Prairie TownHamlet ofBenson

Benson

Hamlet · population 95 · RM of Benson No. 35

The main street of Benson, 2010 · waferboard, via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

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2° Cloudy Wind E 17 km/h, gusts 28 · Humidity 83%
  1. Today 5°0°
  2. Sat 9°2°
  3. Sun 12°6°
  4. Mon 10°-4°
  5. Tue 9°-1°
  6. Wed 9°-3°
  7. Thu 9°

Today: Mainly cloudy. High plus 5. UV index 1 or low.

Normal for today: high 5°, low -6°

  • 9 h 59 min of daylight, 3 min 23 s shorter than yesterday · sunrise 7:36 a.m., sunset 5:34 p.m.
  • Frost likely tonight, low 0°
  • Waning gibbous · the Beaver Moon is full Nov 24
  • On this day: record high 24° in 1950, record low -21° in 1991

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Forecast for the Estevan area, 37 km away, observed at Estevan Airport at 12:00 p.m. Forecast and alerts from Environment and Climate Change Canada; water advisories from the Water Security Agency and the Saskatchewan Health Authority, checked at 12:41 p.m..

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Box 69
Benson SK S0C 0L0
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Monday to Friday: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Benson’s history

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Benson sits on Highway 47 between Estevan and Stoughton in southeastern Saskatchewan. Most of the early homesteaders in the area arrived between 1898 and 1902, and in 1909 the Rural Municipality of Benson No. 35 was incorporated.

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Grain elevator and village from the air, 2026-08-21 20:43:17
Grain elevator and village from the air, 2026-08-21 20:43:17Quintin Soloviev, via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0
The Benson grain elevator, 2010
The Benson grain elevator, 2010waferboard, via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
Aerial view of the village and grain elevator, 2007
Aerial view of the village and grain elevator, 2007Jeff Sandquist, via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
The main street of Benson, 2010
The main street of Benson, 2010waferboard, via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

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