Weyburn, Saskatchewan
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Image:Weyburn, Saskatchewan Location.png Weyburn is a city in southeastern Saskatchewan, Canada. It is located 110 kilometers southeast of the provincial capital of Regina.
Weyburn is the birthplace of acclaimed Canadian writers W. O. Mitchell, Guy Gavriel Kay. It was also home to Canadian politician Tommy Douglas and British medical researcher Dr Humphry Osmond. It is also the birthplace of the current Prince Edward Island Premier Pat Binns.
Weyburn was founded in the late 1800's on the shores of the Souris river by railroad workers. The name of the town comes from one of these workers on a hot day saying "We Burn". Weyburn is the largest inland grain gathering point in all of Canada. Weyburn is also home to the world's only curling museum, the Turner Curling Museum.
Weyburn is the home of the Weyburn Red Wings of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL).
According to the Canada 2001 Census:
| Population: | 9,534 (-1.9% from 1996) |
| Land area: | 15.72 km² |
| Population density: | 606.3 people/km² |
| Median age: | 39.8 (males: 38.1, females: 41.4) |
| Total private dwellings: | 4,223 |
| Mean household income: | $38,469 |
| Northwest: Yellow Grass | North: Regina | |
| West: Assiniboia | Weyburn | East: Carlyle |
| Southeast: Estevan |