Wymark | |
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Organized Hamlet | |
![]() Aerial view of Wymark (2013) from south by southeast | |
Coordinates: 50°06′35″N 107°44′13″W / 50.1097°N 107.7369°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Saskatchewan |
Region | Southwest Saskatchewan |
Rural Municipality | Swift Current |
Post Office Established | January 1, 1913 |
Government | |
• Reeve | Jerry Knipfel |
• Administrator | Dave Dmytruk |
• Governing body | Swift Current No. 137 |
Area | |
• Total | 0.30 km2 (0.12 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 130 |
• Density | 434.1/km2 (1,124/sq mi) |
Time zone | CST |
Postal code | S0N 2Y0 |
Area code | 306 |
Highways | Highway 379 |
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Wymark is a hamlet in Swift Current Rural Municipality No. 137, Saskatchewan, Canada. Listed as a designated place by Statistics Canada, the hamlet had a population of 144 in the Canada 2006 Census.[5] The hamlet is located on Highway 628 about 2 km north of Highway 363, and 15 km south of Swift Current.
Wymark was named after William Wymark Jacobs, an English writer best known for his 1902 story The Monkey's Paw.[6]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Wymark had a population of 148 living in 54 of its 57 total private dwellings, a change of 7.2% from its 2016 population of 138. With a land area of 0.32 km2 (0.12 sq mi), it had a population density of 462.5/km2 (1,197.9/sq mi) in 2021.[7]