Division No. 8 is one of eighteen census divisions in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, as defined by Statistics Canada. It is located in the west-southwestern part of the province, bordering Alberta. The most populous community in this division is Swift Current.

Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Division No. 8 had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

+ Knowledge of languages in Division No. 8 (1991−2021)Language2021201120011991 English 28,685 29,480 30,155 32,080 Tagalog 1,185 465 20 0 French 995 940 1,085 1,270 German 635 1,400 2,840 3,710 Spanish 290 155 115 60 Chinese 225 210 210 175 Hindustani 135 45 60 55 Ukrainian 105 55 115 235 Punjabi 100 15 70 40 Greek 85 0 85 0 Russian 80 35 10 15 Arabic 40 30 35 50 Polish 30 20 40 55 Cree 30 15 20 20 Dutch 20 85 155 210 Italian 15 0 25 10 Portuguese 10 0 30 10 Vietnamese 0 0 55 0 Hungarian 0 0 10 20 Total responses 28,810 29,570 30,315 32,170 Total population 30,840 29,962 30,720 32,569

Census subdivisions The following census subdivisions (municipalities or municipal equivalents) are located within Saskatchewan's Division No. 8.

City Swift Current

Towns Burstall Cabri Eatonia Elrose Eston Gull Lake Kyle Leader

Villages

Abbey Fox Valley Golden Prairie Hazlet Lancer Mendham Pennant Prelate Richmound Sceptre Shackleton Stewart Valley Success Tompkins Webb

Rural municipalities

RM No. 137 Swift Current RM No. 138 Webb RM No. 139 Gull Lake RM No. 141 Big Stick RM No. 142 Enterprise RM No. 167 Saskatchewan Landing RM No. 168 Riverside RM No. 169 Pittville RM No. 171 Fox Valley RM No. 228 Lacadena RM No. 229 Miry Creek RM No. 230 Clinworth RM No. 231 Happyland RM No. 232 Deer Forks RM No. 257 Monet RM No. 259 Snipe Lake RM No. 260 Newcombe RM No. 261 Chesterfield Statistics Canada. 2002 2001 Community Profiles. Released June 27, 2002. Last modified: 2005-11-30. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 93F0053XIE. Page accessed January 5, 2007

Indian reserves Carry the Kettle Nakoda Nation Carry the Kettle 76-33 Carry the Kettle 76-37 Carry the Kettle 76-38

Unincorporated communities

Hamlets Laporte

Organized hamlets

White Bear Wymark

Special service areas Mantario

Unincorporated communities

Abbey Colony Aikins Beverley Cantuar Chipperfield Cuthbert Duncairn Dunelm Estuary Eyre Forgan Gascoigne Glidden Greenan Gunnworth Hak High Point Horsham Hughton Inglebright Isham Java Lacadena Leinan Lemsford Lille Linacre Madison Matador Mondou Nadeauville Penkill Plato Player Portreeve Rhineland Richlea Roadene Rosengart Roseray Saltburn Sanctuary Schantzenfeld Schoenfeld Schoenwiese Shackleton Snipe Lake Springfeld Surprise Tuberose Tunstall Tyner Verlo Wartime Wheatland Colony Witley Wyatt

See also List of census divisions of Saskatchewan List of communities in Saskatchewan

Notes

References

Division No. 8, Saskatchewan Statistics Canada