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Leader
Saskatchewantown
Leader
Total population
881
Founded
1907
Demographic figures from Statistics Canada. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
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Overview
Leader is a town in southwestern Saskatchewan, Canada, located approximately 350 kilometres (220 mi) directly east of Calgary, Alberta and is near the border between Saskatchewan and Alberta. It has a population of 881 as of 2021.
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History
Before settlement, the Leader area was a hunting ground of prehistoric humans. A Midland Folsom point was discovered that the University of Saskatchewan dated back 8,000 to 9,000 years before present. Leader lies in the traditional territory of the Nekaneet First Nation, who were signatories to Treaty 4. Homesteaders began arriving in large numbers in 1907; most were German immigrants from Prussia or southern Russia. A Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) detachment opened in 1909, and ensured all settlers had adequate supplies to last the winter. By 1911, the Canadian Pacific Railway purchased a quarter section of land as the prospective site for a settlement. By 1917, anti-German sentiment surrounding the events of World War I prompted the community to change its name, as well as replacing its German street names with numbers. The new name was chosen after a contest won by two local girls, Bertha Keller and Muriel Legault. They were inspired by the arrival of the Regina Morning Leader newspaper on the passenger train. The village name was officially changed to Leader on September 27, 1917; Following World War II the town's population grew, reaching a peak of 1,236 in 1966. In 1995, American aviator Steve Fossett landed near Leader after taking off from South Korea, becoming the first person to make a solo flight across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon. In November 2006, the inhabitants of Leader posed nude for a calendar in act of protest against the deteriorating condition of Highway 32, the main link to the city of Swift Current; it attracted the attention of media outlets in Canada and the United States. In the 2008-2009 provincial budget, the Ministry of Highways committed to rebuild Highway 32 between the villages of Shackleton and Prelate. The project was…
Geography
Leader is located in Saskatchewan's mixed grassland ecoregion. The southern landscape is dominated by flat plains, with rolling hills by the South Saskatchewan River located north of Leader. The Great Sand Hills, a region of arid plains and sand dunes, lies just southeast of Leader. The town is located at the junction of highways 21 and 32, and is approximately east of the border with Alberta. Like much of southwestern Saskatchewan, Leader experiences a semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification BSk). Winters are long, cold and dry, while summers are short but very warm. Average precipitation is of rain per year and of snow per annum. Mean temperatures in the area range from a January low of to a summer high in July of . Extremes 1924–1969, Extremes 1996–present }}
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Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
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Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in Saskatchewan
- Big River212.3 mi away · pop. 1,140
- Sturgeon Lake225.5 mi away
- Petrykozy4791.8 mi away
- Kamienna Wola4792.4 mi away · pop. 330
- Giełzów4792.5 mi away · pop. 400
- Rudzisko4792.9 mi away · pop. 55
- Bernów4793 mi away · pop. 160
- Skrzyszów4793.3 mi away · pop. 200
- Maleniec4795 mi away · pop. 150
- Gracuch4796.4 mi away · pop. 190
- Wyszyna Machorowska4796.5 mi away · pop. 110
- Komaszyce4797.4 mi away · pop. 180
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
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Books about Leader
Search results from Open Library.
Recent natural events nearby
- Wildfire Middle Coulee, Chouteau, MontanaWildfires · 2026-08-02 · 227 mi
Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).
Ground air-quality sensors
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Official Identifiers
StatCan — Statistics Canada
- SGC code
- 4708058
- Wikidata
- Q1915145
Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) via Wikidata P3012
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library
- • NASA EONET
- • StatCan — Statistics Canada — Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) via Wikidata P3012