List of towns in Saskatchewan
Appearance
A town is a type of incorporated urban municipality in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.[1] A resort village or a village can be incorporated as a town by the Minister of Municipal Affairs via section 52 of The Municipalities Act if:
- Requested by the council of the resort village or village; and
- the resort village or village has a population of 500 or more.[2]
Saskatchewan has 146 towns[1] that had a cumulative population of 137,725 and an average population of 943 in the 2011 Census.[3][4] Saskatchewan's largest and smallest towns are Kindersley and Scott with populations of 4,678 and 75 respectively.[3]
A city can be created from a town by the Minister of Municipal Affairs by ministerial order via section 39 of The Cities Act if the town has a population of 5,000 or more and the change in status is requested by the town council.[5]
List
Name | Rural municipality (RM) |
Population (2011)[3] |
Population (2006)[3] |
Change (%)[3] |
Land area (km²)[3] |
Population density (per km²)[3] |
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Aberdeen | Aberdeen No. 373 | 599 | 527 | 13.7 | 1.95 | 307 |
Alameda | Moose Creek No. 33 | 342 | 308 | 11 | 2.55 | 133.9 |
Allan | Blucher No. 343 | 648 | 631 | 2.7 | 1.78 | 363.2 |
Arborfield | Arborfield No. 456 | 326 | 329 | −0.9 | 0.88 | 370.5 |
Arcola | Brock No. 64 | 649 | 509 | 27.5 | 3.39 | 191.5 |
Asquith | Vanscoy No. 345 | 603 | 576 | 4.7 | 1.23 | 491.4 |
Assiniboia | Lake of the Rivers No. 72 | 2,418 | 2,305 | 4.9 | 3.78 | 639.8 |
Balcarres | Abernethy No. 186 | 617 | 598 | 3.2 | 1.57 | 392.9 |
Balgonie | Edenwold No. 158 | 1,625 | 1,384 | 17.4 | 3.15 | 515.8 |
Battleford | Battle River No. 438 | 4,065 | 3,685 | 10.3 | 23.33 | 174.2 |
Bengough | Bengough No. 40 | 313 | 337 | −7.1 | 1.07 | 292 |
Bienfait | Coalfields No. 4 | 780 | 748 | 4.3 | 3.09 | 252.4 |
Big River | Big River No. 555 | 639 | 728 | −12.2 | 2.51 | 255 |
Biggar | Biggar No. 347 | 2,161 | 2,033 | 6.3 | 15.75 | 137.2 |
Birch Hills | Birch Hills No. 460 | 1,064 | 935 | 13.8 | 2.27 | 468.4 |
Blaine Lake | Blaine Lake No. 434 | 510 | 472 | 8.1 | 1.95 | 261.6 |
Bredenbury | Saltcoats No. 213 | 364 | 329 | 10.6 | 4.8 | 75.8 |
Broadview | Elcapo No. 154 | 574 | 611 | −6.1 | 2.45 | 233.8 |
Bruno | Bayne No. 371 | 574 | 495 | 16 | 0.95 | 606.1 |
Burstall | Deer Forks No. 232 | 301 | 315 | −4.4 | 1.11 | 270 |
Cabri | Riverside No. 168 | 399 | 439 | −9.1 | 1.33 | 298.9 |
Canora | Good Lake No. 274 | 2,219 | 2,013 | 10.2 | 7.31 | 303.7 |
Carlyle | Moose Mountain No. 63 | 1,441 | 1,257 | 14.6 | 3.19 | 451.1 |
Carnduff | Mount Pleasant No. 2 | 1,126 | 1,012 | 11.3 | 2.26 | 497.3 |
Carrot River | Moose Range No. 486 | 1,000 | 941 | 6.3 | 1.42 | 706.4 |
Central Butte | Enfield No. 194 | 365 | 372 | −1.9 | 2.24 | 163.2 |
Choiceland | Torch River No. 488 | 381 | 346 | 10.1 | 1.12 | 340.8 |
Churchbridge | Churchbridge No. 211 | 743 | 704 | 5.5 | 2.76 | 269.2 |
Colonsay | Colonsay No. 342 | 475 | 425 | 11.8 | 2.46 | 193.1 |
