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Country
  
Canada

Census division
  
6

Post office Founded
  
1902-11-01

Area
  
148 ha

Area code
  
306

Province
  
Saskatchewan

Region
  
Saskatchewan

Rural Municipality
  
Bratt's Lake

Incorporated (Village)
  
1907

Population
  
322 (2001)

Local time
  
Sunday 5:00 PM

Team
  
Notre Dame Hounds

Wilcox, Saskatchewan

Weather
  
13°C, Wind NW at 32 km/h, 30% Humidity

Wilcox is a small village in Saskatchewan, Canada.

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Map of Wilcox, SK, Canada

Located approximately 41 kilometers (25 mi) south of Regina, Wilcox is best known for being the home of the Athol Murray College of Notre Dame, a boarding school for students in grades 9-12. The village is also home to the Notre Dame Hounds ice hockey team in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League.

History

In 1902, the post office formed in the Provisional District of Assiniboia West of the North West Territories and the Federal Electoral District then named Qu'Appelle. Saskatchewan became a province in 1905. Wilcox became a village in 1907.

A one room school house named WILCOX School District #1633 formed at Tsp 13 Rge 21 W of the 2 Meridian.

Demographics

  • Lat (DMS) 50° 06' 00" N
  • Long (DMS) 104° 44' 00" W
  • Dominion Land Survey Sec.19, Twp.13, R.20, W2
  • Time zone (est) UTC−6

    • Notable people

  • Jon Cooper, head coach of the NHL Tampa Bay Lightning
  • Ralph Goodale, former federal minister of finance.
  • Nick Metz and his brother Don Metz of the Toronto Maple Leafs both hail from Wilcox.
  • Father Athol Murray founder of Notre Dame College of the Prairies, 1919.
  • Jaden Schwartz (2011 - current) of the NHL St. Louis Blues.
  • Jason Kenney Minister of Defence and MP for Calgary Southeast in Canadian Parliament

    • References

    Wilcox, Saskatchewan Wikipedia
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