Midale

Midale is a town in the rural municipality of Cymri No. 36, in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It is located on Highway 39, midway between the cities of Weyburn and Estevan. It is 160 km south-east of Regina, Saskatchewan.

Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Midale had a population of $510$ living in $210$ of its $259$ total private dwellings, a change of NaN% from its 2016 population of $604$. With a land area of 1.62 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

Climate
Midale has a humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb).

On July 5, 1937 a maximum temperature of 45 C was recorded, which was, along with that of the village of Yellow Grass, the highest temperature ever recorded in Canada. This record stood for 84 years until June 27, 2021 when it was surpassed by Lytton, British Columbia, which reached 46.6 C.

Parks and recreation
Midale offers a variety of recreational venues. The local ice rink, Harry O Memorial Arena, is home to the Midale Mustangs of the men's senior Big 6 Hockey League. A team from Midale has won the Lincoln Trophy four times, once as the Miners in 1961 and three straight years as the Mustangs in the 2000s. The town also has a curling rink, museum, library, ball diamonds, and an outdoor swimming pool.

Twelve kilometres away is Mainprize Regional Park, which features an 18-golf course, camping, and swimming. Mainprize is on McDonald Lake, which is a man-made lake created in 1994 with the building of Rafferty Dam on the Souris River.

Notable people

 * Brad Johner, country music singer-songwriter and musician
 * Walt Ledingham, played in the NHL for the Chicago Black Hawks and New York Islanders