Lang (2016 population: ) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Scott No. 98 and Census Division No. 2. The village is located approximately 70 km southeast of the City of Regina.
History
Lang was named after George Macdonald Lang (1860 to 1930), a civil engineer and architect, who was employed by the Canadian Pacific Railway between 1893 and 1906. Lang incorporated as a village on July 27, 1906.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lang had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Lang recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.
Education
Students from Lang attend school in Milestone, of the Prairie Valley School Division.
Notable people
Dennis Sobchuk, played in the NHL for the Detroit Red Wings and Quebec Nordiques. Also played in the WHA for the Cincinnati Stingers, Edmonton Oilers, and Phoenix Roadrunners. Gene Sobchuk, played in one game in the National Hockey League for the Vancouver Canucks and played in WHA for the Cincinnati Stingers and Phoenix Roadrunners
