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Halbrite
Halbrite (2016 population: ) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Cymri No. 36 and Census Division No. 2. The village is located approximately 20 kilometres south-east of the city of Weyburn on Highway 39 at the intersections of Highway 606 and 705. Halbrite gets its name from three engineers who, at the time, worked with the Canadian Pacific Railway. Each contributed parts of their last names to make up the community's name: Hall, Bruce, and White. During the Second World War the Royal Canadian Air Force constructed a Relief Landing Field for RCAF Station Weyburn approximately 2 miles south of the village.
History
Halbrite incorporated as a village on February 26, 1904.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Halbrite had a population of 110 living in 49 of its 60 total private dwellings, a change of NaN% from its 2016 population of 119. With a land area of 1.1 km2, it had a population density of in 2021. In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Halbrite recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a NaN% change from its 2011 population of. With a land area of 1.2 km2, it had a population density of in 2016.
Notable people
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