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Saskatoon has a dry climate and sees 352.3 mm (13.87 in) of precipitation per year on average, with the summer being the wettest season. Saskatoon is sunnier than average in Canada as a result, averaging 2,350.4 hours of bright sunshine annually. The extreme temperatures are typically accompanied by below average levels of humidity.
Saskatoon SK 52°09′32″N 106°35′06″W / 52.159°N 106.585°W / 52.159; -106.585 ( Forestry Farm Park and Zoo National Historic Site of Federal ( 7610 )
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Created as "Saskatoon" before the 1st Saskatchewan general election in 1905, the district encompassed the three communities that merged to form the city in 1906. A new urban riding was created for the rapidly growing city in 1908, with the existing rural constituency being redrawn and renamed Saskatoon County for the 2nd Saskatchewan general ...
The Saskatoon CMA includes the City of Saskatoon, Rural Municipality of Corman Park No. 344, the cities of Martensville and Warman, and other smaller communities within the region. According to Canada's 2021 census , the Saskatoon CMA has surpassed a quarter of a million people and is the 17th largest metropolitan area in the country with an ...
Aerial photo of the South Saskatchewan River, c. 1940s.The city of Saskatoon developed around the South Saskatchewan River.. The history of Saskatoon began with the first permanent non-indigenous settlement of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, in 1883 when Toronto Methodists, wanting to escape the liquor trade in that city, decided to set up a "dry" community in the rapidly growing prairie region.
A French-language professional theatre company, La Troupe du Jour, founded in 1987, operates from a base in Saskatoon. [28] Gravelbourg's Fransaskois community is the subject of a short documentary Les Fransaskois , produced for the documentary series The Grasslands Project .
Saskatoon Riversdale is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. It was held by two Premiers of Saskatchewan from 1991 to 2007 – Roy Romanow and Lorne Calvert .