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'''La Ronge''' is a [[List of municipalities in Saskatchewan|northern town]] in the [[boreal forest of Canada|boreal forest]] of central [[Saskatchewan]], Canada. Its location is approximately {{convert|250|km|mi|abbr=on}} north of [[Prince Albert, Saskatchewan|Prince Albert]] where [[Saskatchewan Highway 2|Highway 2]] becomes [[Saskatchewan Highway 102|Highway 102]]. La Ronge lies on the western shore of [[Lac la Ronge]], is adjacent to [[Lac La Ronge Provincial Park]], and is on the edge of the [[Canadian Shield]].
'''La Ronge''' is a [[List of municipalities in Saskatchewan|northern town]] in the [[boreal forest of Canada|boreal forest]] of [[Saskatchewan]], Canada. The town is also the namesake of the larger [[#Population centre|La Ronge]] population centre, the largest in northern Saskatchewan, comprising the [[Northern village (Saskatchewan)|Northern Village]] of [[Air Ronge]], and the Kitsakie 156B and Lac La Ronge 156 [[Indian reserve|reserve]]s of the [[Lac La Ronge First Nation]].


The town is located approximately {{convert|250|km|mi|abbr=on}} north of [[Prince Albert, Saskatchewan|Prince Albert]] and lies on the western shore of [[Lac la Ronge]], is adjacent to [[Lac La Ronge Provincial Park]], and is on the edge of the [[Canadian Shield]].
This town is also the namesake of the larger [[#Population centre|La Ronge]] [[Population centre (Canada)|population centre]],<ref name=popcentre /> comprising the community, the [[Northern village (Saskatchewan)|Northern Village]] of [[Air Ronge]], and the Kitsakie 156B and Lac La Ronge 156 [[Indian reserve|reserve]]s of the [[Lac La Ronge First Nation]].<ref name=geosearch />


== History ==
== History ==
The name “La Ronge” comes from the lake itself, although the actual origin of the name is uncertain. The [[French language|French]] verb <I>ronger</I> translates as “to gnaw”, with at least one explanation theorising that 17th- and 18th-century [[Canadian fur trade|French fur traders]] referred to the lake as ''la ronge'' (literally, ''the chewed'') due to the abundant [[American beaver|beaver]] population along the lake’s shoreline. Undoubtedly, many of the trees along the water’s edge would have been visibly chewed, or completely gnawed to the ground and taken away by the [[Rodentia|rodents]] for their [[Beaver dam|dam construction]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/la-ronge#:~:text=Origin%20of%20the%20name%20is,the%20area%20into%20this%20century |title= La Ronge |author=White, C.O. |date=19 September 2012 |website=www.TheCanadianEncyclopedia.ca |publisher=Historica Canada |quote= The Town of La Ronge is located on the west shore of Lac La Ronge in northern Saskatchewan. Origin of the name is uncertain but it is likely associated with the beaver and the French verb ronger ("to gnaw"). Fur traders such as the Frobishers and Peter Pond frequented this site in the 1770s, and HBC posts operated intermittently in the area into this century.}}</ref>
The name “La Ronge” comes from the lake itself, although the actual origin of the name is uncertain. The [[French language|French]] verb ''ronger'' translates as “to gnaw”, with at least one explanation theorising that 17th- and 18th-century [[Canadian fur trade|French fur traders]] referred to the lake as ''la ronge'' (literally, ''the chewed'') due to the abundant [[American beaver|beaver]] population along the lake’s shoreline. Undoubtedly, many of the trees along the water’s edge would have been visibly chewed, or completely gnawed to the ground and taken away by the [[Rodentia|rodents]] for their [[Beaver dam|dam construction]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/la-ronge#:~:text=Origin%20of%20the%20name%20is,the%20area%20into%20this%20century |title= La Ronge |author=White, C.O. |date=19 September 2012 |website=www.TheCanadianEncyclopedia.ca |publisher=Historica Canada |quote= The Town of La Ronge is located on the west shore of Lac La Ronge in northern Saskatchewan. Origin of the name is uncertain but it is likely associated with the beaver and the French verb ronger ("to gnaw"). Fur traders such as the Frobishers and Peter Pond frequented this site in the 1770s, and HBC posts operated intermittently in the area into this century.}}</ref>


