List of towns in Saskatchewan
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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
(2021)[citation needed] |
Population
(2016)[citation needed] |
Population (2011)[3] |
Population (2006)[3] |
Change (%)[3] |
Land area (km2)[3] |
Population density (per km2)[3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen | Aberdeen No. 373 | 716 | 662 | 599 | 527 | 13.7 | 1.95 | 307 |
| Alameda | Moose Creek No. 33 | 345 | 369 | 342 | 308 | 11 | 2.55 | 133.9 |
| Allan | Blucher No. 343 | 625 | 644 | 648 | 631 | 2.7 | 1.78 | 363.2 |
| Arborfield | Arborfield No. 456 | 285 | 312 | 326 | 329 | −0.9 | 0.88 | 370.5 |
| Arcola | Brock No. 64 | 636 | 657 | 649 | 509 | 27.5 | 3.39 | 191.5 |
| Asquith | Vanscoy No. 345 | 624 | 639 | 603 | 576 | 4.7 | 1.23 | 491.4 |
| Assiniboia | Lake of the Rivers No. 72 | 2,333 | 2,424 | 2,418 | 2,305 | 4.9 | 3.78 | 639.8 |
| Balcarres | Abernethy No. 186 | 616 | 587 | 617 | 598 | 3.2 | 1.57 | 392.9 |
| Balgonie | Edenwold No. 158 | 1,756 | 1,765 | 1,625 | 1,384 | 17.4 | 3.15 | 515.8 |
| Battleford | Battle River No. 438 | 4,400 | 4,429 | 4,065 | 3,685 | 10.3 | 23.33 | 174.2 |
| Bengough | Bengough No. 40 | 332 | 332 | 313 | 337 | −7.1 | 1.07 | 292 |
| Bienfait | Coalfields No. 4 | 668 | 762 | 780 | 748 | 4.3 | 3.09 | 252.4 |
| Big River | Big River No. 555 | 666 | 700 | 639 | 728 | −12.2 | 2.51 | 255 |
| Biggar | Biggar No. 347 | 2,133 | 2,226 | 2,161 | 2,033 | 6.3 | 15.75 | 137.2 |
| Birch Hills | Birch Hills No. 460 | 1,066 | 1,033 | 1,064 | 935 | 13.8 | 2.27 | 468.4 |
| Blaine Lake | Blaine Lake No. 434 | 509 | 499 | 510 | 472 | 8.1 | 1.95 | 261.6 |
| Bredenbury | Saltcoats No. 213 | 386 | 372 | 364 | 329 | 10.6 | 4.8 | 75.8 |
| Broadview | Elcapo No. 154 | 541 | 552 | 574 | 611 | −6.1 | 2.45 | 233.8 |
| Bruno | Bayne No. 371 | 604 | 611 | 574 | 495 | 16 | 0.95 | 606.1 |
| Burstall | Deer Forks No. 232 | 302 | 278 | 301 | 315 | −4.4 | 1.11 | 270 |
| Cabri | Riverside No. 168 | 413 | 390 | 399 | 439 | −9.1 | 1.33 | 298.9 |
| Canora | Good Lake No. 274 | 2,092 | 2,024 | 2,219 | 2,013 | 10.2 | 7.31 | 303.7 |
| Carlyle | Moose Mountain No. 63 | 1,524 | 1,508 | 1,441 | 1,257 | 14.6 | 3.19 | 451.1 |
| Carnduff | Mount Pleasant No. 2 | 1,150 | 1,099 | 1,126 | 1,012 | 11.3 | 2.26 | 497.3 |
| Carrot River | Moose Range No. 486 | 946 | 973 | 1,000 | 941 | 6.3 | 1.42 | 706.4 |
| Central Butte | Enfield No. 194 | 416 | 372 | 365 | 372 | −1.9 | 2.24 | 163.2 |
| Choiceland | Torch River No. 488 | 342 | 359 | 381 | 346 | 10.1 | 1.12 | 340.8 |
