New Finland District
Uusi Suomi | |
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  New Finland District Location in Saskatchewan  New Finland District New Finland District (Canada) | |
| Coordinates: 50°25′34″N 102°12′45″W / 50.42611°N 102.21250°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Saskatchewan |
| Within Rural municipality | Willowdale No. 153 |
| Provincial electoral district | Constituency of Moosomin |
| Federal electoral district | Riding of Souris—Moose Mountain |
| Uusi Suomi | 1888 |
| New Finland Post office established | 1 August 1896 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council–manager government within a Parliamentary system |
| • Reeve | Ernest Briggs |
| • Administrator | Doreen Jurkovic |
| • Member of the Legislative Assembly or MLA | Speaker Don Toth |
| • Member of Parliament of MP | Ed Komarnicki |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 333 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (UTC) |
| Area code | 306 |
| Website | rootsweb.ancestry.com/finnish |
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New Finland or Uusi Suomi is a district in the Qu'Appelle valley, the south eastern part of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada.
Uusi Suomi is Finnish for "New Finland", the name adopted by this Finnish block settlement. The homesteaders found an area in Saskatchewan near Qu'Appelle River which resembled the homeland of Finland both in geography and climate. The earliest settler arrived in 1888, and was followed by Finnish immigrants from Finland as well as from the iron ore mine regions of Minnesota and Dakota in the United States. The centre of the New Finland district consisted of a church, hall, and schoolhouse. Finland was undergoing profound changes following Tsar Nicholas II's February manifesto which was a main factor initiating the Great Exodus from Finland. The Canadian Pacific Railway along with Canadian immigration minister Clifford Sifton were advertising both abroad and in the United States encouraging settlement to Canada's "Last Best West". The community which arose had strong religious beliefs and celebrated Finnish cultural traditions.
- ^ "New Finland post office". Philately and Postal History > Post Offices and Postmasters. Library and archives Canada Government of Canada. January 31, 2007. Archived from the original on October 21, 2012. Retrieved March 18, 2011.
- ^ "RM of WILLOWDALE No. 153". Municipal Directory System. Ministry of Municipal Affairs. November 23, 2010. Retrieved March 18, 2011.
- ^ Canadian Textiles Institute. (2005). "CTI Determine your provincial constituency". Archived from the original on September 11, 2007. Retrieved May 26, 2007.
- ^ 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.