Osler grew up in the 1890s along the Qu'Appelle, Long Lake and Saskatchewan Railroad. Surveying began in 1890 by the engineering firm of Osler, Hammond and Nanton, and the station house went up in 1892. The town came into existence soon after, one of many towns and villages to spring up along the new line.
The community takes its name from Sir Edmund Boyd Osler (1845–1924), an Ontario-based explorer, railroad financier and Member of Parliament.
Osler officially became a village on April 9, 1904, and held that status until May 1, 1918, when it became a hamlet. It was upgraded to organized hamlet status in 1949, became a village for a second time in 1968, and was officially designated the Town of Osler in 1985. By the 1970s the railway station had fallen into disuse, and Canadian National Railway demolished it in 1973.
Today Osler, about 20 km north of Saskatoon, has a library, seniors' centre, volunteer fire department, leisure centre, two schools and four churches.
Written from Wikipedia’s article “Osler, Saskatchewan” (CC BY-SA 4.0), and shared under the same licence.