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Leoville
Village
Village of Leoville
Leoville is located in Saskatchewan
Leoville
Leoville
Location in Saskatchewan
Leoville is located in Canada
Leoville
Leoville
Location in Canada
Country Canada
Province Saskatchewan
Region Central
Census division 16
Rural municipality Spiritwood No. 496
Post office founded 1930
Government
 • Type Municipal
Area
 • Total 1.11 km2 (0.43 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)
 • Total 375
 • Density 339.2/km2 (879/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-6 (CST)
Postal code
S0J 1N0
Area code(s) 306
Highways Hwy 24
Hwy 946

Leoville is a small village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. In 2016, about 375 people lived there. It is located within the Rural Municipality of Spiritwood No. 496 and Census Division No. 16. A census division is like a region used for counting people.

Leoville is found along Highway 24. Another road, Highway 946, starts in the village and goes north. Leoville is also important because it is home to the main office for the Pelican Lake First Nation government.

Leoville's History

Leoville officially became a village on June 26, 1944. This means it gained its own local government at that time.

How Many People Live Here?

We can learn about Leoville's population from the Statistics Canada census. A census is like a big count of all the people living in a country.

Population history
(1981–2016)
Year Pop. ±%
1981 393 —    
1986 394 +0.3%
1991 370 −6.1%
1996 359 −3.0%
2001 343 −4.5%
2006 341 −0.6%
2011 366 +7.3%
2016 375 +2.5%
Source: Statistics Canada via Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics

In the 2021 Census, 364 people lived in Leoville. They lived in about 151 homes. This was a small change from its 2016 population of 375 people.

Leoville covers a land area of about 1.14 square kilometers. This means that in 2021, there were about 319 people living in each square kilometer. This is called population density.

In the 2016 Census, Leoville had 375 people. They lived in about 146 homes. This was a small increase from its 2011 population of 366. The village had a population density of about 339 people per square kilometer in 2016.

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