Alida is a village

Village

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, in southeastern Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

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, Canada

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, approximately 85 km east of Estevan

Estevan, Saskatchewan

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. Farming and oil are the major local industries. Alida was founded as a Canadian Pacific rail station in the late 19th century, and it was named for Lady Alida Brittain. The local area was settled by immigrants from Europe

Europe

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, and other parts of North America

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. Several ghost town

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s are in the vicinity, including Nottingham to the east, Auburton, to the west, and Cantal to the northwest.

Amenities in Alida include a Credit Union, a post office, Center Street Groceries (grocery/liquor store), the Wayline Inn, Maggie's Diner, Alida Farm & Auto (autobody shop), Fuller's Bus Service Ltd, a library, Three Star Trucking Ltd, a skating/curling rink and a nuisance ground. Alida Memorial Hall is the location of weekly bingos and an annual dinner theatre. The local school closed down in 2005, and students are bused to Carnduff, Oxbow

Oxbow, Saskatchewan

Oxbow is a Canadian town in the southeast of the province of Saskatchewan.-Basic information:According to the 2006 Canadian census, the town's population is 1,139; the town's area is 3.10 square km; and population density is 366.8 per square km....

, or Redvers schools.

Alida is the hometown of the local MLA (Cannington Constituency), Dan D'Autremont.

The local hockey team is the Alida Wrecks.

Demographics

	North: Wauchope Wauchope, Saskatchewan Wauchope is a small hamlet in the southeast corner of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It is located between the towns of Manor and Redvers, and is situated on the Saskatchewan Highway 13...
West: Reciprocity No. 32 Reciprocity No. 32, Saskatchewan Reciprocity No. 32 is a rural municipality in south-eastern Saskatchewan, Canada encompassing 733.06 square kilometers in area. The rural municipality maintains its office in Alida, Saskatchewan. The rural municipality in conjunction with the provincial government is in charge of maintenance of...	Alida	East: Storthoaks Storthoaks, Saskatchewan -External links:*-Footnotes:...
	South: Carnduff Carnduff, Saskatchewan -External links:*...