Kronau, Saskatchewan

Kronau

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Location of Kronau in Saskatchewan

Kronau is a hamlet in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan located 28 km (17.5 miles) south east of Regina on Highway 33 in the Rural Municipality of Lajord No. 128. Listed as a designated place by Statistics Canada, the hamlet had a population of 209 in the Canada 2006 Census.^[1]

History

The area of Kronau was first settled by German-Russians from near the Black Sea and German-Americans from the northern United States during the late 19th and early 20th century.^[2]

Grain elevator in Kronau

Heritage sites

• St. Peter's Church and Grotto at St. Peter's Colony^[3] is 12 km east of Kronau. The Catholic church was completed in 1904 next to a cemetery established in 1892. The grotto built in 1917 by Father Henry Metzger became a pilgrimage site.^[4] Father Metzger, a noted artist,^[5] also painted the Stations of the Cross^[6] in the church. The church and grotto site was listed on the Canadian Register of Historic Places in 2010.^[7]
• Kronau Bethlehem Heritage Cemetery or Bethlehem Lutheran Church Cemetery was established in 1896.^[8] and was listed on the Canadian Register of Historic Places in 1985.

Demographics

Population history
(1911–2021)

Year	Pop.	±%
1911	102	—
1916	74	−27.5%
2011	250	+237.8%
2016	394	+57.6%
2021	288	−26.9%
Source: Government of Canada[9]

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Kronau had a population of 288 living in 101 of its 103 total private dwellings, a change of -26.9% from its 2016 population of 394. With a land area of 0.67 km² (0.26 sq mi), it had a population density of 429.9/km² (1,113.3/sq mi) in 2021.^[10]

Canada census – Kronau, Saskatchewan community profile

	2011
Population	250 (+23.4% from 2006)
Land area	0.66 km^2 (0.25 sq mi)
Population density	390.1/km^2 (1,010/sq mi)
Median age	32.9 (M: 30.6, F: 36.0)
Private dwellings	84 (total)
Median household income

References: 2011^[11] earlier^[12][13]

Amenities

• Kronau Memorial Hall (built in the late 1940s to honour the soldiers coming home from World War II)
• Kronau Heritage Museum
• gas station
• curling rink
• outdoor skating rink

See also

• List of communities in Saskatchewan

References

1. Canada 2006 Census: Designated places in Saskatchewan
2. "Saskatchewan's Marian Shrines". Retrieved January 9, 2013.
3. "NDSU Library (Germans from Russia)". Retrieved February 28, 2013.
4. "Saskatchewan's Marian Shrines". Retrieved January 9, 2013.
5. "Saskatchewan Artist: Father (Henry) Metzger". Retrieved January 9, 2013.
6. "NDSU Libraries". Retrieved January 9, 2013.
7. "Canada's Historic Places". Retrieved January 9, 2013.
8. "Canada's Historic Places" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 19, 2012. Retrieved January 9, 2013.
9. "Census of Saskatchewan 1936" (PDF). Government of Canada. p. 105. Retrieved October 26, 2024.
10. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
11. "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved January 9, 2013.
12. "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. August 20, 2019.
13. "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. July 18, 2021.

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