Grayson | |
Official Name: | Village of Grayson |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Saskatchewan#Canada |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Grayson |
Coordinates: | 50.7194°N -102.6453°W |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 200 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Saskatchewan |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | South-central |
Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
Subdivision Type4: | Rural Municipality |
Government Type: | Municipal |
Leader Title: | Governing body |
Leader Name: | Grayson Village Council |
Leader Title1: | Mayor |
Leader Name1: | Tyson Lowenberg |
Leader Title2: | Administrator |
Leader Name2: | Colleen Stinson |
Leader Title3: | MP |
Leader Name3: | Cathay Wagantall |
Leader Title4: | MLA |
Leader Name4: | Warren Kaeding |
Established Title: | Post office Founded |
Established Date: | 1906 |
Established Title2: | Incorporated (village) |
Established Title3: | Incorporated (town) |
Area Total Km2: | 1.87 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 185 |
Population Density Km2: | 98.9 |
Timezone: | CST |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | S0A 1E0 |
Area Code: | 306 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank Info: | |
Blank1 Name: | Railways |
Blank1 Info: | Abandoned |
Grayson (2021 population:) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Grayson No. 184 and Census Division No. 5.
Grayson incorporated as a village on April 19, 1906.[1] Grayson celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2006.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Grayson had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 1.79km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[2]
In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Grayson recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of 1.87km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[3]
Like many small Saskatchewan communities, Grayson was built along a railway which no longer exists. It no longer has a grain elevator, but a few unique businesses and its proximity to Melville allow it to prosper, particularly the meat plant at Ottenbreit's Meats (source of the famous 'Grayson Sausage').
Grayson also possesses a post office, modern grocery/cafe, hardware store, plumbers, tavern, elementary school, village and Rural Municipality offices, business services and computer technical services. There is also a dance hall, and a seniors centre.