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=== Climate ===
=== Climate ===
{{original research|date=January 2024}}
According to the [[Köppen climate classification|Köppen–Geiger]] and [[Trewartha climate classification|Trewartha climate classification systems]], La Ronge experiences a borderline [[Humid continental climate#Warm-summer subtype|(warm-summer) humid continental climate]] (Köppen ''Dfb''; Trewartha ''Dc'')—prior to the 1991–2020 normals, it experienced a [[Subarctic climate|continental subarctic climate]] (Köppen ''Dfc''; Trewartha ''Ec'').<ref name="La Ronge A">{{cite web | title = La Ronge A | work = Canadian Climate Normals 1981−2010 | publisher = [[Environment Canada]] | url = http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_1981_2010_e.html?stnID=3381&autofwd=1 | access-date = 10 May 2016}}</ref><ref name="Lac La Ronge">{{cite web | title = Lac La Ronge | work = Canadian Climate Data | publisher = [[Environment Canada]] | url = http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=%7C&dlyRange=1921-11-01%7C1987-09-30&mlyRange=1921-01-01%7C1987-12-01&StationID=3380&Prov=SK&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnName&optLimit=yearRange&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2016&selRowPerPage=25&Line=3&searchMethod=contains&Month=9&Day=1&txtStationName=la+ronge&timeframe=2&Year=1923 | access-date = 10 May 2016}}</ref><ref name="La Ronge RCS">{{cite web | title = La Ronge RCS | work = Canadian Climate Data | publisher = [[Environment Canada]] | url = http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=1999-10-28%7C2016-05-09&dlyRange=1999-10-01%7C2016-05-09&mlyRange=1999-10-01%7C2007-11-01&StationID=29371&Prov=SK&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnName&optLimit=yearRange&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2016&selRowPerPage=25&Line=2&searchMethod=contains&Month=5&Day=1&txtStationName=la+ronge&timeframe=2&Year=2016 | access-date = 10 May 2016}}</ref> Winters are long, dry and very cold while summer is short, warm and wetter. Precipitation is low, with an annual average of {{convert|486.2|mm|in}}. The highest temperature ever recorded in La Ronge was {{convert|37.2|C|1}} on 23 August 1929.<ref name="August 1929">{{cite web | title = August 1929 | work = Canadian Climate Data | publisher = [[Environment Canada]] | url = http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=%7C&dlyRange=1921-11-01%7C1987-09-30&mlyRange=1921-01-01%7C1987-12-01&StationID=3380&Prov=SK&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnName&optLimit=yearRange&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2016&selRowPerPage=25&Line=3&searchMethod=contains&txtStationName=la+ronge&timeframe=2&Year=1929&Month=8 | access-date = 10 May 2016}}</ref> The coldest temperature ever recorded was {{convert|-52.2|C|1}} on 15 February 1936.<ref name="February 1936">{{cite web | title = February 1936 | work = Canadian Climate Data | publisher = [[Environment Canada]] | url = http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=%7C&dlyRange=1921-11-01%7C1987-09-30&mlyRange=1921-01-01%7C1987-12-01&StationID=3380&Prov=SK&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnName&optLimit=yearRange&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2016&selRowPerPage=25&Line=3&searchMethod=contains&txtStationName=la+ronge&timeframe=2&Year=1936&Month=2 | access-date = 10 May 2016}}</ref>
According to the [[Köppen climate classification|Köppen–Geiger]] and [[Trewartha climate classification|Trewartha climate classification systems]], La Ronge experiences a borderline [[Humid continental climate#Warm-summer subtype|(warm-summer) humid continental climate]] (Köppen ''Dfb''; Trewartha ''Dc'')<ref name="La Ronge">{{cite web | title = La Ronge | work = Canadian Climate Normals 1991−2020 | publisher = [[Environment and Climate Change Canada]] | url = https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_1991_2020_e.html?searchType=stnProv&lstProvince=SK&txtCentralLatMin=0&txtCentralLatSec=0&txtCentralLongMin=0&txtCentralLongSec=0&stnID=253000000&dispBack=0#normals-data | access-date = 30 September 2023}}</ref>—prior to the 1991–2020 normals, it experienced a [[Subarctic climate|continental subarctic climate]] (Köppen ''Dfc''; Trewartha ''Ec'').<ref name="La Ronge A">{{cite web | title = La Ronge A | work = Canadian Climate Normals 1981−2010 | publisher = [[Environment Canada]] | url = http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_1981_2010_e.html?stnID=3381&autofwd=1 | access-date = 10 May 2016}}</ref><ref name="Lac La Ronge">{{cite web | title = Lac La Ronge | work = Canadian Climate Data | publisher = Environment Canada | url = http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=%7C&dlyRange=1921-11-01%7C1987-09-30&mlyRange=1921-01-01%7C1987-12-01&StationID=3380&Prov=SK&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnName&optLimit=yearRange&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2016&selRowPerPage=25&Line=3&searchMethod=contains&Month=9&Day=1&txtStationName=la+ronge&timeframe=2&Year=1923 | access-date = 10 May 2016}}</ref><ref name="La Ronge RCS">{{cite web | title = La Ronge RCS | work = Canadian Climate Data | publisher = Environment Canada | url = http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=1999-10-28%7C2016-05-09&dlyRange=1999-10-01%7C2016-05-09&mlyRange=1999-10-01%7C2007-11-01&StationID=29371&Prov=SK&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnName&optLimit=yearRange&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2016&selRowPerPage=25&Line=2&searchMethod=contains&Month=5&Day=1&txtStationName=la+ronge&timeframe=2&Year=2016 | access-date = 10 May 2016}}</ref> Winters are long, dry and very cold while summer is short, warm and wetter. Precipitation is fairly low, with an annual average of {{convert|513.6|mm|in}}. The highest temperature ever recorded in La Ronge was {{convert|37.2|C|1}} on 23 August 1929.<ref name="August 1929">{{cite web | title = August 1929 | work = Canadian Climate Data | publisher = Environment Canada | url = http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=%7C&dlyRange=1921-11-01%7C1987-09-30&mlyRange=1921-01-01%7C1987-12-01&StationID=3380&Prov=SK&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnName&optLimit=yearRange&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2016&selRowPerPage=25&Line=3&searchMethod=contains&txtStationName=la+ronge&timeframe=2&Year=1929&Month=8 | access-date = 10 May 2016}}</ref> The coldest temperature ever recorded was {{convert|-52.2|C|1}} on 15 February 1936.<ref name="February 1936">{{cite web | title = February 1936 | work = Canadian Climate Data | publisher = Environment Canada | url = http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=%7C&dlyRange=1921-11-01%7C1987-09-30&mlyRange=1921-01-01%7C1987-12-01&StationID=3380&Prov=SK&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnName&optLimit=yearRange&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2016&selRowPerPage=25&Line=3&searchMethod=contains&txtStationName=la+ronge&timeframe=2&Year=1936&Month=2 | access-date = 10 May 2016}}</ref>


