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{{Short description|Town in Saskatchewan, Canada}}
{{For|the surrounding rural municipality|Rural Municipality of Wolseley No. 155}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=August 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name                   = Wolseley
|official_name          = Town of Wolseley
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|subdivision_name1      = [[Saskatchewan]]
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|subdivision_name2      = [[Division No. 5, Saskatchewan|5]]
|subdivision_type3      = [[List of rural municipalities in Saskatchewan|Rural municipality]]
|subdivision_name3      = [[Rural Municipality of Wolseley No. 155|Wolseley]]
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|government_type        = Mayor/Council
|leader_title           = Mayor
|leader_name            = Gerald Hill
|leader_title1          = Administrator
|leader_name1           = Candice Quintyn
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|leader_title3          = [[Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan|MLA]] 
|leader_name3           = [[Steven Bonk]]
|leader_title4          = [[House of Commons of Canada|MP]]
|leader_name4           = [[Andrew Scheer]]
|established_title      = Post office established
|established_date       = 1882-10-01
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|population_as_of       = 2011
|population_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
  | access-date = 2014-08-21}}</ref>
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|population_total       = 864
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|postal_code_type       = Postal code
|postal_code            = S0G 5H0
|area_code              = [[Area code 306|306]]
|website                = [http://www.wolseley.ca Town of Wolseley]
|footnotes              = <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 = 2014-08-21}}</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 = 2014-08-21}}</ref>
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'''Wolseley'''<ref>{{cite web |title=Wolseley|url=https://toponymes.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/HANMT|website=Canadian Geographical Names Database |publisher=Government of Canada |access-date=17 August 2024}}</ref> ([[Canada 2011 Census]] population 864) is a town in southeast [[Saskatchewan]], Canada, approximately {{convert|100|km}} east of [[Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina]] on the [[Saskatchewan Highway 1|Trans-Canada Highway]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Wolseley |url=https://www.tourismsaskatchewan.com/community/367/wolseley#sort=relevancy |website=Tourism Saskatchewan |publisher=Government of Saskatchewan |access-date=20 August 2024}}</ref>

==History==
{{See also|List of historic places in Saskatchewan}}
Wolseley's Provincial Court House building was constructed in 1893 and is the oldest surviving courthouse building in the province. The [[Wolseley Town Hall and Opera House|Town Hall and Opera House]], built in 1906, is a classic building used for many community events. Canada's first [[Beaver Lumber]] was opened in Wolseley by co-founder E. A. Banbury in 1883. Beaver Lumber is now protected by Heritage status. The Banbury House Inn, which was originally built in 1905 as the private home for E. A. Banbury, was moved from its original location on the north bank of Fairly Lake to the west end of Wolseley to allow expansion of Lakeside Care Home in the 1980s. The Banbury House Inn now serves as a bed and breakfast.

Two private residences are also on the Canadian List of Historic Places. The Perley Residence, located at 206 Front Street, is a two-storey brick house which was the home of several prominent Wolseley residents, including the first miller in town, as well as A. A. Perley.<ref>{{cite web |title=Harold Perley Residence |url=https://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=10905 |website=Canada's Historic Places |publisher=Parks Canada}}</ref>

The home of Wolseley's first mayor, [[Robert Magee|R. A. Magee]], is another heritage property. It remains a private residence and is situated immediately south of the Town Hall and Opera House.

==Community==
{{stack|[[Image:Wolseley (267364229).jpg|thumb|Wolseley Elevator|left]]}}
It has two schools, Dr. Isman Elementary School and Wolseley High School. The recently rebuilt "swinging bridge" has been a feature of Wolseley since 1905. It has a twelve-bed hospital, an eighty-bed nursing home, and two resident doctors.

The town is served by three weekly newspapers: ''The Wolseley Bulletin'', ''The Indian Head-Wolseley News'' and ''The Grenfell Sun''. A [[tourist information]] radio station, CISE-FM, is based out of Wolseley.

Wolseley has a modern artificial ice arena, a curling rink, a nine-hole golf course, and a public swimming beach which is located on the shore of Fairly Lake, the town's most distinguishing feature. This body of water was formed when the Canadian Pacific Railway dammed Aldair Creek in 1902 to obtain a water supply for its steam engines. Fairly Lake gives the town its nickname (Town By The Lake).  The town was named one of Canada's prettiest, most historic towns by ''[[Harrowsmith Country Life]]'' in 2000.<ref>[http://www.dunncanada.com/harrowsmith.shtml "Wolseley: My Kind of Town"], ''Harrowsmith Country Life'', April 2000.</ref>

Wolseley is home to a thriving arts community, and in the downtown area, there is an art gallery which is the meeting place of the Wolseley Writers Group, the Wolseley Photography Club, and the Ellisboro Artisans Guild. The Twilite Drive-In Theatre in Wolseley is one of the few left in Saskatchewan. The others include the Jubilee Drive-In Theatre in [[Manitou Beach]], the Clearwater Drive-In in [[Kyle, Saskatchewan|Kyle]], the Moonlight Movies Drive-in in [[Pilot Butte, Saskatchewan|Pilot Butte]], and the Prairie Dog Drive-in Theatre in [[Carlyle, Saskatchewan|Carlyle]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Saskatchewan Drive-in Theaters |url=https://www.driveinmovie.com/Canada/Saskatchewan |publisher=DriveInMovie.com |access-date=18 August 2024}}</ref>
== Demographics ==
In the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 Census of Population]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], Wolseley had a population of {{val|852|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|360|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|392|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:852-854}}|854|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|854|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|5.84|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|852|5.84|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
|2011_population=864 
|2011_pop_delta=10.5
|2011_land_area=5.93
|2011_pop_density=145.6
|2011_median_age=47.9
|2011_median_age_m=42.9
|2011_median_age_f=52.8
|2011_total_pvt_dwell=383
|2011_total_pvt_dwell_usual=356
|2011_mean_hh_income=
|2011_access_date=2013-04-21
|2006_population=782
|2006_pop_delta=+2.6
|2006_land_area=5.91
|2006_pop_density=129.5
|2006_median_age=48.6
|2006_median_age_m=43.2
|2006_median_age_f=53.4
|2006_total_pvt_dwell=358
|2006_total_pvt_dwell_usual=326
|2006_mean_hh_income=27,939
|2006_access_date=2009-02-24
}}

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

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

{{Coord|display=title|name=Wolseley, Saskatchewan|50.425|N|103.273|W|region:CA_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki}}
{{Geographic location
 | Northwest = [[Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan|Fort Qu'Appelle]]
 | North =[[Lemberg, Saskatchewan|Lemberg]], [[Qu'Appelle River]]
 | Northeast = [[Grenfell Beach, Saskatchewan|Grenfell Beach]]
 | West =[[Sintaluta, Saskatchewan|Sintaluta]]
 | Centre = Wolseley
 | East = [[Summerberry, Saskatchewan|Summerberry]]
 | Southwest = [[Montmartre, Saskatchewan|Montmartre]]
 | South = [[Candiac, Saskatchewan|Candiac]]
 | Southeast = [[Kegworth, Saskatchewan|Kegworth]]
}}
{{Subdivisions of Saskatchewan|towns=yes}}
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[[Category:Wolseley No. 155, Saskatchewan]]
[[Category:Towns in Saskatchewan]]
[[Category:Division No. 5, Saskatchewan]]