| Churchbridge | Churchbridge No. 211 | 866 | 896 | 743 | 704 | 5.5 | 2.76 | 269.2 |
| Colonsay | Colonsay No. 342 | 446 | 451 | 475 | 425 | 11.8 | 2.46 | 193.1 |
| Coronach | Hart Butte No. 11 | 612 | 643 | 711 | 770 | −7.7 | 2.33 | 304.9 |
| Craik | Craik No. 222 | 405 | 392 | 453 | 408 | 11 | 3.02 | 150 |
| Cudworth | Hoodoo No. 401 | 772 | 814 | 770 | 738 | 4.3 | 2.21 | 348.7 |
| Cupar | Cupar No. 218 | 598 | 564 | 579 | 566 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 726.7 |
| Cut Knife | Cut Knife No. 439 | 547 | 573 | 517 | 532 | −2.8 | 1.99 | 259.3 |
| Dalmeny | Corman Park No. 344 | 1,766 | 1,826 | 1,702 | 1,560 | 9.1 | 2.27 | 751 |
| Davidson | Arm River No. 252 | 1,044 | 1,048 | 1,025 | 958 | 7 | 4.49 | 228.4 |
| Delisle | Vanscoy No. 345 | 1,024 | 1,038 | 975 | 898 | 8.6 | 2.49 | 391.3 |
| Duck Lake | Duck Lake No. 463 | 579 | 569 | 577 | 605 | −4.6 | 2.73 | 211.6 |
| Dundurn | Dundurn No. 314 | 675 | 611 | 693 | 647 | 7.1 | 1.37 | 505.3 |
| Eastend | White Valley No. 49 | 607 | 503 | 527 | 471 | 11.9 | 2.71 | 194.7 |
| Eatonia | Chesterfield No. 261 | 498 | 524 | 508 | 449 | 13.1 | 1.68 | 301.6 |
| Elrose | Monet No. 257 | 470 | 496 | 477 | 453 | 5.3 | 2.76 | 172.8 |
| Esterhazy | Fertile Belt No. 183 | 2,345 | 2,502 | 2,472 | 2,336 | 5.8 | 4.75 | 520.9 |
| Eston | Snipe Lake No. 259 | 972 | 1061 | 1,031 | 971 | 6.2 | 2.72 | 379.3 |
| Fleming | Moosomin No. 121 | 70 | 84 | 83 | 75 | 10.7 | 2.17 | 38.3 |
| Foam Lake | Foam Lake No. 276 | 1,183 | 1,141 | 1,148 | 1,123 | 2.2 | 6.06 | 189.4 |
| Fort Qu'Appelle | North Qu'Appelle No. 187 | 1,972 | 2,042 | 2,034 | 1,919 | 6 | 5.28 | 385 |
| Francis | Francis No. 127 | 182 | 217 | 176 | 148 | 18.9 | 0.59 | 297.4 |
| Govan | Last Mountain Valley No. 250 | 200 | 194 | 216 | 232 | −6.9 | 1.35 | 159.7 |
| Grand Coulee | Sherwood No. 159 | 606 | 649 | 571 | 435 | 31.3 | 0.33 | 1,707.5 |
| Gravelbourg | Gravelbourg No. 104 | 986 | 1,083 | 1,116 | 1,089 | 2.5 | 3.23 | 346 |
| Grenfell | Elcapo No. 154 | 1,059 | 1.099 | 1,049 | 947 | 10.8 | 3.17 | 331.2 |
| Gull Lake | Gull Lake No. 139 | 908 | 1,046 | 989 | 965 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 395.6 |
| Hafford | Redberry No. 435 | 414 | 407 | 397 | 360 | 10.3 | 0.8 | 496.8 |
| Hague | Rosthern No. 403 | 889 | 874 | 878 | 707 | 24.2 | 1.08 | 815.5 |
| Hanley | Rosedale No. 283 | 540 | 511 | 522 | 464 | 12.5 | 2.65 | 196.8 |
| Hepburn | Laird No. 404 | 784 | 688 | 562 | 530 | 6 | 1.02 | 548.4 |
