Debden (2016 population: ) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Canwood No. 494 and Census Division No. 16. The village is located on Highway 55 and is 94 km from the city of Prince Albert and 194 km from the city of Saskatoon. It is also the administrative headquarters of the Big River Cree First Nations band government. The village is at the edge of the Prince Albert National Park and with all the lakes nearby it becomes a popular area in the summer months.

History

Debden incorporated as a village on June 7, 1922.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Debden had a population of 327 living in 132 of its 151 total private dwellings, a change of NaN% from its 2016 population of 337. With a land area of 1.34 km2, it had a population density of in 2021. In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Debden recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a NaN% change from its 2011 population of. With a land area of 1.39 km2, it had a population density of in 2016.

Notable people