Bradwell | |
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Village of Bradwell | |
![]() FormerSaskatchewan Wheat PoolGrain elevator in Bradwell | |
Coordinates:51°56′51″N106°13′53″W / 51.9475°N 106.2315°W /51.9475; -106.2315 | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Saskatchewan |
Region | Central |
Census division | 15 |
Rural Municipality | Blucher |
Post office founded | 1906 (as Sunny Plain) |
Post office closed | 1986 |
Incorporated (Village) | 1912 |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal |
• Governing body | Bradwell Village Council |
• Mayor | Timothy Yanke |
• Administrator | Robert Thurmeier |
• MP,Moose Jaw—Lake Centre—Lanigan | Fraser Tolmie (2021) |
• MLA,Saskatoon Stonebridge-Dakota | Bronwyn Eyre (2020) |
Area | |
• Total | 0.42 km2 (0.16 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 164 |
• Density | 390.5/km2 (1,011/sq mi) |
Time zone | CST |
Postal code | S0K 0P0 |
Area code(s) | 306, 639 |
Highways | Highway 763 |
Railways | Canadian National Railway |
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Bradwell (2021 population:164) is a village in theCanadian province ofSaskatchewan within theRural Municipality of Blucher No. 343 andCensus Division No. 11. The village is located about 36 kilometres (22 mi) southeast of the city ofSaskatoon onHighway 763. In 1936, during gravel excavations for a highway, the partial skeleton of aNeolithic human male were discovered and named "Bradwell Man". A stone scraper and some eagle talons were found nearby.[6]
Bradwell incorporated as a village on December 26, 1912.[7]
In the2021 Census of Population conducted byStatistics Canada, Bradwell had a population of164 living in70 of its78 total private dwellings, a change of-1.2% from its 2016 population of166. With a land area of 0.42 km2 (0.16 sq mi), it had a population density of390.5/km2 (1,011.3/sq mi) in 2021.[1]
In the2016 Census of Population, the village of Bradwell recorded a population of166 living in62 of its65 total private dwellings, a-38.6% change from its 2011 population of230. With a land area of 0.42 km2 (0.16 sq mi), it had a population density of395.2/km2 (1,023.7/sq mi) in 2016.[10]