Speers, Saskatchewan
Speers, Saskatchewan | |
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Main Street, 2011 | |
Speers, Saskatchewan Speers, Saskatchewan | |
| Coordinates: 52°25′25″N 107°19′59″W / 52.423505°N 107.332959°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Saskatchewan |
| Region | West-Central |
| Census division | 16 |
| Rural Municipality | Douglas |
| Established | 1913 |
| Incorporated (Village) | 1915 |
| Government | |
| • Governing body | Speers Village Council |
| • Mayor | Kenneth Rebeyka |
| • Administrator | Dean Nicholson |
| • MP, Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek | Kelly Block (2021) |
| • MLA, Biggar-Sask Valley | Randy Weekes (2020) |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.68 km2 (0.26 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 72 |
| • Density | 105.9/km2 (274/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CST |
| Postal code | S0M 2V0 |
| Area code | 306 |
| Highways | Highway 40 |
| Railways | Canadian National Railway |
Speers (2021 population: 72) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Douglas No. 436 and Census Division No. 16. The village is located approximately 50 kilometres (31 mi)} southeast of the City of North Battleford on Highway 40.
The community is named for Charles Wesley Speers, the colonization agent for Western Canada, who came from Eastern Canada to settle at Griswold, Manitoba, in 1884.