Edam (2016 population: ) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Turtle River No. 469 and Census Division No. 17. Edam is located off Highway 26, south of Turtleford and north of Vawn.

The village is known as a "Little piece of Holland in Saskatchewan". Established in 1907, the then unincorporated hamlet was named for the city of Edam, Netherlands, after the name 'Amsterdam' was rejected by the Saskatchewan Government Office as "too long".

History Edam incorporated as a village on October 12, 1911.

The location was chosen to take advantage of the Canadian Northern Railway (CNoR) line running through that site, with the Edam CNoR railway station completed in 1912. The CNoR merged into the Canadian National Railway in 1923; the station was recognized as a Municipal Heritage Property by Saskatchewan, and added to the Canadian Register of Historic Places, in March 2008.

Three years after completion of the railway station, Chinese immigrant Charlie Chan opened a two storey building housing a café on the main floor and hotel rooms on the second floor. The businesses closed in 1986, and the Edam Café building was recognized as a Municipal Heritage Property by Saskatchewan, and added to the Canadian Register of Historic Places, in June 2005.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Edam 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 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Edam recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.

Notable people Fiona Smith-Bell, two-time world champion hockey player with the Canadian women's hockey team. Wayne Wouters, former Clerk of the Privy Council (the most senior civil servant) in the Government of Canada.

Transportation Highway 674 Paynton Ferry Edam Airport

See also List of communities in Saskatchewan List of francophone communities in Saskatchewan List of villages in Saskatchewan

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