Unity | |
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Town | |
Town of Unity | |
Motto: A good town in a good district | |
Coordinates: 52°26′0″N 109°10′0″W / 52.43333°N 109.16667°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Saskatchewan |
Post office Founded | 1909-04-01 |
Village established | 1909-06-01 |
Town incorporated | 1909-11-01 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Sharon Del Frari |
• Federal Electoral District Battlefords—Lloydminster MP | Rosemarie Falk |
• Provincial Constituency Cut Knife-Turtleford MLA | Ryan Domotor |
Area | |
• Land | 9.77 km2 (3.77 sq mi) |
Population (2016) | |
• Total | 2,573 |
• Density | 244.6/km2 (634/sq mi) |
• Summer (DST) | CST |
Postal Code | S0K 4L0 |
Area code | 306-228/210 |
Highways | Highway 14 / Highway 21 |
Website | Official Website |
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Unity is a town in the western part of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan[5] with a population of 2573. Unity is located at the intersection of Highway 14 and Highway 21, and the intersection of the CNR and CPR main rail lines. Unity is located 200 kilometres (125 mi) west-northwest of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and 375 kilometres (235 mi) southeast of Edmonton, Alberta. The town of Wilkie is located 33 kilometres (21 mi) to the east.
The town was the subject of playwright Kevin Kerr's Governor General's Award-winning play Unity (1918), which dramatizes the effect of the 1918 flu pandemic on Unity.