Maryfield (2016 population: 348) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Maryfield No. 91 and Census Division No. 1. The village lies south of the intersection of Highway 48 and Highway 600 and is about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) west of the Manitoba border. It is a junction point on the Canadian National Railway between the main line heading northwest towards Regina and a branch line heading southwest toward Carlyle and Lampman.
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History
John Young McNaught named his homestead after his sister, Mary; he donated land for a school in 1889, with the condition that the name be perpetuated. The name Maryfield was passed on to the post office, then the Canadian Pacific Railway station in 1906. Maryfield incorporated as a village on August 21, 1907.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Maryfield had a population of 311 living in 130 of its 157 total private dwellings, a change of −10.6% from its 2016 population of 348. With a land area of 2.57 km2 (0.99 sq mi), it had a population density of 121.0/km2 (313.4/sq mi) in 2021.
In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Maryfield recorded a population of 348 living in 139 of its 178 total private dwellings, a −4.9% change from its 2011 population of 365. With a land area of 2.69 km2 (1.04 sq mi), it had a population density of 129.4/km2 (335.1/sq mi) in 2016.
Notable people
Brock Lesnar, American professional wrestler and mixed martial artist, lives in Maryfield with his wife, fellow professional wrestler Sable
Joel Laing, Canadian ice hockey player, born and raised in Maryfield
Val Sweeting, Canadian curler, grew up in Maryfield