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A population centre, in Canadian census data, is a populated place, or a cluster of interrelated populated places, which meets the demographic characteristics of an urban area, having a population of at least 1,000 people and a population density of no fewer than 400 persons per square km 2. [1]
The province of Saskatchewan, Canada is divided into 18 census divisions according to Statistics Canada. Unlike in some other provinces, census divisions do not reflect the organization of local government in Saskatchewan. These areas exist solely for the purposes of statistical analysis and presentation; they have no government of their own.
Population density of Saskatchewan, 2016. Saskatchewan is the middle province of Canada's three Prairie provinces. It has an area of 651,900 km 2 (251,700 mi 2) and a population of 1,132,505 (Saskatchewanians) as of 2021. Saskatchewan's population is made of 50.3% women and 49.7% men. [1] Most of its population lives in the Southern half of the ...
In the 2021 Census of Population, Saskatchewan had 198 designated places, [3] an increase from 193 in 2016. [4] Designated place types in Saskatchewan include 2 cluster subdivisions, 40 dissolved municipalities, 9 northern settlements , 143 organized hamlets , 2 resort subdivisions, and 2 retired population centre. [ 5 ]
Should a town's population decline to less than 500, its council may request its status be reverted to village or resort village status. [6] Saskatchewan has 147 towns that had a cumulative population of 145,995 in the 2021 Census. [2] [3] Saskatchewan's largest and smallest towns are Nipawin and Fleming with populations of 4,570 and 70. [3]
Canada population density map (2014). A population centre, in the context of a Canadian census, is a populated place, or a cluster of interrelated populated places, which meets the demographic characteristics of an urban area, having a population of at least 1,000 people and a population density of no fewer than 400 people per square km 2.
Saskatchewan and Alberta are the only landlocked provinces of Canada. In 2024, Saskatchewan's population was estimated at 1,246,691. [9] Nearly 10% of Saskatchewan's total area of 651,900 km 2 (251,700 sq mi) is fresh water, mostly rivers, reservoirs, and lakes.
In Saskatchewan, towns must have a population above 5,000 in order to be granted city status. [3] A city does not automatically revert to town status if the population drops below 5,000; this only occurs if the city council requests it, the majority of electors vote to revert to town status or the appropriate provincial minister is of the opinion that the reversion to town status is in the ...