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|Dec snow cm = 25.0
|Dec snow cm = 25.0
|year snow cm = 154.1
|year snow cm = 154.1
| source 1 = [[Environment Canada]]<ref name="La Ronge A"></ref><ref name="Lac La Ronge"></ref><ref name="La Ronge RCS"></ref>
| source 1 = Environment and Climate Change Canada<ref name="La Ronge" /> (1991−2020 temperature and precipitation normals)
| source 2 = Environment Canada<ref name="La Ronge A" /><ref name="Lac La Ronge" /><ref name="La Ronge RCS" /> (1981−2010 rainfall and snowfall normals, and some extremes)
| date = August 2010
| date = August 2010
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|location = La Ronge
|location = La Ronge
|2021_population=2,521 | 2021_pop_delta=-6.2 | 2021_land_area=16.71 | 2021_pop_density=150.9
|2021_population=2,521 | 2021_pop_delta=-6.2 | 2021_land_area=16.71 | 2021_pop_density=150.9
|2021_median_age=31 | 2021_median_age_m=30 | 2021_median_age_f=32
|2021_median_age=31.0 | 2021_median_age_m=30.0 | 2021_median_age_f=32.0
|2021_total_pvt_dwell=915 |2021_mean_hh_income= |2021_geocode=2021A00054718041 | 2021_access_date=2022-04-27
|2021_total_pvt_dwell=1,034 |2021_occ_pvt_dwell=915 |2021_mean_hh_income=93,000
|2021_geocode=2021A00054718041 | 2021_access_date=2023-10-19
| 2011_population = 2,743<ref name=2011censuscorrection/>
| 2011_population = 2,743<ref name=2011censuscorrection/>
| 2011_pop_delta = 0.7<!-- based on StatCan's corrected population for La Ronge -->
| 2011_pop_delta = 0.7<!-- based on StatCan's corrected population for La Ronge -->
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=== Population centre ===
=== Population centre ===
The La Ronge population centre, the [[List of population centres in Saskatchewan|thirteenth largest population centre]] in the province,<ref name=2011censusSKpopcentres /> comprises four adjoining [[census subdivision]]s including the Northern Town of La Ronge, the Northern Village of Air Ronge and the Kitsakie 156B and Lac La Ronge 156 Indian reserves of the Lac La Ronge First Nation.<ref name=geosearch/>
The La Ronge population centre, the [[List of population centres in Saskatchewan|fourteenth largest population centre]] in the province,<ref name=2011censusSKpopcentres /> comprises four adjoining [[census subdivision]]s including the Northern Town of La Ronge, the Northern Village of Air Ronge and the Kitsakie 156B and Lac La Ronge 156 Indian reserves of the Lac La Ronge First Nation.<ref name=geosearch/>


