Saltcoats, Saskatchewan
Saltcoats is a town in east-central Saskatchewan near the Manitoba border in Canada. The town's population was 474 in 2011. It was built in the late 19th century, and its economy was driven by the railway. There is no longer passenger service to the town.

History 
The community was established in 1887, just before the arrival of the Manitoba and Northwestern Railway in 1888; a post office was opened when rail service began. In 1894, Saltcoats was the first village incorporated in the North-West Territories as they then were.  The town was originally named 'Stirling', but when the railway arrived the name was changed to Saltcoats, after Saltcoats, Scotland, the birthplace of a major railway shareholder and the home port of Allen Steam-ship Lines which brought over many of the immigrants from the British Isles that settled in the region.

In 1902, 208 Welsh settlers (44 families) fleeing unfavourable conditions in Welsh Patagonia came to Saltcoats, but within a generation their community lost its cultural cohesion and melted into the English-speaking cultural matrix.

Demographics 
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saltcoats had a population of  living in  of its  total private dwellings, a change of  from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of  in 2021.

Government 
Provincial representation
 Melville - Saltcoats Riding - Bob Bjornerud - Saskatchewan Party
Federal representation
 Yorkton Riding - Gary Breitkreuz - Conservative Party of Canada

Saltcoats & District Regional Park 
Saltcoats & District Regional Park () is on the south side of Saltcoats and Anderson Lake. The area had been used since the 1880s as a park and, in 1963, it was established as a regional park. It occupies a quater section of land and has a campground, sandy beach, boat launch, ball diamonds, picnic area, pavilion, and a concession stand.

Media 
The Four-Town Journal covers Saltcoats and area.

Notable people 
The Honourable Gordon Barnhart: Lieutenant-Governor of Saskatchewan (2007–2012)
The Very Reverend Walter H. Farquharson: internationally noted hymnodist; former moderator of the United Church of Canada
Ron Liepert, broadcaster, member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Alberta cabinet minister, Member of Parliament
Joan McCusker: gold medallist in curling (1998 Winter Olympics)

References 

Towns in Saskatchewan
Populated places established in 1887
Saltcoats No. 213, Saskatchewan
Division No. 5, Saskatchewan