page_title: List of communities in Saskatchewan
section_title: Urban municipalities
hierarchical_section_title: List of communities in Saskatchewan / Municipalities / Urban municipalities
caption_attribution_description: English: Distribution of urban municipalities (cities, towns, villages and resort villages) in Saskatchewan as of 2013
context_page_description: Communities in the Province of Saskatchewan, Canada include incorporated municipalities, unincorporated communities and First Nations communities.
  Types of incorporated municipalities include urban municipalities, rural municipalities and northern municipalities. Urban municipalities are further classified into four sub-types – cities, towns, villages and resort villages. Northern municipalities, which are located in the Northern Saskatchewan Administration District, are further classified into three sub-types – northern towns, northern villages and northern hamlets. Rural municipalities are not classified into sub-types.
  Types of unincorporated communities include hamlets and organized hamlets within rural municipalities and northern settlements within the NSAD.
  The administration of rural municipalities, towns, villages, resort villages, organized hamlets, and hamlets is regulated by The Municipalities Act, while the administration of cities is regulated by The Cities Act. Administration of northern towns, northern villages, northern hamlets, and northern settlements is regulated by The Northern Municipalities Act.
context_section_description: Saskatchewan has 466 urban municipalities, which includes the sub-types of cities, towns, villages and resort villages.
caption: Distribution of Saskatchewan's 16 cities, 146 towns, 264 villages and 40 resort villages
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