Swift Current, Saskatchewan

Swift Current
Nickname: 
Speedy Creek[1]
Motto: 
Where Life Makes Sense
Swift Current
Swift Current
Coordinates: 50°17′17″N 107°47′38″W / 50.28806°N 107.79389°W / 50.28806; -107.79389
CountryCanada
ProvinceSaskatchewan
Established1883
Incorporated (village)September 21, 1903
Incorporated (town)March 15, 1907
Incorporated (city)January 15, 1914
Area
 • Land29.30 km2 (11.31 sq mi)
Elevation
817 m (2,680 ft)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • City16,750
 • Density571.6/km2 (1,480/sq mi)
 • Metro
18,745
Time zoneUTC−6 (CST)
Forward sortation area
S9H
Websitewww.swiftcurrent.ca

Swift Current is a city in Saskatchewan, Canada. It is on the Trans Canada Highway 170 kilometers (107 mi) east of Moose Jaw. 16,750 people live there.[2]

Schools

  • Cypress Hills College
  • Great Plains College
  • Swift Current Comprehensive High School
  • Maverick High School
  • Ashley Park School
  • Central School
  • École Oman School
  • Fairview School
  • O.M. Irwin School
  • St. Patrick's Separate Catholic School
  • St. Joseph's Separate Catholic School

Media

Print

  • Southwest Booster
  • Prairie Post

Television

  • Channel 5 - CBKT-4, CBC (formerly CJFB)
  • Channel 12 - CKMC, CTV

Radio

References

  1. "Saskatchewan slang". canada.com. Postmedia Network Inc. November 7, 2007. Archived from the original on November 9, 2012. Retrieved December 21, 2013.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "2021 Census of Population Swift Current". Statistics Canada. Retrieved February 11, 2023.

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