In the 2016 Census, Statistics Canada reported that the La Ronge population centre had a population of 5,671 living in 1,704 of its 1,927 total dwellings, a +6.6% change from its 2011 population of 5,318.<ref name=popcentre/> With a land area of {{convert|8.57|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|5671|8.57|km2|sqmi}} in 2016.
In the 2016 Census, Statistics Canada reported that the La Ronge population centre had a population of 5,671 living in 1,704 of its 1,927 total dwellings, a +6.6% change from its 2011 population of 5,318.<ref name=popcentre/> With a land area of {{convert|8.57|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|5671|8.57|km2|sqmi}} in 2016.

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La Ronge
Northern town[1]
Island on Lac La Ronge
Island on Lac La Ronge
La Ronge is located in Saskatchewan
La Ronge
La Ronge
Location of La Ronge in Saskatchewan/Canada
La Ronge is located in Canada
La Ronge
La Ronge
La Ronge (Canada)
Coordinates: 55°06′N 105°18′W / 55.100°N 105.300°W / 55.100; -105.300
CountryCanada
ProvinceSaskatchewan
DistrictNorthern Saskatchewan Administration District
Northern village[2]3 May 1905
Industrial town[2]1965
Town[2]1 November 1976
Northern town[2]1 October 1983
Government
 • MLA CumberlandDoyle Vermette
 • MP Desnethé—Missinippi
—Churchill River		Gary Vidal
Area
[3]
 • Land16.40 km2 (6.33 sq mi)
 • Urban
8.57 km2 (3.31 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[3]
 • Northern town[1]
2,521
 • Density150.9/km2 (391/sq mi)
 • Urban
5,671
 • Urban density661.9/km2 (1,714/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−6 (CST)
Postal code
S0J 1L0
HighwaysHighway 2, Highway 102
Post office established1911
ClimateDfc
WebsiteOfficial website
[4][5][6]

La Ronge is a northern town in the boreal forest of Saskatchewan, Canada. The town is also the namesake of the larger La Ronge population centre, the largest in northern Saskatchewan, comprising the Northern Village of Air Ronge, and the Kitsakie 156B and Lac La Ronge 156 reserves of the Lac La Ronge First Nation.

The town is located approximately 250 km (160 mi) north of Prince Albert and lies on the western shore of Lac la Ronge, is adjacent to Lac La Ronge Provincial Park, and is on the edge of the Canadian Shield.

History

[edit]

The name “La Ronge” comes from the lake itself, although the actual origin of the name is uncertain. The French verb ronger translates as “to gnaw”, with at least one explanation theorising that 17th- and 18th-century French fur traders referred to the lake as la ronge (literally, the chewed) due to the abundant beaver population along the lake’s shoreline. Undoubtedly, many of the trees along the water’s edge would have been visibly chewed, or completely gnawed to the ground and taken away by the rodents for their dam construction.[7]

In 1782,[8] Swiss born fur trader Jean-Étienne Waddens had a fur trade post on Lac La Ronge.[9] In March 1782, Waddens was fatally wounded in a quarrel with his associate Peter Pond.

La Ronge began in 1904 as a fur trading post and meeting place, but with the decline of hunting and the fur market, La Ronge has diversified into other areas. Many of the Dene, Cree, and white trappers used La Ronge as their central service point. It incorporated as a northern village on 3 May 1905.[2]

Sport fishing in Lac la Ronge

With the extension of Highway 2 from Prince Albert in 1947, La Ronge became a major tourist fishing area. The highway between La Ronge and Prince Albert expanded the community further in the 1970s after it was paved.

In the early 1950s and 1960s, the mineral resources in the La Ronge area began to be explored and developed.

La Ronge's status changed from northern village to industrial town in 1965 and then to town on 1 November 1976 before finally becoming a northern town on 1 October 1983.[2]

Wildfire evacuations

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In May 1999, the community of La Ronge was evacuated after a fire burned through the far north of the town. The wildfire burned multiple houses before conditions pushed the fire away from the town and crews were able to extinguish it.

Once again in July 2015, La Ronge was threatened by dangerous forest fires that combined forcing approximately 7,000 people to evacuate from their homes. Many cabins and homes were burnt. The fire came within 2 km of La Ronge and burned completely around the La Ronge Airport making it difficult to fight the fire from air with smokey conditions and unreliable weather making the fight against the fires very difficult. In total there were over a hundred fires burning in Northern Saskatchewan at once which forced over 13,000 residents to flee their homes, resulting in the province's largest evacuation ever. The fires were caused by low precipitation in the winter and summer months and also high temperatures.[10]

Geography

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Location of La Ronge on Lac la Ronge

La Ronge is surrounded by several First Nations reserves, with the Northern Village of Air Ronge located just south of the community on Highway 2. With access to all other points north, east and west, and transportation linkage to the south, La Ronge is also the northern hub for the Saskatchewan provincial government.

Climate

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According to the Köppen–Geiger and Trewartha climate classification systems, La Ronge experiences a borderline (warm-summer) humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb; Trewartha Dc)[11]—prior to the 1991–2020 normals, it experienced a continental subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc; Trewartha Ec).[12][13][14] Winters are long, dry and very cold while summer is short, warm and wetter. Precipitation is fairly low, with an annual average of 513.6 millimetres (20.22 in). The highest temperature ever recorded in La Ronge was 37.2 °C (99.0 °F) on 23 August 1929.[15] The coldest temperature ever recorded was −52.2 °C (−62.0 °F) on 15 February 1936.[16]

Climate data for La Ronge Airport, 1991–2020 temperature and precipitation, 1981–2010 rainfall and snowfall, extremes 1923–present
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 12.5
(54.5) 		14.0
(57.2) 		17.5
(63.5) 		28.0
(82.4) 		33.2
(91.8) 		36.1
(97.0) 		35.6
(96.1) 		37.2
(99.0) 		34.4
(93.9) 		27.4
(81.3) 		18.0
(64.4) 		10.6
(51.1) 		37.2
(99.0)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) −13.3
(8.1) 		−9.6
(14.7) 		−1.9
(28.6) 		7.2
(45.0) 		15.0
(59.0) 		20.5
(68.9) 		23.5
(74.3) 		22.1
(71.8) 		15.6
(60.1) 		6.7
(44.1) 		−3.6
(25.5) 		−11.4
(11.5) 		5.9
(42.6)
Daily mean °C (°F) −18.3
(−0.9) 		−15.6
(3.9) 		−8.4
(16.9) 		0.9
(33.6) 		8.3
(46.9) 		14.6
(58.3) 		17.6
(63.7) 		16.3
(61.3) 		10.2
(50.4) 		2.5
(36.5) 		−7.5
(18.5) 		−16.0
(3.2) 		0.4
(32.7)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −23.3
(−9.9) 		−21.6
(−6.9) 		−14.9
(5.2) 		−5.4
(22.3) 		1.6
(34.9) 		8.6
(47.5) 		11.6
(52.9) 		10.4
(50.7) 		4.7
(40.5) 		−1.7
(28.9) 		−11.3
(11.7) 		−20.5
(−4.9) 		−5.1
(22.7)
Record low °C (°F) −48.3
(−54.9) 		−52.2
(−62.0) 		−41.8
(−43.2) 		−33.9
(−29.0) 		−17.6
(0.3) 		−3.3
(26.1) 		0.0
(32.0) 		−3.4
(25.9) 		−9.4
(15.1) 		−20.9
(−5.6) 		−37.6
(−35.7) 		−48.9
(−56.0) 		−52.2
(−62.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 22.3
(0.88) 		18.5
(0.73) 		25.0
(0.98) 		34.0
(1.34) 		40.9
(1.61) 		69.3
(2.73) 		89.1
(3.51) 		65.3
(2.57) 		57.3
(2.26) 		41.3
(1.63) 		26.9
(1.06) 		23.6
(0.93) 		513.5
(20.23)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 0.2
(0.01) 		0.3
(0.01) 		1.6
(0.06) 		16.9
(0.67) 		38.6
(1.52) 		66.5
(2.62) 		80.5
(3.17) 		60.6
(2.39) 		55.1
(2.17) 		20.7
(0.81) 		2.4
(0.09) 		0.3
(0.01) 		343.6
(13.53)
Average snowfall cm (inches) 20.4
(8.0) 		17.3
(6.8) 		21.0
(8.3) 		19.2
(7.6) 		5.2
(2.0) 		0.1
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.9
(0.4) 		16.7
(6.6) 		28.3
(11.1) 		25.0
(9.8) 		154.1
(60.7)
Source 1: Environment and Climate Change Canada[11] (1991−2020 temperature and precipitation normals)
Source 2: Environment Canada[12][13][14] (1981−2010 rainfall and snowfall normals, and some extremes)

Demographics

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In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, La Ronge had a population of 2,521 living in 915 of its 1,034 total private dwellings, a change of -6.2% from its 2016 population of 2,688. With a land area of 16.71 km2 (6.45 sq mi), it had a population density of 150.9/km2 (390.7/sq mi) in 2021.[17]

Canada census – La Ronge community profile
20212011
Population2,521 (-6.2% from 2016)2,743[18] (0.7% from 2006)
Land area16.71 km2 (6.45 sq mi)11.86 km2 (4.58 sq mi)
Population density150.9/km2 (391/sq mi)231.3/km2 (599/sq mi)
Median age31.0 (M: 30.0, F: 32.0)30.2 (M: 30.1, F: 30.3)
Private dwellings1,034 (total)  915 (occupied)1,170[18] (total) 
Median household income$93,000
References: 2021[19] 2011[20] earlier[21][22]

Population centre

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The La Ronge population centre, the fourteenth largest population centre in the province,[23] comprises four adjoining census subdivisions including the Northern Town of La Ronge, the Northern Village of Air Ronge and the Kitsakie 156B and Lac La Ronge 156 Indian reserves of the Lac La Ronge First Nation.[24]

In the 2016 Census, Statistics Canada reported that the La Ronge population centre had a population of 5,671 living in 1,704 of its 1,927 total dwellings, a +6.6% change from its 2011 population of 5,318.[25] With a land area of 8.57 km2 (3.31 sq mi), it had a population density of 661.7/km2 (1,713.9/sq mi) in 2016.