Coronach | Hart Butte No. 11 | 711 | 770 | −7.7 | 2.33 | 304.9 |
Craik | Craik No. 222 | 453 | 408 | 11 | 3.02 | 150 |
Cudworth | Hoodoo No. 401 | 770 | 738 | 4.3 | 2.21 | 348.7 |
Cupar | Cupar No. 218 | 579 | 566 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 726.7 |
Cut Knife | Cut Knife No. 439 | 517 | 532 | −2.8 | 1.99 | 259.3 |
Dalmeny | Corman Park No. 344 | 1,702 | 1,560 | 9.1 | 2.27 | 751 |
Davidson | Arm River No. 252 | 1,025 | 958 | 7 | 4.49 | 228.4 |
Delisle | Vanscoy No. 345 | 975 | 898 | 8.6 | 2.49 | 391.3 |
Duck Lake | Duck Lake No. 463 | 577 | 605 | −4.6 | 2.73 | 211.6 |
Dundurn | Dundurn No. 314 | 693 | 647 | 7.1 | 1.37 | 505.3 |
Eastend | White Valley No. 49 | 527 | 471 | 11.9 | 2.71 | 194.7 |
Eatonia | Chesterfield No. 261 | 508 | 449 | 13.1 | 1.68 | 301.6 |
Elrose | Monet No. 257 | 477 | 453 | 5.3 | 2.76 | 172.8 |
Esterhazy | Fertile Belt No. 183 | 2,472 | 2,336 | 5.8 | 4.75 | 520.9 |
Eston | Snipe Lake No. 259 | 1,031 | 971 | 6.2 | 2.72 | 379.3 |
Fleming | Moosomin No. 121 | 83 | 75 | 10.7 | 2.17 | 38.3 |
Foam Lake | Foam Lake No. 276 | 1,148 | 1,123 | 2.2 | 6.06 | 189.4 |
Fort Qu'Appelle | North Qu'Appelle No. 187 | 2,034 | 1,919 | 6 | 5.28 | 385 |
Francis | Francis No. 127 | 176 | 148 | 18.9 | 0.59 | 297.4 |
Govan | Last Mountain Valley No. 250 | 216 | 232 | −6.9 | 1.35 | 159.7 |
Grand Coulee | Sherwood No. 159 | 571 | 435 | 31.3 | 0.33 | 1,707.5 |
Gravelbourg | Gravelbourg No. 104 | 1,116 | 1,089 | 2.5 | 3.23 | 346 |
Grenfell | Elcapo No. 154 | 1,049 | 947 | 10.8 | 3.17 | 331.2 |
Gull Lake | Gull Lake No. 139 | 989 | 965 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 395.6 |
Hafford | Redberry No. 435 | 397 | 360 | 10.3 | 0.8 | 496.8 |
Hague | Rosthern No. 403 | 878 | 707 | 24.2 | 1.08 | 815.5 |
Hanley | Rosedale No. 283 | 522 | 464 | 12.5 | 2.65 | 196.8 |
Hepburn | Laird No. 404 | 562 | 530 | 6 | 1.02 | 548.4 |
Herbert | Morse No. 165 | 759 | 742 | 2.3 | 3.78 | 200.7 |
Hudson Bay | Hudson Bay No. 394 | 1,900[4] | 1,646 | −8.6 | 17.35 | 86.7 |
Imperial | Big Arm No. 251 | 349 | 321 | 8.7 | 1.23 | 283.5 |
Indian Head | Indian Head No. 156 | 1,815 | 1,634 | 11.1 | 3.17 | 572.1 |
Ituna | Ituna Bon Accord No. 246 | 711 | 622 | 14.3 | 1.56 | 455.5 |
Kamsack | Cote No. 271 | 1,825 | 1,713 | 6.5 | 5.85 | 311.8 |
Kelvington | Kelvington No. 366 | 890[4] | 866 | 2.8 | 3.89 | 228.8 |
Kerrobert | Progress No. 351 | 1,061 | 1,001 | 6 | 7.49 | 141.7 |
Kindersley | Kindersley No. 290 | 4,678 | 4,412 | 6 | 12.55 | 372.8 |
Kinistino | Kinistino No. 459 | 743 | 643 | 15.6 | 0.98 | 758.8 |
Kipling | Kingsley No. 124 | 1,051 | 973 | 8 | 2.15 | 487.9 |
Kyle | Lacadena No. 228 | 437 | 423 | 3.3 | 1.14 | 383.1 |
Lafleche | Wood River No. 74 | 406 | 370 | 9.7 | 1.51 | 269.7 |
Lampman | Browning No. 34 | 713 | 634 | 12.5 | 2.23 | 319.9 |
Langenburg | Langenburg No. 181 | 1,148 | 1,048 | 9.5 | 3.46 | 332.2 |
Langham | Corman Park No. 344 | 1,290 | 1,120 | 15.2 | 3.98 | 324.4 |
Lanigan | Usborne No. 310 | 1,390 | 1,233 | 12.7 | 8.34 | 166.8 |
