Saskatchewan

**Saskatchewan** (; <small>Canadian French: </small> __) 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 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.

## Other websites

- Government of Saskatchewan website
- Webcams across Saskatchewan Showing Realtime conditions

## Infobox (province or territory of canada)

- **name**: Saskatchewan
- **settlement type**: Provinces and territories of Canada, Province
- **image flag**: Flag of Saskatchewan.svg
- **image shield**: Coat of arms of Saskatchewan.svg
- **motto**:
"From Many Peoples, Strength"
- **image map**: Saskatchewan in Canada 2.svg
- **label map**: yes
- **official lang**: English language, English
- **capital**: Regina, Saskatchewan, Regina
- **largest city**: Saskatoon
- **largest metro**: Saskatoon metropolitan area, Greater Saskatoon
- **government type**: Parliamentary system, Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
- **premier**: Scott Moe
- **premierparty**: Saskatchewan Party
- **viceroy**: Bernadette McIntyre
- **viceroytype**: Lieutenant governor
- **legislature**: Legislature of Saskatchewan
- **area rank**: 7th
- **area total km2**: 651900
- **area land km2**: 591670
- **area water km2**: 59366
- **percentwater**: 9.1
- **population demonym**: Saskatchewanian (official)
- **population rank**: 6th
- **population total**: 1132505
- **population as of**: 2021 Canadian census, 2021
- **population est**: 1266234
- **pop est as of**: 2025 Q4
- **densityrank**: 9th
- **density km2**: 1.9
- **gdp year**: 2015
- **gdp rank**: 5th
- **gdp per capita rank**: 4th
- **hdi year**: 2019
- **hdi**: 0.921 — <span style="color:#090">Very high</span>
- **hdi rank**: 8th
- **former**: District of Assiniboia, District of Athabasca, District of Saskatchewan
- **admittanceorder**: 10th, with Alberta
- **admittancedate**: September 1, 1905 (split from Northwest Territories, NWT)
- **houseseats**: 14
- **senateseats**: 6
- **timezone1 location**: Time in Saskatchewan, year-round in most areas
- **timezone1**: Central Time Zone, Central
- **utc offset1**: −06:00
- **timezone2 location**: Lloydminster and nearby areas
- **timezone2**: Mountain Time Zone, Mountain
- **utc offset2**: −07:00
- **timezone2 dst**: Mountain Time Zone, Mountain DST
- **utc offset2 dst**: −06:00
- **postalabbreviation**: SK
- **postalcodeprefix**: List of S Postal Codes of Canada, S
- **iso code**: CA-SK
- **website**: https://www.saskatchewan.ca
- **flower**: Western red lily
- **tree**: Paper birch
- **bird**: Sharp-tailed grouse