Minton, Saskatchewan

Minton (2016 population: ) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Surprise Valley No. 9 and Census Division No. 2. It is on Highway 6 just north of its intersection with Highway 18, 19 km north of the Raymond-Regway Border Crossing on the Montana-Saskatchewan border. The village was named after Minton, Shropshire in England. The name was given by the Canadian Pacific Railway.

History
Minton incorporated as a village on January 1, 1951.

Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Minton had a population of $50$ living in $28$ of its $39$ total private dwellings, a change of NaN% from its 2016 population of $55$. With a land area of 0.25 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Minton recorded a population of living in  of its  total private dwellings, a NaN% change from its 2011 population of. With a land area of 0.3 km2, it had a population density of in 2016.

Attractions

 * There is an inuksuk monument approximately 8 km north of Minton on Highway 6 (49.2319°N, -104.6059°W).
 * About 15 km west of Minton in the Big Muddy Badlands is the Minton Turtle Effigy (49.1874°N, -104.7469°W).