Milestone

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Milestone

Total population

699

Founded

1900

Land area2.17 km²

Coordinates49.99°, -104.51°

Demographic figures from Statistics Canada. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Milestone is a town in southeast Saskatchewan, Canada, on Highway 39. The town was named after C. W. Milestone in 1893. The town serves as a service centre for the neighbouring countryside with the area's economy dominated by agriculture.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

J

Jack Geddes

Canadian curler

V

Vera (Widder) Ames

Ph.D. Bryn Mawr College 1938

Shlomo Maital

Israeli economist

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Saskatchewan

• Sturgeon Lake
  244.4 mi away
• Big River
  270.9 mi away · pop. 1,140
• Petrykozy
  4726.4 mi away
• Rudzisko
  4726.5 mi away · pop. 55
• Giełzów
  4727 mi away · pop. 400
• Kamienna Wola
  4727.1 mi away · pop. 330
• Bernów
  4727.7 mi away · pop. 160
• Skrzyszów
  4727.9 mi away · pop. 200
• Maleniec
  4728.9 mi away · pop. 150
• Wyszyna Machorowska
  4730.3 mi away · pop. 110
• Gracuch
  4730.7 mi away · pop. 190
• Komaszyce
  4732 mi away · pop. 180

Browse all places in Saskatchewan →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Milestone

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire Ayers Pond, Prairie, Montana
  Wildfires · 2026-09-03 · 231 mi
• Incident Complex Rattlesnake Complex, Prairie, Montana
  Wildfires · 2026-09-04 · 236 mi
• Wildfire Snow, Custer, Montana
  Wildfires · 2026-09-02 · 244 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).

Recently spotted species

water smartweed

Persicaria amphibia

Seen 2026-08-25

Common Raven

Corvus corax

Seen 2026-07-12

Mule Deer

Odocoileus hemionus

Seen 2026-06-12

Purplish Copper

Tharsalea helloides

Seen 2025-08-18

Snowy Owl

Bubo scandiacus

Seen 2023-12-23

northern water-plantain

Alisma triviale

Seen 2023-06-27

narrow-leaved hawksbeard

Crepis tectorum

Seen 2023-06-27

american slough grass

Beckmannia syzigachne

Seen 2023-06-27

false aster

Boltonia asteroides

Seen 2023-06-27

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers