CITY POPYLATION (1995): (Est.) 10,000 

TRADE AREA POPULATION: (Est.) 50,000

HISTORY: Founded in 1899; village incorporation 1902; town 1903; city 1913

TEMPERATURE: Annual mean high: 20 degrees Celsius; annual mean low: -15 degrees Celsius.

SUNSHINE: Annual average over 2,250 hours.

PRECIPITATION: Annual average rainfall: 294.5 centimetres; average annual snowfall: 87.7 centimetres.

INDUSTRY: Agriculture, oil, manufacturing, processing.

GRAIN HANDLING: Largest volume in entire country: three major grain companies, storage capacity exceeds 43,590 tonnes (1.6 million bushels); in the 1994-95 crop year, 470,500 tonnes (17.3 million bushels) were handled by the three companies (Canadian Grain Commission figures).

TRANSPORTATION: CP Rail, Saskatchewan Transportation Company bus line; intersected by Highways 13, 35 and 39.

AIR SERVICE: Weyburn Airport, four kilometres northeast, 1,220 metre asphal runway, light, aircraft service and maintenance, fuel, elevation 589 metres.

MAJOR SERVICE CLUBS: Elks, I.O.O.F., Kinsmen, Kinettes, Legion, Legion Auxiliary, Lions, Lioness, Quota, Rebekahs, Rotary, Royal Purple, Young Fellows, Y.F. Wives, Optimist Club.

HEALTH: Weyburn General Hospital, Weyburn Mental Health Centre, Souris Valley Regional Care Centre, Weyburn Special Care Home, Crocus Plains Villa, South Central Health District Headquarters, Parkway Lodge Personal Care Home.

LIBRARIES: Weyburn Public Library, South East Regional Library Headquarters.

DOMICILED NEWSPAPER: The Weyburn Review, published weekly since 1909.

CHURCHES: 20 denominations

RADIO: CFSL, 1190 AM.

TV: Access Communications, Channel 7.

ACCOMODATIONS: Five motels, 207 units, two hotels, 41 units.

CAMPING: River Park: 28 fully serviced sites and tent grounds near the downtown core beside the Souris River; Nickel Lake Regional Park: 20 non-powered, 160 powered and 6 power/water/sewer sites, 10 km southeast of Weyburn on Highway 39, five km south.

RECREATION: Indoor/outdoor swimming pools, 18-hole grass-green golf course, nature trails, cross-country skiing, canoeing, multi-media art centre, performing arts centre, three art galleries, movie theatre, museum, curling rink, curling museum, tennis courts, two indoor arenas, grandstand and exhibition grounds, lighted fastball and baseball diamonds, football field, playgrounds and a 54 acre multi-purpose park as well as the Tatagwa Parkway.

POLICE/FIRE/AMBULANCE SERVICE: 16 member city police department; fire department (6 professional, 21 volunteer); four-man RCMP detachment, ambulance service and 911 emergency telephone service.

TOURIST INFORMATION: Chamber of Commerce tourist information booth at Soo Line Historical Museum off Highway 39, tourist information signs on all city approaches, City of Weyburn (city hall).

EDUCATION: Five elementary schools, two junior high schools, one high school; Souris Valley Campus of Southeast Regional College, full first year and partial second year programs along with community college courses; SaskPower training centre.