Marcelin, Saskatchewan


Marcelin is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Blaine Lake No. 434 and Census Division No. 16. It was named after the first postmaster Antoine Marcelin in 1904.
It is the administrative headquarters of the Muskeg Lake Cree First Nations band government. During World War II, the Muskeg Lake reserve had the highest rates of Indigenous enlistment in the country, and Mary Greyeyes became the first First Nations woman to enlist in the Canadian Forces.

History

Marcelin incorporated as a village on September 25, 1911.

Demographics

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