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Eatonia
Eatonia
	Town of Eatonia
	Former Canadian National Railway station in Eatonia
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	Coordinates: 51°13′16″N 109°23′26″W / 51.22111°N 109.39056°W
Country	Canada
Province	Saskatchewan
Census division	8
Rural Municipality	Chesterfield
Founded	1919
Incorporated	1954
Government
• Mayor	(?)
• Administrator	Cheryl Bailey
• Governing body	Eatonia Town Council
Area
• Total	1.68 km2 (0.65 sq mi)
Elevation	719.6 m (2,360.9 ft)
Population (2006)
• Total	449
• Density	266.6/km2 (690/sq mi)
Time zone	CST
Postal code	S0L 0Y0
Area code	306
Highways	21 and 44
Airport	Eatonia (Elvie Smith) Municipal
Website	eatonia.ca

Eatonia is a town in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan with a population of 449 people (according to the Canada 2006 Census).^[4] The town's economy is based almost exclusively on agriculture. Eatonia is in southwest Saskatchewan at the crossroads of Highways 21 and 44, approximately 44 kilometres southwest of Kindersley and 72 kilometres from the provincial boundary with Alberta. The town is served by Eatonia (Elvie Smith) Municipal Airport.

History

Eatonia in 1935

Eatonia was founded in 1919 as a station on the Canadian National Railway and was named after Timothy Eaton, founder of the Eaton's department store chain and catalogue, and to honour his son and heir, John Craig Eaton. The station was originally simply called "Eaton", but there was confusion with nearby Eston, so the name was changed to Eatonia in 1921 ("Eatonia" was the name of an Eaton's brand for clothing and other goods, and "Eatonian" was the name given to long-serving Eaton's employees).

Eatonia was incorporated as a town in 1954. In 1955, the year of Saskatchewan's Golden Jubilee, Eatonia's train station was featured on the cover of the Eaton's catalogue, thus resulting in a classic local image finding its way into homes across the country. The former CN train station is now home to the Wheatland Regional Library (Eatonia Branch). The former station, along with a train caboose and a wood-frame house ordered from the Eaton's catalogue in 1917, comprise the Eatonia Heritage Park, a 0.6-hectare (1.5-acre) Municipal Heritage Property located at the south end of Main Street.^[5]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Eatonia had a population of 498 living in 205 of its 253 total private dwellings, a change of -5% from its 2016 population of 524. With a land area of 1.6 km² (0.62 sq mi), it had a population density of 311.3/km² (806.1/sq mi) in 2021.^[6]

Canada census – Eatonia community profile

	2021	2011
Population	498 (-5.0% from 2016)	508 (13.1% from 2006)
Land area	1.60 km² (0.62 sq mi)	1.68 km² (0.65 sq mi)
Population density	311.6/km² (807/sq mi)	301.6/km² (781/sq mi)
Median age	39.2 (M: 37.6, F: 42.8)	44.5 (M: 41.8, F: 45.3)
Private dwellings	253 (total) 205 (occupied)	239 (total)
Median household income	$83,000

References: 2021^[7] 2011^[8] earlier^[9]^[10]

Education

Eatonia is home to a kindergarten to Grade 12 public school, Eaton School, which has been home to many successful volleyball, basketball, and football teams throughout its history. It is located within the Sun West School Division.