McLean (2016 population: ) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of South Qu'Appelle No. 157 and Census Division No. 6. It is on Highway 1 between Qu'Appelle and Balgonie. The village of McLean is located in South Central Saskatchewan on the Trans-Canada Highway and is the highest point on the Canadian Pacific Railway mainline east of the Rockies. It is about 37 km east of the Regina. The population of McLean is 405 (2016 Census).

History

McLean incorporated as a village on September 1, 1966.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, McLean had a population of 392 living in 148 of its 156 total private dwellings, a change of NaN% from its 2016 population of 405. With a land area of 1.32 km2, it had a population density of in 2021. In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of McLean recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a NaN% change from its 2011 population of. With a land area of 1.33 km2, it had a population density of in 2016.

Transportation

McLean is situated 20 minutes east of Saskatchewan's capital city Regina, on the Trans-Canada Highway and the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) mainline, between Balgonie and Qu'Appelle. This village is the highest point on the CPR east of the Rockies.