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{{Short description|Town in Saskatchewan, Canada}}
{{distinguish|Balogna|Bologna|Bologna sausage}}
{{For|the castle in Scotland|Balgonie Castle}}
{{Update|type=Demographics|date=October 2020|reason=}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=July 2024}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
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|leader_name            = Lain Lovelace
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|website                = {{URL|http://townofbalgonie.ca}}
|footnotes              =<ref name="census2011pop" >{{cite web
  | title =2011 Community Profiles
  | work =Statistics Canada
  | publisher =Government of Canada
  | url =http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E
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  }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web
 |last=National Archives 
 |first=Archivia Net 
 |title=Post Offices and Postmasters |url=http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/post-offices/001001-100.01-e.php 
 |access-date=6 September 2009 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061006045957/http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/post-offices/001001-100.01-e.php 
 |archive-date=6 October 2006 
}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web
 |last=Government of Saskatchewan 
 |first=MRD Home 
 |title=Municipal Directory System |url=http://www.mds.gov.sk.ca/apps/Pub/MDS/welcome.aspx 
 |access-date=2014-03-11 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160115125115/http://www.mds.gov.sk.ca/apps/Pub/MDS/welcome.aspx 
 |archive-date=2016-01-15 
}}</ref>
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'''Balgonie''' is a town in southeast [[Saskatchewan]], Canada. Situated at the intersection of [[Saskatchewan Highway 10|Highways 10]], [[Saskatchewan Highway 46|46]], and the [[Saskatchewan Highway 1|Trans-Canada Highway]], the town is part of the [[White Butte, Saskatchewan|White Butte]] region and neighbours [[Pilot Butte, Saskatchewan|Pilot Butte]], [[White City, Saskatchewan|White City]], and [[McLean, Saskatchewan|McLean]]. As well, it is located {{convert|25|km}} east of the province's capital city, [[Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina]]. As of the [[Canada 2016 Census|2016 census]], Balgonie had a population of 1,765, an 8.3% growth from 2011.<ref>{{cite web|title=Population of census metropolitan areas|url=http://www.statcan.gc.ca/tables-tableaux/sum-som/l01/cst01/demo05a-eng.htm|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161216151031/http://www.statcan.gc.ca/tables-tableaux/sum-som/l01/cst01/demo05a-eng.htm|archive-date=16 December 2016|access-date=9 August 2015|work=Statistics Canada|date=26 February 2014 }}</ref> The town is governed by the Balgonie Town Council and is surrounded by the [[Rural Municipality of Edenwold No. 158]].<ref name="Pilot Butte">{{Cite web|last=The Canadian Encyclopedia|author-link=The Canadian Encyclopedia|title=Balgonie|url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/pilot-butte|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131130045736/http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/pilot-butte|archive-date=2013-11-30|url-status=dead|access-date=2013-11-26}}</ref>

Balgonie has a [[Subway (restaurant)|Subway restaurant]], two [[gas station]]s, an [[outdoor pool]], and an ice arena. It is also home to [[Greenall School]].{{cn|date=October 2025}}

==History==
Balgonie was named for [[Balgonie Castle]] in Scotland. In 1882, the first train ran through the area on the [[Canadian Pacific Railway]], and a post office was established in 1883.<ref name="McLennan">{{cite book |last=McLennan |first=David |url=http://www.cprc.uregina.ca |title=Our Town: Saskatchewan Communities from Abbey to Zenon Park |publisher=Canadian Plains Research Center, University of Regina |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-88977-209-0 |location=Regina, Saskatchewan |pages=19–20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100410171540/http://www.cprc.uregina.ca/ |archive-date=2010-04-10 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1884, Sir John Lister Kaye established a model farm near the railway in Balgonie, with the town being the easternmost point of the old 76 Ranch lands.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Poirier |first=Thelma |title=The Grasslanders : ranch stories from Grasslands National Park |date=2017 |isbn=978-1-55050-923-6 |location=Regina, Saskatchewan |oclc=973044175}}</ref>