| Herbert | Morse No. 165 | 770 | 856 | 759 | 742 | 2.3 | 3.78 | 200.7 |
| Hudson Bay | Hudson Bay No. 394 | 1,403 | 1,436 | 1,900[4] | 1,646 | −8.6 | 17.35 | 86.7 |
| Imperial | Big Arm No. 251 | 372 | 360 | 349 | 321 | 8.7 | 1.23 | 283.5 |
| Indian Head | Indian Head No. 156 | 1,902 | 1,910 | 1,815 | 1,634 | 11.1 | 3.17 | 572.1 |
| Ituna | Ituna Bon Accord No. 246 | 726 | 701 | 711 | 622 | 14.3 | 1.56 | 455.5 |
| Kamsack | Cote No. 271 | 1,779 | 1,898 | 1,825 | 1,713 | 6.5 | 5.85 | 311.8 |
| Kelvington | Kelvington No. 366 | 827 | 834 | 890[4] | 866 | 2.8 | 3.89 | 228.8 |
| Kerrobert | Progress No. 351 | 970 | 1,026 | 1,061 | 1,001 | 6 | 7.49 | 141.7 |
| Kindersley | Kindersley No. 290 | 4,567 | 4,597 | 4,678 | 4,412 | 6 | 12.55 | 372.8 |
| Kinistino | Kinistino No. 459 | 671 | 654 | 743 | 643 | 15.6 | 0.98 | 758.8 |
| Kipling | Kingsley No. 124 | 1,076 | 1,074 | 1,051 | 973 | 8 | 2.15 | 487.9 |
| Kyle | Lacadena No. 228 | 413 | 449 | 437 | 423 | 3.3 | 1.14 | 383.1 |
| Lafleche | Wood River No. 74 | 373 | 382 | 406 | 370 | 9.7 | 1.51 | 269.7 |
| Lampman | Browning No. 34 | 676 | 675 | 713 | 634 | 12.5 | 2.23 | 319.9 |
| Langenburg | Langenburg No. 181 | 1,228 | 1,165 | 1,148 | 1,048 | 9.5 | 3.46 | 332.2 |
| Langham | Corman Park No. 344 | 1,518 | 1,496 | 1,290 | 1,120 | 15.2 | 3.98 | 324.4 |
| Lanigan | Usborne No. 310 | 1,433 | 1,377 | 1,390 | 1,233 | 12.7 | 8.34 | 166.8 |
| Lashburn | Wilton No. 472 | 870 | 983 | 967 | 914 | 5.8 | 3.11 | 310.5 |
| Leader | Happyland No. 231 | 881 | 863 | 821 | 881 | −6.8 | 1.71 | 481.2 |
| Lemberg | Abernethy No. 186 | 266 | 313 | 274 | 255 | 7.5 | 2.67 | 102.7 |
| Leroy | Leroy No. 339 | 510 | 450 | 427 | 412 | 3.6 | 1.06 | 402.1 |
| Lumsden | Lumsden No. 189 | 1,800 | 1,824 | 1,631 | 1,523 | 7.1 | 4.06 | 402 |
| Luseland | Progress No. 351 | 559 | 623 | 566 | 571 | −0.9 | 1.53 | 369.6 |
| Macklin | Eye Hill No. 382 | 1,247 | 1,374 | 1,415 | 1,290 | 9.7 | 3.14 | 450.7 |
| Maidstone | Eldon No. 471 | 1,209 | 1,185 | 1,156 | 1,037 | 11.5 | 4.56 | 253.5 |
| Maple Creek | Maple Creek No. 111 | 2,176 | 2,084 | 2,176 | 2,198 | −1 | 4.42 | 492.1 |
| Marshall | Wilton No. 472 | 522 | 591 | 594[4] | 608 | −2.3 | 1.01 | 588.1 |
| Midale | Cymri No. 36 | 510 | 604 | 562 | 462 | 21.6 | 1.53 | 368.5 |
| Milestone | Brock No. 64 | 682 | 699 | 618 | 562 | 10 | 2.17 | 284.4 |
| Moosomin | Moosomin No. 121 | 2,657 | 2,743 | 2,485 | 2,262 | 9.9 | 7.59 | 327.5 |
| Morse | Morse No. 165 | 216 | 242 | 240 | 236 | 1.7 | 1.45 | 165.7 |
| Mossbank | Lake Johnston No. 102 | 368 | 360 | 327 | 330 | −0.9 | 1.75 | 186.8 |
