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Spalding
Spalding
Village
	Spalding Spalding
	Coordinates: 52°19′45″N 104°29′45″W / 52.32917°N 104.49583°W
Country	Canada
Province	Saskatchewan
Rural Municipality	Spalding
Post office	1906-12-0
Incorporated (village)	1924
Government
• Mayor	Norman Foushe
• Administrator	Cathy Holt
• Councillor	Perry Eggerman ; Richelle Beaudry ; Matt Woloshyn ; Robert Jessup
Time zone	CST
Postal code	S0K 4C0
Area code	306
Highways	Highway 6 ; Highway 756

Spalding (2016 population: 244) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Spalding No. 368 and Census Division No. 14. It is named after Spalding, Lincolnshire, birthplace of the wife of the first postmaster for Spalding. The local economy is dominated by agriculture.^[4]

History

Spalding incorporated as a village on March 11, 1924.^[5]

The town has two municipal heritage properties:

The Reynold Rapp Residence is a municipal designated historic building. The property is a two-story wood house that was constructed in 1926.^[6] In 1948, Reynold Rapp and his family moved into the house. He served as town overseer from 1950 to 1957 and as a member of Parliament from 1958 until 1968. The property was donated to the community in 1971 to serve as the home of the Reynold Rapp Museum, that was opened in 1972 by John Diefenbaker.^[7]
Spalding United Church is a historic wood-frame church built in 1926. The design uses Gothic Revival and Tudor Revival elements.^[8]

Demographics

Population history
(1981–2016)
Year	Pop.	±%
1981	337	—
1986	357	+5.9%
1991	287	−19.6%
1996	281	−2.1%
2001	261	−7.1%
2006	237	−9.2%
2011	242	+2.1%
2016	244	+0.8%
Source: Statistics Canada via Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics^[9]^[10]

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Spalding had a population of 213 living in 107 of its 135 total private dwellings, a change of -12.7% from its 2016 population of 244. With a land area of 1.19 km² (0.46 sq mi), it had a population density of 179.0/km² (463.6/sq mi) in 2021.^[11]

In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Spalding recorded a population of 244 living in 112 of its 152 total private dwellings, a 0.8% change from its 2011 population of 242. With a land area of 1.18 km² (0.46 sq mi), it had a population density of 206.8/km² (535.6/sq mi) in 2016.^[12]

Notable people

Spalding is the birthplace of actress Kari Matchett.^[13]^[14]
Spalding is the birthplace of author Paul Yee.
Spalding is the birthplace of classical/operatic bass-baritone singer Nathan Berg.