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Attractions

The Herbert Train Station Museum is the best place to stop for information on the town of Herbert. The train station is located on 625 Railway Avenue.WEB , The Klassen Museum (c. 1916) is a Municipal Heritage Property on the Canadian Register of Historic Places.WEB ,

Education

Herbert School offers kindergarten to grade 12 and is in the Chinook School Division 211

Recreation

Herbert has a skating rink and a curling rink, a swimming pool, a number of ball diamonds, and a gym within the school. Herbert is also home to the Herbert Stampede, a Canadian Cowboys Association approved Rodeo. Herbert Stampede was the CCA's 2008 and 2014 Rodeo of the year. The Herbert Stampede also features the very popular Wild Cow Race and The Wild West Parade.WEB

Amenities

Herbert also has a Highway Inn Restaurant, CO-OP store, a pharmacy, a hospital/nursing home, a senior home, a public library, MCC thrift store, a car wash & a post office.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Herbert had a population of {{val|770|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|313|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|338|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:770-856}}|856|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|856|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|3.69|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|770|3.69|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.WEB,weblink Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan, Statistics Canada, February 9, 2022, April 1, 2022, {{canada_census }}

See also

• List of communities in Saskatchewan
• List of towns in Saskatchewan

References

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External links

• {{Official websiteweblink}}

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