Editing White City, Saskatchewan

{{Short description|Town in Saskatchewan, Canada}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=August 2024}}
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|subdivision_name2      = [[Rural Municipality of Edenwold No. 158|Edenwold No. 158]]
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|subdivision_name3      = [[White City-Qu'appelle]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Find My Constituency |url=https://www.elections.sk.ca/voters/findmyconstituency/ |website=Constituency Finder |publisher=Elections SK |access-date=14 November 2024}}</ref>
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|leader_name            = Mitchell Simpson<ref>{{cite web |title=Election Results |url=https://whitecity.ca/p/election-results- |website=White City |publisher=Town of White City |access-date=14 November 2024}}</ref>
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|leader_name3           = [[Brad Crassweller]], ([[Saskatchewan Party|SKP]])<ref name="Saskatchewan">{{cite web |title=2024 General Election Official Results |url=https://results.elections.sk.ca/ |website=Elections SK |publisher=Elections SK |access-date=14 November 2024}}</ref>
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|leader_name4           = [[Andrew Scheer]], ([[Conservative Party of Canada|CON]])<ref name="MP" />
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'''White City''' is a town in southeast [[Saskatchewan]]. Situated at the intersection of [[Saskatchewan Highway 48|Highway 48]] and the [[Trans-Canada Highway]], the town is part of the [[White Butte, Saskatchewan|White Butte]] region and neighbours [[Balgonie]], [[Pilot Butte, Saskatchewan|Pilot Butte]], and the province's capital city, [[Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina]]. White City is primarily populated by people who commute to work in Regina. Its motto is "Your Way of Life".

== History ==
White City began on {{convert|80|acre|ha}} owned by [[Pilot Butte, Saskatchewan|Pilot Butte]] resident Johnston Lipsett.<ref name=":22">{{Cite book |title=Pilot Butte & District: Celebrating 125 Years of Living, 1882-2007 |year=2007 |isbn=978-1-897010-41-9 |location=Regina, Saskatchewan}}</ref> The community organized as a hamlet on April 26, 1959.<ref name=ToWCGS/> It incorporated as a village on March 1, 1967 and then as a town on November 1, 2000.<ref name=ToWCGS/> The community was named after [[White City, London]], England when John Kadannek, a local store owner, persuaded Lipsett to name it for the home of his favourite aunt.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Barry|first1=Bill|title=Geographic Names of Saskatchewan|url=https://archive.org/details/geographicnameso0000barr|url-access=registration|date=September 2005|publisher=People Places Publishing, Ltd.|location=Regina, Saskatchewan|isbn=1-897010-19-2|page=[https://archive.org/details/geographicnameso0000barr/page/453 453]}}</ref>

== Demographics ==
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{{Historical populations
| title       = Population history<br/>(1961–2021)
| type        = Canada
| align       = right
| footnote    = ''Source: [[Statistics Canada]] via Town of White City''<ref name=ToWCGS>{{cite web | url=https://one-community.ca/downloads/download/29.pdf | title=2022 Growth Study | publisher=Town of White City | date=June 2022 | access-date=July 15, 2022}}</ref><ref name=2021amendment/>
|1961|91
|1966|93
|1971|129
|1976|340
|1981|602
|1986|783
|1991|862
|[[1996 Canadian Census|1996]]|905
|[[2001 Canadian Census|2001]]|1013
|[[2006 Canadian Census|2006]]|1113
|[[2011 Canadian Census|2011]]|1894
|[[2016 Canadian Census|2016]]|3099
|[[2021 Canadian Census|2021]]|3821
}}
}}

In the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 Census of Population]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], White City was originally reported as having a population of {{val|3702|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|1176|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|1200|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:3702-3099}}|3099|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|3099|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|7.56|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|3702|7.56|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=2021census>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000203&geocode=A000247 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=April 1, 2022}}</ref> Statistics Canada subsequently amended White City's 2021 census results to a population of {{val|3821|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|1211|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|1235|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, an adjusted change of {{percentage|{{#expr:3821-3099}}|3099|1}} from its 2016 population.<ref name=2021amendment>{{cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/ref/amendments-modifications-eng.cfm | title=Population and dwelling count amendments, 2021 Census | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=July 13, 2022 | accessdate=July 15, 2022}}</ref>

In the [[2016 Canadian Census|2016 Census of Population]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], the Town of White City recorded a population of {{nts|3099}} living in {{nts|998}} of its {{nts|1036}} total private dwellings, a {{percentage|{{#expr:3099-1899}}|1899|1}} change from its 2011 adjusted population of {{nts|1899}}. With a land area of {{convert|7.52|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|3099|7.52|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2016.<ref name=2016censusSKmunis>{{cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table.cfm?Lang=Eng&T=302&SR=1&S=86&O=A&RPP=9999&PR=47 | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Saskatchewan) | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=February 8, 2017 | access-date=May 13, 2020}}</ref>

== Services ==
White City is serviced with a library and a [[Canada Post]] office.{{cn|date=August 2024}}

== Education ==
École White City School and Emerald Ridge Elementary School provide education for kindergarten through grade 8. Students in grades 9 through 12 are bused 10 minutes northeast to [[Greenall School]] in [[Balgonie, Saskatchewan|Balgonie]].{{cn|date=August 2024}}

== See also ==
* [[List of towns in Saskatchewan]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Official|http://www.whitecity.ca/}}

{{Geographic location
| Northwest = [[Pilot Butte, Saskatchewan|Pilot Butte]]
| North     = Coppersands
| Northeast = [[Balgonie]]
| West      = [[Emerald Park, Saskatchewan|Emerald Park]]
| Centre    = White City
| East      = Radomsky
| Southwest = Richardson
| South     = [[Kronau, Saskatchewan|Kronau]]
| Southeast = [[Davin, Saskatchewan|Davin]]
}}
{{White Butte}}
{{Subdivisions of Saskatchewan|towns=yes}}
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[[Category:Edenwold No. 158, Saskatchewan]]
[[Category:Towns in Saskatchewan]]
[[Category:Division No. 6, Saskatchewan]]