Aylesbury, Saskatchewan
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Aylesbury (2016 population: Template:Nts) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Craik No. 222 and Census Division No. 7. The village is approximately 60 km north of the city of Moose Jaw.
History
Aylesbury incorporated as a village on March 31, 1910.<ref name=Incorporation>Template:Cite web</ref> The village was named after Aylesbury, a town in Buckinghamshire, England.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
A Parrish & Heimbecker grain elevator was constructed in 1906 and was the last elevator to operate in Aylesbury, up until the mid-1990s. It was demolished in October 2009.Template:Citation needed
Aylesbury School opened in 1909; in 1970 the school closed and its students were sent to the school in nearby Craik.<ref name="craik">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="hansard">Template:Cite web</ref>
In the 1980s, Aylesbury received national media attention when residents rallied in an (ultimately unsuccessful) attempt to convince Canada Post not to close the village's post office.Template:Citation needed Today, the Canada Post service is contracted to the Aylesbury Hotel.Template:Citation needed
Aylesbury was the childhood home of Ashley Luther, who modelled and advocated for women's health as Elly Mayday.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
As part of a series of monuments in towns along Highway 11, a life-size ox and cart was erected outside Aylesbury in 1999.Template:Citation needed It was created by Don Wilkins, who also created metal sculptures for the neighbouring towns of Craik and Girvin.<ref name="wilkins">Template:Cite web</ref>
Demographics
Template:Stack In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Aylesbury had a population of Template:Val living in Template:Val of its Template:Val total private dwellings, a change of Template:Percentage from its 2016 population of Template:Val. With a land area of Template:Convert, it had a population density of Template:Pop density in 2021.<ref name=2021census>Template:Cite web</ref>
In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Aylesbury recorded a population of Template:Nts living in Template:Nts of its Template:Nts total private dwellings, a Template:Percentage change from its 2011 population of Template:Nts. With a land area of Template:Convert, it had a population density of Template:Pop density in 2016.<ref name=2016censusSKmunis>Template:Cite web</ref>
See also
References
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