Alberta. The town of Wilkie is located 18.96 miles (30.51 km) to the east.

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Map of Unity, SK, Canada

The town was the subject of playwright Kevin Kerr's Governor General's Award-winning play Unity (1918), which dramatizes the effect of the 1918 flu pandemic on Unity.

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History

With the coming of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway in 1908 Unity began to grow from a small settlement in 1904 to about 600 in the 1920s. By 1966 there were 2,154 residents.

Demographics

  • Lat (DMS) 52°26′ N
  • Long (DMS) 109°10′00″ W
  • Dominion Land Survey Section 18, Township 40, Range 22, West of the 3rd Meridian
  • Time zone (cst) UTC−6

    • Attractions

    Attractions in the Town of Unity include:

  • the history murals in downtown
  • Unity & District Heritage Museum
  • Unity Golf Course
  • Unity Regional Park housing the Unity Ball Diamonds
  • Unity Arena.
  • Centennial Swimming Pool
  • Sink and Gordon Lakes are just to the west of Unity, providing wetlands for many migratory birds.
  • Muddy Lake is just south of town.

    • Notable residents

  • Curtis Brown (ice hockey) Former San Jose Sharks (NHL). Currently plays with Kloten Flyers (SUI).
  • Boyd Gordon currently plays for the Philadelphia Flyers (NHL).

    • Education

    Two elementary schools, St. Peter's Catholic School and Unity Public School offers Kindergarten to Grade 6. Unity Composite High School (UCHS) includes grades 7 to 12. The two public schools are in the Living Sky School Division No. 202.

    The population of the elementary schools ranges at about 150 students each, while UCHS is between 250 and 300 students with a graduating class of about 45-50 students a year.

    The North West Regional College, located in the Unity Public School, provides post-secondary and continuing education opportunities.

    Transportation

    The Unity railway station receives Via Rail service with The Canadian calling at Unity several times per week. Unity is on the Canadian National Railway tracks. In 1924, the Canadian Pacific Railway crossed the Canadian National Railway at Topaz just west of Unity.

    References

    Unity, Saskatchewan Wikipedia
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