Kandahar, Saskatchewan

Kandahar
Candahar Post Office
The road into Kandahar in May 2003
The road into Kandahar in May 2003
Kandahar is located in Saskatchewan
Kandahar
Kandahar
Location within Saskatchewan
Coordinates: 51°45′29″N 104°21′43″W / 51.7581°N 104.3619°W / 51.7581; -104.3619
CountryCanada
ProvinceSaskatchewan
Rural MunicipalityBig Quill
Federal Electoral DistrictRegina—Qu'Appelle
Provincial ConstituencyArm River
Founded byCanadian Pacific Railway
Named forKandahar
Government
 • Member of the Legislative AssemblyDana Skoropad, (SP)
 • Member of ParliamentAndrew Scheer
Time zoneUTC−6 (Central Standard Time)
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Kandahar is a hamlet in Rural Municipality of Big Quill No. 308, Saskatchewan, Canada. Listed as a designated place by Statistics Canada, the hamlet had a population of 20 in the Canada 2016 Census.[4] Located on Highway 16 near Wynyard, Saskatchewan, the community was named by Canadian Pacific Railway executives in the late 19th century for a British military victory in Kandahar, Afghanistan.[citation needed] The hamlet is too small to be enumerated on its own, so its population belongs to the Rural Municipality of Big Quill No. 308. It is located near the south shore of Big Quill Lake, the largest inland body of salt water in Canada.

  1. ^ Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home, Municipal Directory System, archived from the original on March 21, 2005, retrieved April 24, 2007
  2. ^ Canadian Textiles Institute. (2005), CTI Determine your provincial constituency, archived from the original on September 11, 2007, retrieved April 24, 2007
  3. ^ Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005), Elections Canada On-line, archived from the original on April 21, 2007, retrieved April 24, 2007
  4. ^ Canada 2016 Census: Designated places in Saskatchewan