[4] Records kept by the post office show the original name of the settlement was Parksiding, but no evidence has shown it ever operated under that name.

The post office opened September 1, 1911, operating under the name McQuan; this was a typographical error, and three months later the name was corrected to McOwan.

This name honoured Alexander McOwan, a pioneer settler who was an immigration agent, estate manager, and author.

[11] Part of the Saskatchewan Rivers School Division #119, it educates students from Kindergarten to Grade 12.

An urban legend says Albert Einstein played goal for the Canwood Canucks one winter while travelling to find peace and silence for his work on the Theory of Relativity.