The following is a population breakdown of the La Ronge population centre by census subdivision.

Census subdivision[24] 2016
population 		2011
population[26] 		2006
population[26]
Air Ronge 1,106 1,043 1,032
Kitsakie 156B 605 644 671
La Ronge 2,688 2,304 2,725
Lac La Ronge 156 2,017 1,914 1,534
Total La Ronge population centre 6,416 5,905 5,962

Economy

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Several mining companies, government agencies, and airlines now keep offices in La Ronge, and the local Chamber of Commerce has many other retail and service businesses amongst its members.

La Ronge Wild Rice Corporation processes freshly harvested wild rice (in August to October) from Northern Saskatchewan farmers.

Tourism also brings in many of people to the La Ronge area. In the summer time, many people visit the Lac La Ronge Provincial Park which is Saskatchewan's largest Provincial Park.

Sports

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La Ronge Ice Wolves in 2010

The community is also home to the La Ronge Ice Wolves ice hockey team of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League, La Ronge minor hockey association and the La Ronge Crushers men's hockey league and the La Ronge women's hockey league. La Ronge also has a minor baseball program with many teams and age groups.

La Ronge is home to an 8 team Ladies Slopitch League - JRMCC Ladies Slopitch (slow-pitch softball). The Churchill Community High School and the Senator Myles Venne High School both have many sports programs and partake in the Saskatchewan High School Athletic Association. There are many other sports available in the community including volleyball, broomball, curling and a women's hockey program.

Government

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In 2009, La Ronge elected 21-year-old councillor Thomas Sierzycki as its mayor. This established La Ronge as having one of the youngest mayors in Canada. Sierzycki stayed in office for two terms up until October 2016 when he decided not to run for a third term after a failed bid to land himself a seat as a Saskatchewan MLA with the Saskatchewan Party in the April 2016 election.

Education

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There are two high schools and three elementary schools in La Ronge and Air Ronge. High schools include Churchill Community High School and / Senator Myles Venne High School. Elementary schools in La Ronge and Air Ronge include Pre-cam Community School, Gordon Denny Community School, and Bells Point Elementary School.

Northlands College maintains its main campus in La Ronge and took over the Nortep / Norpac program after the Saskatchewan provincial government cut funding to the program in March 2017.

Transportation

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La Ronge (Barber Field) Airport

La Ronge is connected to southern Saskatchewan by Highway 2, which continues north as Highway 102. La Ronge is served by the La Ronge (Barber Field) Airport and the La Ronge Water Aerodrome.

Notable people

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Search for Municipal Information". Government of Saskatchewan. Archived from the original on 10 March 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Northern Communities Incorporation Dates Archived 20 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine
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  4. ^ National Archives, Archivia Net. "Post Offices and Postmasters". Archived from the original on 6 October 2006. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
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  17. ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan". Statistics Canada. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
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  20. ^ "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. 21 March 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
  21. ^ "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. 20 August 2019.
  22. ^ "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. 18 July 2021.
  23. ^ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and population centres, 2011 and 2006 censuses (Saskatchewan)". Statistics Canada. 11 April 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
  24. ^ a b "GeoSearch 2011 - Population Centres (POPCTR)". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
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  26. ^ a b "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2011 and 2006 censuses (Saskatchewan)". Statistics Canada. 8 February 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  27. ^ Cam Fuller, "'Wapawekka' in festival". Regina Leader-Post, December 18, 2010.
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