A school was built in 1891, and Balgonie was incorporated as a village in 1903 and as a town in 1907.<ref name="McLennan" />

One of Balgonie's most famous residents was William Wallace Gibson (1876–1965), who created the first Canadian-built airplane. Gibson successfully flew his airplane in [[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria]] in 1910.<ref name="Ency">{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/ww-gibson/ |title=William Wallace Gibson |access-date=2010-05-26 |last=Phillipson |first=Donald J. C. |year=2010 |encyclopedia=The Canadian Encyclopedia |publisher=Historica-Dominion |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607151411/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0003251 |archive-date=2011-06-07 }}</ref> Gibson was the subject of the 1991 stop-motion animated short ''The Balgonie Birdman'', directed by Brian Duchscherer and produced by the [[National Film Board of Canada]].<ref>{{cite video | url=http://www.nfb.ca/film/balgonie_birdman/ | title=The Balgonie Birdman | publisher=National Film Board of Canada | date=December 28, 1991 | people=Brian Duchscherer (director) | medium=Stop-motion animated film}}</ref>

The town's population plummeted during the 1930s and 1940s, but the completion of the [[Trans-Canada Highway]] in the late 1950s brought new growth.<ref name="McLennan" />

== Demographics ==
In the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 Census of Population]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], Balgonie had a population of {{val|1756|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|621|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|628|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:1756-1765}}|1765|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|1765|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|4.76|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|1756|4.76|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=2021census>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000203&geocode=A000247 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=April 1, 2022}}</ref>
{{canada census
 |location = Balgonie
 |2021_population=1,756 | 2021_pop_delta=-0.5  | 2021_land_area=4.76 | 2021_pop_density=369.2
 |2021_median_age=36.8 | 2021_median_age_m=36.4 | 2021_median_age_f=37.2
 |2021_total_pvt_dwell=628 |2021_occ_pvt_dwell=621 |2021_mean_hh_income=122,000 
 |2021_geocode=2021A00054706032 | 2021_access_date=2023-10-19
|2011_population=1,625
|2011_pop_delta=+17.4
|2011_land_area=3.15
|2011_pop_density=515.8
|2011_pop_rank=
|2011_median_age=33.3 
|2011_median_age_m=32.6
|2011_median_age_f=34.3
|2011_total_pvt_dwell=574
|2011_total_pvt_dwell_usual=543
|2011_mean_hh_income=
|2011_access_date=2014-03-11
|2006_population=1,384
|2006_pop_delta=+11.7
|2006_land_area=3.15
|2006_pop_density=439.3
|2006_pop_rank=1,684th
|2006_median_age=32.5 
|2006_median_age_m=32.5
|2006_median_age_f=32.5
|2006_total_pvt_dwell=474
|2006_total_pvt_dwell_usual=469
|2006_mean_hh_income=57,544
|2006_access_date=2009-02-24
}}

==See also==
*[[List of communities in Saskatchewan]]
*[[List of towns in Saskatchewan]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.townofbalgonie.ca/}}

{{Geographic location
| Northwest = [[Zehner, Saskatchewan|Zehner]]
| North     = [[Edenwold, Saskatchewan|Edenwold]]
| Northeast = [[Edgeley, Saskatchewan|Edgeley]]
| West      = [[Pilot Butte, Saskatchewan|Pilot Butte]]
| Centre    = Balgonie
| East      = [[St. Joseph's, Saskatchewan|St. Joseph's]]
| Southwest = [[Emerald Park, Saskatchewan|Emerald Park]]
| South     = [[White City, Saskatchewan|White City]]
| Southeast = [[Davin, Saskatchewan|Davin]]
}}
{{White Butte}}
{{Subdivisions of Saskatchewan|towns=yes}}
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[[Category:Edenwold No. 158, Saskatchewan]]
[[Category:Towns in Saskatchewan]]
[[Category:Division No. 6, Saskatchewan]]