Lashburn | Manitou Lake No. 442 | 967 | 914 | 5.8 | 3.11 | 310.5 |
Leader | Happyland No. 231 | 821 | 881 | −6.8 | 1.71 | 481.2 |
Lemberg | Abernethy No. 186 | 274 | 255 | 7.5 | 2.67 | 102.7 |
Leroy | Leroy No. 339 | 427 | 412 | 3.6 | 1.06 | 402.1 |
Lumsden | Lumsden No. 189 | 1,631 | 1,523 | 7.1 | 4.06 | 402 |
Luseland | Progress No. 351 | 566 | 571 | −0.9 | 1.53 | 369.6 |
Macklin | Eye Hill No. 382 | 1,415 | 1,290 | 9.7 | 3.14 | 450.7 |
Maidstone | Eldon No. 471 | 1,156 | 1,037 | 11.5 | 4.56 | 253.5 |
Maple Creek | Maple Creek No. 111 | 2,176 | 2,198 | −1 | 4.42 | 492.1 |
Marshall | Wilton No. 472 | 594[4] | 608 | −2.3 | 1.01 | 588.1 |
Midale | Cymri No. 36 | 562 | 462 | 21.6 | 1.53 | 368.5 |
Milestone | Brock No. 64 | 618 | 562 | 10 | 2.17 | 284.4 |
Moosomin | Moosomin No. 121 | 2,485 | 2,262 | 9.9 | 7.59 | 327.5 |
Morse | Morse No. 165 | 240 | 236 | 1.7 | 1.45 | 165.7 |
Mossbank | Lake Johnston No. 102 | 327 | 330 | −0.9 | 1.75 | 186.8 |
Naicam | Pleasantdale No. 398 | 686 | 690 | −0.6 | 1.69 | 405.5 |
Nipawin | Nipawin No. 487 | 4,265 | 4,076 | 4.6 | 8.71 | 489.4 |
Nokomis | Wreford No. 280 | 397 | 404 | −1.7 | 2.61 | 152.3 |
Norquay | Clayton No. 333 | 435 | 412 | 5.6 | 1.69 | 258 |
Ogema | Key West No. 70 | 368 | 304 | 21.1 | 1.43 | 257.6 |
Osler | Corman Park No. 344 | 1,088 | 926 | 17.5 | 1.55 | 700.6 |
Outlook | Rudy No. 284 | 2,204 | 1,938 | 13.7 | 7.83 | 281.3 |
Oxbow | Enniskillen No. 3 | 1,285 | 1,139 | 12.8 | 3.13 | 410 |
Pense | Pense No. 160 | 532 | 507 | 4.9 | 1.32 | 402.6 |
Pilot Butte | Edenwold No. 158 | 1,848 | 1,872 | −1.3 | 5.05 | 365.6 |
Ponteix | Auvergne No. 76 | 605 | 531 | 13.9 | 1.09 | 556 |
Porcupine Plain | Porcupine No. 395 | 855 | 783 | 9.2 | 2.27 | 377.2 |
Preeceville | Preeceville No. 334 | 1,070 | 1,050 | 1.9 | 3.06 | 350.2 |
Qu'Appelle | South Qu'Appelle No. 157 | 668 | 624 | 7.1 | 4.22 | 158.1 |
Radisson | Great Bend No. 405 | 505 | 421 | 20 | 2.07 | 243.6 |
Radville | Laurier No. 38 | 860 | 793 | 8.4 | 2.16 | 398.6 |
Raymore | Moose Range No. 486 | 568 | 581 | −2.2 | 2.75 | 206.8 |
Redvers | Antler No. 61 | 975 | 878 | 11 | 2.96 | 329 |
Regina Beach | Lumsden No. 189 | 1,081 | 1,210 | −10.7 | 3.88 | 278.5 |
Rocanville | Rocanville No. 151 | 857 | 869 | −1.4 | 2.43 | 352.3 |
Rockglen | Poplar Valley No. 12 | 400 | 366 | 9.3 | 2.85 | 140.4 |
Rose Valley | Ponass Lake No. 367 | 296 | 338 | −12.4 | 1.12 | 263.4 |
Rosetown | St. Andrews No. 287 | 2,317 | 2,277 | 1.8 | 12.14 | 190.8 |
Rosthern | Rosthern No. 403 | 1,572 | 1,382 | 13.7 | 4.31 | 365 |
Rouleau | Redburn No. 130 | 453 | 400 | 13.3 | 1.61 | 282.2 |
Saltcoats | Saltcoats No. 213 | 474 | 467 | 1.5 | 1.35 | 352.2 |
Scott | Tramping Lake No. 380 | 75 | 91 | −17.6 | 4.39 | 17.1 |
Shaunavon | Grassy Creek No. 78 | 1,756 | 1,691 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 344.2 |
Shellbrook | Shellbrook No. 493 | 1,433 | 1,230 | 16.5 | 3.67 | 390.3 |
Sintaluta | Indian Head No. 156 | 120 | 98 | 22.4 | 2.7 | 44.5 |
Southey | Cupar No. 218 | 778 | 711 | 9.4 | 1.56 | 499.8 |
