Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan (/səˈskætʃəwən, sæ-, -wɒn/ (listen); Canadian French: [saskatʃəwan] sas-CAT-chew-on) is a province in Canada. About 1.25 million people live in Saskatchewan. Most of its population lives in the southern part of the province. The primary industry in Saskatchewan is agriculture (farming).

Saskatchewan
Province
Flag Coat of arms
Motto(s):  Multis e Gentibus Vires  (Latin)[1] "From Many Peoples, Strength"
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Coordinates: 54°N 106°W[2]
Country	Canada
Confederation	September 1, 1905 (split from NWT) (10th, with Alberta)
Capital	Regina
Largest city	Saskatoon
Largest metro	Greater Saskatoon
Government
• Type	Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
• Lieutenant governor	Bernadette McIntyre
• Premier	Scott Moe (Saskatchewan Party)
Legislature	Legislature of Saskatchewan
Federal representation	Parliament of Canada
House seats	14 of 338 (4.1%)
Senate seats	6 of 105 (5.7%)
Area
• Total	651,900 km2 (251,700 sq mi)
• Land	591,670 km2 (228,450 sq mi)
• Water	59,366 km2 (22,921 sq mi)  9.1%
• Rank	Ranked 7th
	6.5% of Canada
Population  (2021)
• Total	1,132,505[4]
• Estimate  (2025 Q1)	1,250,909[5]
• Rank	Ranked 6th
• Density	1.91/km2 (4.9/sq mi)
Demonym	Saskatchewanian (official)[6]
Official languages	English[7]
GDP
• Rank	5th
• Total (2015)	CA$79.415 billion[8]
• Per capita	CA$70,138 (4th)
HDI
• HDI (2019)	0.921[9] — Very high (8th)
Time zones
year-round in most areas	UTC−06:00 (Central)
Lloydminster and nearby areas	UTC−07:00 (Mountain)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−06:00 (Mountain DST)
Postal abbr.	SK
Postal code prefix	S
ISO 3166 code	CA-SK
Flower	Western red lily
Tree	Paper birch
Bird	Sharp-tailed grouse
Rankings include all provinces and territories

Saskatchewan is known for its wide horizons. The land is very flat in the south, so you can sometimes see far away. Not all the land is flat prairie. There are beautiful scenic woodlands and forests in the central and northern regions and parklands with lakes for fishing. The province is marked by and named after the North and South Saskatchewan rivers that run through it. The province is nicknamed The Land of Living Skies.

History

Saskatchewan was founded on September 1, 1905, the same date that Alberta was founded. The province's colors are gold, red, green, white, brown, yellow, and black. Gold for the wheat, red for the Prairie Lily which is the provincial flower, green for the forests, white for the snow, brown for the fresh cut fields, yellow for the canola and sunflowers, and black for the coal and oil.

Geography

The largest city in Saskatchewan is Saskatoon, followed by the province's capital, Regina. Saskatchewan is (approximately) a quadrilateral (four-sided object) bounded on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the American states of Montana and North Dakota.