| Naicam | Pleasantdale No. 398 | 651 | 661 | 686 | 690 | −0.6 | 1.69 | 405.5 |
| Nipawin | Nipawin No. 487 | 4,570 | 4,401 | 4,265 | 4,076 | 4.6 | 8.71 | 489.4 |
| Nokomis | Wreford No. 280 | 414 | 404 | 397 | 404 | −1.7 | 2.61 | 152.3 |
| Norquay | Clayton No. 333 | 240 | 434 | 435 | 412 | 5.6 | 1.69 | 258 |
| Ogema | Key West No. 70 | 383 | 403 | 368 | 304 | 21.1 | 1.43 | 257.6 |
| Osler | Corman Park No. 344 | 1,251 | 1,237 | 1,088 | 926 | 17.5 | 1.55 | 700.6 |
| Outlook | Rudy No. 284 | 2,336 | 2,279 | 2,204 | 1,938 | 13.7 | 7.83 | 281.3 |
| Oxbow | Enniskillen No. 3 | 1,286 | 1,328 | 1,285 | 1,139 | 12.8 | 3.13 | 410 |
| Pense | Pense No. 160 | 603 | 587 | 532 | 507 | 4.9 | 1.32 | 402.6 |
| Pilot Butte | Edenwold No. 158 | 2,638 | 2,137 | 1,848 | 1,872 | −1.3 | 5.05 | 365.6 |
| Ponteix | Auvergne No. 76 | 577 | 563 | 605 | 531 | 13.9 | 1.09 | 556 |
| Porcupine Plain | Porcupine No. 395 | 817 | 862 | 855 | 783 | 9.2 | 2.27 | 377.2 |
| Preeceville | Preeceville No. 334 | 1,062 | 1,125 | 1,070 | 1,050 | 1.9 | 3.06 | 350.2 |
| Qu'Appelle | South Qu'Appelle No. 157 | 625 | 639 | 668 | 624 | 7.1 | 4.22 | 158.1 |
| Radisson | Great Bend No. 405 | 416 | 514 | 505 | 421 | 20 | 2.07 | 243.6 |
| Radville | Laurier No. 38 | 778 | 804 | 860 | 793 | 8.4 | 2.16 | 398.6 |
| Raymore | Moose Range No. 486 | 507 | 575 | 568 | 581 | −2.2 | 2.75 | 206.8 |
| Redvers | Antler No. 61 | 1,008 | 1,042 | 975 | 878 | 11 | 2.96 | 329 |
| Regina Beach | Lumsden No. 189 | 1,292 | 1,145 | 1,081 | 1,210 | −10.7 | 3.88 | 278.5 |
| Rocanville | Rocanville No. 151 | 889 | 863 | 857 | 869 | −1.4 | 2.43 | 352.3 |
| Rockglen | Poplar Valley No. 12 | 399 | 441 | 400 | 366 | 9.3 | 2.85 | 140.4 |
| Rose Valley | Ponass Lake No. 367 | 256 | 282 | 296 | 338 | −12.4 | 1.12 | 263.4 |
| Rosetown | St. Andrews No. 287 | 2,507 | 2,451 | 2,317 | 2,277 | 1.8 | 12.14 | 190.8 |
| Rosthern | Rosthern No. 403 | 1,602 | 1,688 | 1,572 | 1,382 | 13.7 | 4.31 | 365 |
| Rouleau | Redburn No. 130 | 505 | 540 | 453 | 400 | 13.3 | 1.61 | 282.2 |
| Saltcoats | Saltcoats No. 213 | 473 | 484 | 474 | 467 | 1.5 | 1.35 | 352.2 |
| Scott | Tramping Lake No. 380 | 74 | 73 | 75 | 91 | −17.6 | 4.39 | 17.1 |
| Shaunavon | Grassy Creek No. 78 | 1,784 | 1,714 | 1,756 | 1,691 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 344.2 |
| Shellbrook | Shellbrook No. 493 | 1,510 | 1,444 | 1,433 | 1,230 | 16.5 | 3.67 | 390.3 |
| Sintaluta | Indian Head No. 156 | 124 | 119 | 120 | 98 | 22.4 | 2.7 | 44.5 |
