Minton (2021 population: ) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Surprise Valley No. 9 and Census Division No. 2. It is on Highway 6 just north of its intersection with Highway 18, about north of the Raymond-Regway Border Crossing on the Montana-Saskatchewan border. The village was named after Minton, Shropshire in England. The name was given by the Canadian Pacific Railway.
History Minton incorporated as a village on January 1, 1951. Its name is a mixture of the Welsh word mynydd and the Old English word tûn, meaning "mountain estate".
Demographics
In the 2021 Canadian census conducted by Statistics Canada, Minton had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
In the 2021 Census of Population, the Village of Minton recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
Attractions An inuksuk monument is approximately north of Minton on Highway 6 (). About west of Minton in the Big Muddy Badlands is the Minton Turtle Effigy ().
See also List of communities in Saskatchewan List of villages in Saskatchewan
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