Frobisher is located along Highway 18, in the heart of south-east Saskatchewan's oil patch. Many pumpjacks and oil batteries are found in the area. Within the village, there are oil field related businesses, a post office,[5] a restaurant/convenience store, and Frobisher United Church.[6]
History
Frobisher was originally known as Frobyshire[7] but due to an error in the original village plans, it had to be renamed. In 1903, there were four grain elevators, each with a capacity of 25,000 bushels, one of which still stands. Frobisher was built at the cross-roads of two rail lines, the Canadian Pacific Railway Souris Line and the Grand Trunk Regina-Boundary Branch Line.[8] The Grand Trunk line was a Canadian National Railway line, which is now gone as CN had issued a notice of discontinuance for the section which went from Northgate to Lampman on 16 October 2007.[9] Frobisher was incorporated as a village on July 4, 1904.[10]
Parks and recreation
The closest park to Frobisher is Moose Creek Regional Park,[11] 27 kilometres east. The park is located along the east side of Grant Devine Reservoir. While Frobisher no longer has an ice rink, the Frobisher Flyers were among the four founding teams of the Big 6 Hockey League.[12] The Flyers never won a championship.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Frobisher had a population of 127 living in 54 of its 71 total private dwellings, a change of -20.6% from its 2016 population of 160. With a land area of 1.43 km2 (0.55 sq mi), it had a population density of 88.8/km2 (230.0/sq mi) in 2021.[15]
In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Frobisher recorded a population of 160 living in 65 of its 88 total private dwellings, a -3.8% change from its 2011 population of 166. With a land area of 1.35 km2 (0.52 sq mi), it had a population density of 118.5/km2 (307.0/sq mi) in 2016.[16]
