Kindersley is a town in western Saskatchewan, Canada. Kindersley is located at Section 10, Township 29, Range 23, West of the 3rd Meridian It was incorporated in 1909, named after Sir Robert Kindersley who worked with CN Rail. The town's population has hovered around the 5000 mark for a number of years. Once it is able to sustain a population over this threshold, it will become eligible to apply for city status within the province. In 2004, an application for city status was refused by the provincial government, even with though Kindersley's current population of approximately 4,500 is greater than that of the City of Melville.