Mankota (2021 population: ) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Mankota No. 45 and Census Division No. 3. The village is located on Highway 18, about 150 km southeast of the city of Swift Current.

History

The community acquired a post office in 1911 and was named by combining Manitoba and North Dakota, the original homes of many of its initial settlers. Mankota incorporated as a village on February 3, 1941.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Mankota had a population of 198 living in 108 of its 133 total private dwellings, a change of NaN% from its 2016 population of 205. With a land area of 1.5 km2, it had a population density of in 2021. In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Mankota recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a NaN% change from its 2011 population of. With a land area of 1.42 km2, it had a population density of in 2016.

Economy and businesses

Mankota has a stockyard for the sale of cattle from many farms in the area. Other businesses include an inn, motel/restaurant, general store, Credit Union, clinic/old folks home, bowling alley, town hall, library, fire station, community centre, auto repair shop, gas station, and a Canada Post office. In 2016, Weil Group Resources of Dallas constructed a $10 million helium processing facility near Mankota to supply refined, industrial-grade helium gas to world markets, reviving a mineral resource which was previously established in Saskatchewan.

Education

Mankota has one school that covers Kindergarten through Grade 12 in the Prairie South School Division. Enrollment for the 2008–2009 year was at 78, declining to 61 in 2011, and declining further every year on average. There are 40 students enrolled for the 2022-23 school year, seven of which are in Grade 12.

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