Goodsoil (2016 population: ) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Beaver River No. 622 and Census Division No. 17. The Goodsoil Historical Museum Site (c. 1932–45) is a municipal heritage property on the Canadian Register of Historic Places. It is the western gateway to Meadow Lake Provincial Park.

Parks and recreation

Goodsoil is located about one kilometre south of Meadow Lake Provincial Park's boundary, which is Saskatchewan's largest provincial park. The park has over 25 lakes and features recreational activities including boating, camping, fishing, and swimming. Eight kilometres west of Goodsoil is Northern Meadows Golf Club, an 18-hole championship course that includes a proshop with rentals and a driving range. The golf course is located on the northern shore of Bousquet Lake along Highway 954.

History

Goodsoil incorporated as a village on January 1, 1960.

Transportation

Goodsoil is located along Highway 26 about five kilometres north of Highway 55. At the north end of town, Highway 26 turns into Highway 224 and continues on into Meadow Lake Provincial Park. Highway 954 begins at the north end of town at the junction with Highway 26 / 224 and heads west into Meadow Lake Provincial Park. Goodsoil Airport is located 1 NM north north-west of the village along Highway 954.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Goodsoil had a population of 301 living in 128 of its 143 total private dwellings, a change of NaN% from its 2016 population of 282. With a land area of 1.78 km2, it had a population density of in 2021. In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Goodsoil recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a NaN% change from its 2011 population of. With a land area of 1.98 km2, it had a population density of in 2016.

Notable people