Waseca, Saskatchewan

Waseca (2016 population: ) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Eldon No. 471 and Census Division No. 17. Waseca is located on Highway 16, the Yellowhead Highway, in northwest Saskatchewan. Waseca is located east of Lashburn and west of Maidstone.

History
Waseca incorporated as a village on March 15, 1911. The village was probably named after Waseca, Minnesota. A former resident of the Waseca area (1923-1942) has stated she was told that Waseca was an Indigenous name meaning "looking upwards" and the name was assigned when the CN railway station was built.

Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Waseca had a population of $113$ living in $51$ of its $66$ total private dwellings, a change of NaN% from its 2016 population of $149$. With a land area of 0.65 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Waseca recorded a population of living in  of its  total private dwellings, a NaN% change from its 2011 population of. With a land area of 0.68 km2, it had a population density of in 2016.