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Weyakwin is a northern hamlet in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It is situated along Highway 2 on the south bank of Weyakwin River. The Weyakwin River flows from Weyakwin Lake east to Montreal Lake.

Name

The name of the community comes from the Cree language, meaning Foul or profane language.

The community is known in Cree as ᐏᔭᐦᑵᐏᓂᕽ wiyahkwêwinihk.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Weyakwin had a population of 100 living in 30 of its 36 total private dwellings, a change of -2% from its 2016 population of 102. With a land area of 5.27 km (2.03 sq mi), it had a population density of 19.0/km (49.1/sq mi) in 2021.

See also

• List of communities in Saskatchewan

References

1. "Weyakwin". Canadian Geographical Names Database. Government of Canada. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
2. "Weyakwin River". Canadian Geographical Names Database. Government of Canada. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
3. Wolvengrey, Arok, editor. Cree: Words. Regina, University of Regina Press, 2001. https://itwewina.altlab.app/word/wiyahkw%C3%AAwin/
4. Wolvengrey, Arok, editor. Cree: Words. Regina, University of Regina Press, 2001. https://itwewina.altlab.app/word/wiyahkw%C3%AAwinihk/
5. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan". Statistics Canada. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2022.

v t e Division No. 18, Saskatchewan
District	Northern Saskatchewan Administration District
Cities	Flin Flon (part)
Northern towns	Creighton La Ronge
Northern villages	Air Ronge Beauval Buffalo Narrows Cumberland House Denare Beach Green Lake Île-à-la-Crosse La Loche Pelican Narrows Pinehouse Sandy Bay
First Nations	Birch Narrows Black Lake Buffalo River Canoe Lake Clearwater River Cumberland House English River Fond du Lac Hatchet Lake Lac La Ronge Montreal Lake Peter Ballantyne
Indian reserves	Amisk Lake 184 Amiskosakahikan 210 Barkwell Bay 192I Beauval Forks 192O Birch Portage 184A Budd's Point 20D Buffalo River Dene Nation 193 Cable Bay 192M 192N Canoe Lake 165 165A 165B Chicken 224 Chicken 225 Chicken 226 Churchill Lake 193A Clearwater River Dene Band 221 222 223 Cree Lake 192G Cumberland House Cree Nation 20 Dipper Rapids 192C Elak Dase 192A English River 192H Flatstone Lake 192L Fond du Lac 227 228 229 231 232 233 Four Portages 157C Fox Point 157D 157E Grandmother's Bay 219 Kimosom Pwatinahk 203 Kinoosao-Thomas Clark 204 Kitsakie 156B Lac la Hache 220 Lac la Ronge 156 La Plonge 192 Little Hills 158 Little Hills 158B Montreal Lake 106 Morin Lake 217 Pelican Narrows 184B Potato River 156A Southend 200 Stanley 157 Sturgeon Weir 184F Sucker River 156C Turnor Lake 193B Wapachewunak 192D
Unorganized areas	Unorganized Division No. 18
Unincorporated communities	Northern hamlets Black Point Cole Bay Dore Lake Jans Bay Michel Village Patuanak St. George's Hill Stony Rapids Timber Bay Turnor Lake Weyakwin Northern settlements Bear Creek Brabant Lake Camsell Portage Descharme Lake Garson Lake Missinipe Sled Lake Southend Stanley Mission Uranium City Wollaston Lake Indian settlements Brabant Lake
See also: Municipalities in Saskatchewan Census divisions of Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities

54°25′38″N 105°47′19″W / 54.42722°N 105.78861°W / 54.42722; -105.78861

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