One of the smallest communities in Saskatchewan to hold official town status, Zealandia is a compact settlement with a land area of just 1.29 square kilometres. Despite its modest footprint, the community carries that designation with distinction, setting it apart from the many villages and hamlets scattered across the province’s vast prairie landscape. The town covers 0.50 square miles and recorded a population density of approximately 58.1 residents per square kilometre in the most recent federal census.
According to Statistics Canada‘s 2021 Census of Population, Zealandia was home to 75 residents occupying 38 of its 49 total private dwellings. That figure represented a modest decline of 6.3 per cent from the 80 people recorded in the 2016 census, a pattern of gradual population change common to many smaller Saskatchewan communities. The town also carries a notable piece of sports history: Aldon Wilkie, born here in 1914, went on to pitch in Major League Baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates before his passing in 1992, giving Zealandia a connection to professional sport that far outlasts its small population numbers.