Hafford grew up along the railway. The line linking Prince Albert and North Battleford was laid in 1913, and a site on that line was chosen for the village. Before that, the early community was served by the Luxembourg Post Office, and schools had already appeared in the area, beginning with the Whiteberry School District, whose building opened in 1909, followed by the Rus School District in 1910. Many more rural school districts were organized through the 1910s.
The new village filled out quickly. It had three lumber yards, a general store, an I.H.C. agency, a poolroom, a livery barn, a hardware store and a post office. The Canadian Bank of Commerce and the first restaurant opened in 1913, and the hotel and bar followed in 1914, the same year T.G. Bavin served as the village's first overseer. Power arrived in 1916, the year the Hafford Rural Telephone Company was established, and the hospital was built in 1922.
Faith communities took root early, with a Ukrainian Orthodox church built in 1909, a Ukrainian Catholic church established in 1911, a Roman Catholic church erected around the same time, and an Anglican church built in 1918. From 1932 to 1955 the Dominion Government Illustration Station tested grains and fertilizers and worked on improved livestock. Today Hafford is a town near Redberry Lake, and it counts among its notable people Sonia Scurfield, the only Canadian woman whose name is engraved on the Stanley Cup.
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