Orkney, Saskatchewan

Orkney
Unorganized hamlet
Orkney School and ex. Patterson elevator in background.
Orkney School and ex. Patterson elevator in background.
Orkney is located in Val Marie No. 17
Orkney
Orkney
Orkney is located in Saskatchewan
Orkney
Orkney
Coordinates: 49°08′00″N 107°55′02″W / 49.1333°N 107.9172°W / 49.1333; -107.9172
CountryCanada
ProvinceSaskatchewan
RegionSouthwest Saskatchewan
Rural municipalityVal Marie No. 17
Government
 • Governing bodyRural Municipality of Val Marie No. 17
 • MLADave Marit
 • MPJeremy Patzer
Area
 • Total0.23 km2 (0.09 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total4
Time zoneCST
Postal code
S0N 1V0
Area code306
HighwaysHighway 18

Orkney is an unincorporated community within the Rural Municipality of Val Marie No. 17, Saskatchewan, Canada. Founded in 1924 when the Canadian Pacific Railway constructed its branch line to Val Marie, it was incorporated as a village in June 1928. Orkney is ten miles from the Canada–United States border.[1] Listed as a designated place by Statistics Canada, the hamlet had a population of four in the Canada 2011 Census.[2]

  1. ^ Prairie Footprints Then & Now. Val Marie History Book Committee. 2008. pp. 50–70. ISBN 978-1-55383-209-6.
  2. ^ Canada 2011 Census: Designated places in Saskatchewan