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Saskatoon is on the Yellowhead Highway spur of the Trans-Canada Highway system, also known as Highway 16, which connects Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Alberta, and British Columbia. Highways 5 , 7 , 11 , 12 , 14 , 41 , 219 , 684 , and 762 all meet at Saskatoon, with Highway 60 terminating just outside the southwestern city limits.
Saskatoon is Saskatchewan's largest city, with a population of 317,480 in the census metropolitan area. [1] It is located on the Trans-Canada's Yellowhead Highway #16 and is centrally located within the province. According to estimated figures by Tourism Saskatchewan, tourism in Saskatoon is worth over $600 million.
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.
This article is a list of historic places in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan entered on the Canadian Register of Historic Places, whether they are federal, provincial, or municipal. List of historic places [ edit ]
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 ...
Saskatoon is the headquarters of Mitchell's Gourmet Foods, formerly known as Intercontinental Packers, which produces the Olympic Fine Meats line of products and is one of Canada's largest meat processors, employing more than 1,400 people.
Saskatchewan [a] is a province in Western Canada.It is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and to the south by the United States (Montana and North Dakota).
The Canada Saskatchewan Production Studios located in Regina that has been used for the production of both movies and television programs and are still used today in society. Film and television productions done at the Canada Saskatchewan Production Studios include: Falling Angels (2003) Corner Gas (2004–2009)