Tisdale, Saskatchewan

Tisdale
Town
Motto: 
Opportunity Grows Here
Tisdale is located in Saskatchewan
Tisdale
Tisdale
Coordinates: 52°50′57″N 104°02′57″W / 52.84917°N 104.04917°W / 52.84917; -104.04917
CountryCanada
ProvinceSaskatchewan
Rural municipalityTisdale
Post office founded1 February 1904[1]
Government
 • MayorAl Jellicoe [2]
 • Federal electoral district Prince Albert MPRandy Hoback
 • Provincial constituency Constituency of Carrot River Valley MLAFred Bradshaw
Area
 • Total
6.47 km2 (2.50 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total
2,878
 • Summer (DST)CST

Tisdale is the business centre for the rich agricultural boreal forest area in central Saskatchewan, Canada. This town is in the Rural Municipality of Tisdale No. 427.

Located at the junction of Highway 35 and Highway 3, and serviced by both the Canadian National Railway and the Canadian Pacific Railway, Tisdale is the grain handling centre of the region with five inland grain terminals, and is the centre of regional industry.

The intersection of Highways 3 and 35 has traffic volumes of 11,200 vehicles per day and is the location of the largest 7-Eleven in Canada (by floor space) and the 4.9 m (16 ft) long roadside statue of "The World's Largest Honey Bee" (the Giant Bee in Falher, is actually bigger at 6.91 m (22 ft 8 in)).

This town is the administrative office of the Kinistin Saulteaux Nation band government.

  1. ^ "Post Offices and Postmasters". Retrieved February 7, 2013.
  2. ^ "Municipal Directory System". Retrieved February 7, 2013.