| Waldeck | |
| Official Name: | Village of Waldeck |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | CAN SK Excelsior#Saskatchewan |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Saskatchewan |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | South-central |
| Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
| Subdivision Name3: | 7 |
| Subdivision Type4: | Rural Municipality |
| Subdivision Name4: | Excelsior No. 166 |
| Subdivision Type5: | Federal Electoral District |
| Subdivision Type6: | Provincial Constituency |
| Government Type: | Municipal |
| Leader Title: | Governing body |
| Leader Name: | Waldeck Village Council |
| Leader Title1: | Mayor |
| Leader Name1: | Russel Hildebrand |
| Leader Title2: | Administrator |
| Leader Name2: | Sherry Kinney |
| Leader Title3: | MLA |
| Leader Title4: | MP |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | 1882 |
| Established Title2: | Post office Founded |
| Established Date2: | 1906-10-01 |
| Established Title3: | Incorporated (Village) |
| Established Date3: | December 23, 1913 |
| Area Total Km2: | 2.00 |
| Population As Of: | 2016 |
| Population Total: | 297 |
| Population Density Km2: | 148.3 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | National Population Rank (Out of 5,008) |
| Timezone: | CST |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Coordinates: | 50.358°N -107.597°W |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | S0H 4J0 |
| Area Code: | 306 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
| Blank Info: | |
| Blank1 Name: | Railways |
| Blank1 Info: | Canadian Pacific Railway |
| Footnotes: | [1] [2] |
Waldeck (2016 population:) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Excelsior No. 166 and Census Division No. 7. Waldeck is northeast of the city of Swift Current on the Trans-Canada Highway. Waldeck is situated in the Swift Current River Valley.[3]
Waldeck is a German word meaning "Wooded Corner"; the community is probably named after the willows that grew along the banks of the Swift Current Creek.In 1903 the Canadian Government opened to settlement a tract of land from Swift Current Creek to Herbert. Among the first settlers were Rev. Klaas Peters and Mr. Abraham (probably Abram Klassen) in 1908. Waldeck incorporated as a village on December 23, 1913.[4]
The majority of the people in and around Waldeck are of Mennonite ancestry.
Elon Musk worked on a farm near Waldeck after coming to Canada from South Africa in the late 1980s.[5]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Waldeck had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 1.99km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[6]
In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Waldeck recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of 2km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[7]