| Southey | Cupar No. 218 | 832 | 804 | 778 | 711 | 9.4 | 1.56 | 499.8 |
| Spiritwood | Spiritwood No. 496 | 966 | 913 | 916 | 911 | 0.5 | 2.95 | 310 |
| Springside | Orkney No. 244 | 478 | 502 | 534 | 513 | 4.1 | 0.68 | 791 |
| St. Brieux | Lake Lenore No. 399 | 638 | 667 | 590 | 492 | 19.9 | 2.55 | 231.4 |
| St. Walburg | Frenchman Butte No. 501 | 591 | 689 | 716 | 672 | 6.5 | 2.12 | 338 |
| Star City | Star City No. 428 | 374 | 387 | 460 | 428 | 7.5 | 0.7 | 661.1 |
| Stoughton | Tecumseh No. 65 | 652 | 649 | 694 | 653 | 6.3 | 3.41 | 203.2 |
| Strasbourg | McKillop No. 220 | 788 | 800 | 752 | 732 | 2.7 | 5.7 | 132 |
| Sturgis | Preeceville No. 334 | 646 | 644 | 620 | 575 | 7.8 | 3.41 | 181.6 |
| Tisdale | Tisdale No. 427 | 2,962 | 3,235 | 3,180 | 3,000 | 6 | 6.47 | 491.5 |
| Turtleford | Mervin No. 499 | 503 | 496 | 525 | 461 | 13.9 | 1.69 | 311.6 |
| Unity | Round Valley No. 410 | 2,496 | 2,573 | 2,389 | 2,147 | 11.3 | 9.77 | 244.6 |
| Vonda | Grant No. 372 | 384 | 384 | 353 | 322 | 9.6 | 2.86 | 123.6 |
| Wadena | Lakeview No. 337 | 1,269 | 1,288 | 1,306 | 1,315 | −0.7 | 2.91 | 449.5 |
| Wakaw | Fish Creek No. 402 | 978 | 922 | 985 | 864 | 14 | 3.12 | 315.9 |
| Waldheim | Laird No. 404 | 1,237 | 1,213 | 1,035 | 868 | 19.2 | 1.97 | 525.5 |
| Wapella | Martin No. 122 | 278 | 326 | 333 | 311 | 7.1 | 2.57 | 129.8 |
| Watrous | Morris No. 312 | 1,842 | 1,900 | 1,857 | 1,743 | 6.5 | 11.17 | 166.2 |
| Watson | Lakeside No. 338 | 707 | 697 | 777 | 719 | 8.1 | 2.83 | 274.7 |
| Wawota | Wawken No. 93 | 555 | 543 | 560 | 522 | 7.3 | 1.24 | 451 |
| White City | Edenwold No. 158 | 3,702 | 3,099 | 1,894 | 1,113 | 70.2 | 6 | 315.6 |
| Whitewood | Willowdale No. 153 | 944 | 862 | 950 | 869 | 9.3 | 3.04 | 312 |
| Wilkie | Tramping Lake No. 380 | 1,195 | 1,219 | 1,301 | 1,222 | 6.5 | 9.48 | 137.3 |
| Willow Bunch | Willow Bunch No. 42 | 299 | 272 | 286 | 297 | −3.7 | 0.84 | 339.2 |
| Wolseley | Wolseley No. 155 | 852 | 854 | 864 | 782 | 10.5 | 5.93 | 145.6 |
| Wynyard | Big Quill No. 308 | 1,724 | 1,798 | 1,767 | 1,744 | 1.3 | 5.29 | 334.1 |
| Yellow Grass | Scott No. 98 | 483 | 478 | 440 | 371 | 18.6 | 2.68 | 164.1 |
| Zealandia | St. Andrews No. 287 | 75 | 80 | 80 | 90 | −11.1 | 1.38 | 57.9 |
| Total towns | 137,725 | 127,795 | 7.8 | 473.50 | 290.9 | |||
Gallery
Main Street, Grenfell, 1980. Note grain elevators, from the outset of settlement the predominating feature of prairie towns; now long removed.
Main Street Carlyle
Main Street Stoughton
Main Street Aberdeen
Broadview Main Street c. 2014
Rosthern business district
