Endeavour (2016 population: ) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Preeceville No. 334 and Census Division No. 9. It is on the west bank of the Lilian River. The Endeavour railway station receives Via Rail service, as well the village can be accessed via Highway 9.

History

Endeavour incorporated as a village on April 29, 1953. The community, originally named Annette, was renamed Endeavour after the first attempted commercial passenger flight across the Atlantic in 1930.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Endeavour had a population of 75 living in 42 of its 60 total private dwellings, a change of NaN% from its 2016 population of 65. With a land area of 1 km2, it had a population density of in 2021. In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Endeavour recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a NaN% change from its 2011 population of. With a land area of 0.99 km2, it had a population density of in 2016.

In pop-culture

A feature on Mars was named for the village: the crater Endeavour, which the rover Opportunity has been investigating since 2011. Johnny Cash makes reference to Endeavour in his song 'The Girl in Saskatoon': "I left a little town a little south of Hudson Bay."