Spiritwood | Spiritwood No. 496 | 916 | 911 | 0.5 | 2.95 | 310 |
Springside | Orkney No. 244 | 534 | 513 | 4.1 | 0.68 | 791 |
St. Brieux | Lake Lenore No. 399 | 590 | 492 | 19.9 | 2.55 | 231.4 |
St. Walburg | Frenchman Butte No. 501 | 716 | 672 | 6.5 | 2.12 | 338 |
Star City | Star City No. 428 | 460 | 428 | 7.5 | 0.7 | 661.1 |
Stoughton | Tecumseh No. 65 | 694 | 653 | 6.3 | 3.41 | 203.2 |
Strasbourg | McKillop No. 220 | 752 | 732 | 2.7 | 5.7 | 132 |
Sturgis | Preeceville No. 334 | 620 | 575 | 7.8 | 3.41 | 181.6 |
Tisdale | Tisdale No. 427 | 3,180 | 3,000 | 6 | 6.47 | 491.5 |
Turtleford | Mervin No. 499 | 525 | 461 | 13.9 | 1.69 | 311.6 |
Unity | Round Valley No. 410 | 2,389 | 2,147 | 11.3 | 9.77 | 244.6 |
Vonda | Grant No. 372 | 353 | 322 | 9.6 | 2.86 | 123.6 |
Wadena | Lakeview No. 337 | 1,306 | 1,315 | −0.7 | 2.91 | 449.5 |
Wakaw | Fish Creek No. 402 | 985 | 864 | 14 | 3.12 | 315.9 |
Waldheim | Laird No. 404 | 1,035 | 868 | 19.2 | 1.97 | 525.5 |
Wapella | Martin No. 122 | 333 | 311 | 7.1 | 2.57 | 129.8 |
Watrous | Morris No. 312 | 1,857 | 1,743 | 6.5 | 11.17 | 166.2 |
Watson | Lakeside No. 338 | 777 | 719 | 8.1 | 2.83 | 274.7 |
Wawota | Wawken No. 93 | 560 | 522 | 7.3 | 1.24 | 451 |
White City | Edenwold No. 158 | 1,894 | 1,113 | 70.2 | 6 | 315.6 |
Whitewood | Willowdale No. 153 | 950 | 869 | 9.3 | 3.04 | 312 |
Wilkie | Tramping Lake No. 380 | 1,301 | 1,222 | 6.5 | 9.48 | 137.3 |
Willow Bunch | Willow Bunch No. 42 | 286 | 297 | −3.7 | 0.84 | 339.2 |
Wolseley | Wolseley No. 155 | 864 | 782 | 10.5 | 5.93 | 145.6 |
Wynyard | Big Quill No. 308 | 1,767 | 1,744 | 1.3 | 5.29 | 334.1 |
Yellow Grass | Scott No. 98 | 440 | 371 | 18.6 | 2.68 | 164.1 |
Zealandia | St. Andrews No. 287 | 80 | 90 | −11.1 | 1.38 | 57.9 |
Total towns | 137,725 | 127,795 | 7.8 | 473.50 | 290.9 |
Gallery
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Main Street, Grenfell, 1980. Note grain elevators, from the outset of settlement the predominating feature of prairie towns; now long removed.
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Main Street Carlyle
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Main Street Stoughton
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Main Street Aberdeen
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Broadview Main Street c. 2014
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Rosthern business district
See also
References
- ^ a b "Types of Municipalities". Saskatchewan Ministry of Municipal Affairs. Archived from the original on September 19, 2012. Retrieved December 12, 2012.
- ^ "The Municipalities Act" (PDF). Government of Saskatchewan. Retrieved December 17, 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2011 and 2006 censuses (Saskatchewan)". Statistics Canada. May 28, 2012. Retrieved December 15, 2012.
- ^ a b c d "Corrections and updates: Population and dwelling count amendments, 2011 Census". Statistics Canada. August 13, 2013. Retrieved December 15, 2013.
- ^ "The Cities Act" (PDF). Government of Saskatchewan. Retrieved December 17, 2012.