Homesteaders began settling the Redvers district in the 1890s, when British and French families took up land. In the first decade of the 20th century Danish families arrived too, making the district Saskatchewan's only specifically Danish settlement area. The Dannevirke Lutheran congregation was organized in 1923, and French-speaking residents made Redvers part of a group of French-speaking communities in the southeast. The Roman Catholic parish of Notre-Dame-de-Fatima was organized in 1950.
The community was named for Sir Redvers Buller, who commanded British forces in the Second Boer War, and several streets carry the names of other British military figures of the period. The post office opened in 1902, and Redvers was incorporated as a town in 1904.
By 1911 the population was about 200, and it changed little until after the Second World War. Then Redvers grew rapidly through the 1950s and 1960s as it became a commercial centre for the surrounding farming district. Today agriculture, oilfield activity, retail and professional services all play a part in its economy.
Redvers sits on Highway 13, promoted as the Red Coat Trail in memory of the North-West Mounted Police's 1874 March West. At the western edge of town, beside the highway, stands a large statue of a mounted police officer, described by Tourism Saskatchewan as the world's largest of its kind, along with a visitor information cabin and campground.
Written from Wikipedia’s article “Redvers, Saskatchewan” (CC BY-SA 4.0), and shared under the same licence.