Unity, Saskatchewan
| Town of Unity | |
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Unity Express Shed
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 Town of Unity
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| Coordinates: 52°26′0″N 109°10′0″W / 52.43333°N 109.16667°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Saskatchewan |
| Rural Municipalities (R.M.410) | RM |
| Post office Founded | 1909-04-01 |
| Village established | 1909-06-01 |
| Town incorporated | 1919-11-01 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Sylvia Maljan |
| • Federal Electoral District Battlefords—Lloydminster M.P. | Gerry Ritz |
| • Provincial Constituency Kindersley M.L.A. | Bill Boyd |
| Area | |
| • Land | 9.77 km2 (3.77 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 2,389 |
| • Density | 244.6/km2 (634/sq mi) |
| Postal Code | S0K 4L0 |
| Area code(s) | 306 |
| Highways |
  Hwy 14 / Hwy 21
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| Website | Official Website |
Unity is a town in the western part of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan with a population of almost 2400. Unity is located at the intersection of Highway 14 and Highway 21, and the intersection of the CNR and CPR main rail lines. Unity is located 200 km west-northwest of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and 375 km southeast of Edmonton, Alberta. The town of Wilkie is located 18.96 miles (30.51 km) to the east.
The town was the subject of playwright Kevin Kerr's Governor General's Award-winning play Unity (1918), which dramatizes the effect of the 1918 flu pandemic on Unity.
With the coming of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway in 1908 Unity began to grow from a small settlement in 1904 to about 600 in the 1920s. By 1966 there were 2,154 residents.
Attractions in the Town of Unity include:
Two elementary schools, St. Peter's Catholic School and Unity Public School offers Kindergarten to Grade 6. Unity Composite High School (UCHS) includes grades 7 to 12. The two public schools are in the Living Sky School Division No. 202.
The population of the elementary schools ranges at about 150 students each, while UCHS is between 250 and 300 students with a graduating class of about 45-50 students a year.
The North West Regional College, located in the Unity Public School, provides post-secondary and continuing education opportunities.
The Unity railway station receives Via Rail service with The Canadian calling at Unity several times per week. Unity is on the Canadian National Railway tracks. In 1924, the Canadian Pacific Railway crossed the Canadian National Railway at Topaz just west of Unity.
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