Abernethy, Saskatchewan


Abernethy is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Abernethy No. 186 and Census Division No. 6. It is about one hour east of Regina, one hour west of Yorkton, and approximately five hours northwest of Winnipeg. To the south of Abernethy lies the Qu'Appelle Valley in which Katepwa Beach is located.
The current mayor is Janet Englot, and the village council consists of Brian Wilkes, Roy Bearden, Beverley Halford, and Kevin Stryker.

History

Abernethy incorporated as a village on July 26, 1904. Abernethy celebrated its one hundredth anniversary in the summer of 2004 with a centennial celebration held at the same time as the annual agricultural fair.

Historic sites

In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Abernethy recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2016.
In the 2011 Census of Population, the Village of Abernethy recorded a population of, a change from its 2006 population of. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2011.

Economy

Abernethy is primarily an agricultural community.

Education

School Children are bussed to Lemberg and Neudorf in the east and Balcarres in the west because Abernethy School was closed in 1994 and due to lack of proper maintenance had to be destroyed in the summer of 2005.