Official Name: | Benson |
Pushpin Map: | Saskatchewan#Canada |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Benson in Saskatchewan |
Coordinates: | 49.4466°N -102.9943°W |
Pushpin Label Position: | none |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 200 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Saskatchewan |
Subdivision Type4: | Rural Municipality |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | S0C 0L0 |
Area Code: | 306 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Benson is an unincorporated community in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It is located between Estevan and Stoughton on Highway 47. Currently it has a curling rink, community hall and the municipal offices of Rural Municipality of Benson No. 35.
Most of the early homesteaders in the Benson region arrived between 1898 and 1902.
The Rural Municipality of Benson No. 35 was incorporated in 1909. The municipal offices were built in the community in 1923.[1]
On July 1, 1935, Benson was hit by a tornado, killing 1, injuring 2, and levelling multiple structures.[2]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Benson had a population of 95 living in 33 of its 42 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 116. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[3]