Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan is a Canada prairie Provinces of Canada. It has an area of 651,900 km� (251,700 mi�) and a population of 978,934 (''Saskatchewanians'') (January 1, 2005). Most of its population lives in the southern part of the province. The largest city is Saskatoon, Saskatchewan with a population of 225,927 (January 1, 2005), followed by the province's capital, Regina, Saskatchewan (population: 192,800, January 1, 2005). Other major cities (in order of size) include Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Swift Current, Saskatchewan, and North Battleford, Saskatchewan. See also List of communities in Saskatchewan. Saskatchewan is (approximately) a quadrilateral bounded on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the United States states of Montana and North Dakota. The province's name, pronounced "sus-KATCH-uh-wun" (IPA for English: ) by its inhabitants, comes from the Saskatchewan River, whose name comes from its Cree language designation: ''kisiskāciwani-sīpiy'' (Cree syllabics: ᑭᓯᐢᑳᒋᐘᓂ ᓯᐱᐩ), meaning "swift flowing river". 10 Largest Municipalities by population {| border="1" cellpadding="2" !Municipality !2001 !1996 |- |Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |196,811 |193,653 |- |Regina, Saskatchewan |178,225 |180,404 |- |Prince Albert, Saskatchewan |34,291 |34,777 |- |Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan |32,131 |32,973 |- |Yorkton, Saskatchewan |15,107 |15,154 |- |Swift Current, Saskatchewan |14,821 |14,890 |- |North Battleford, Saskatchewan |13,692 |14,051 |- |Estevan, Saskatchewan |10,242 |10,752 |- |Weyburn, Saskatchewan |9,534 |9,723 |- |Corman Park No. 344, Saskatchewan |8,093 |7,142 |} == Economy == Saskatchewan's economy is traditionally associated with agriculture, however increasing diversification has meant that now agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting together make up only 6.8% of the province's GDP. Wheat is the most familiar crop, and perhaps the one stereotypically associated with the province, but other grains like canola, flax, rye, oats and barley are also produced. Mining is also a major industry in the province, with Saskatchewan being the world leader in potash exports. In the northern part of the province, forestry is significant. Saskatchewan is also the world's most important supplier of uranium, and supplies much of the western world's supplies. The uranium industry is closely regulated by the provincial government which allows the government of Saskatchewan great latitude in setting world uranium prices. Saskatchewan's GDP in 2003 was approximately $32 billion (Canadian), with economic sectors breaking down in the following way: Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Leasing - 17.1% Mining and Petroleum - 13.0% Education, Health, and Social Services - 11.9% Wholesale and Retail Trade - 11.7% Transportation, Communication, and Utility - 9.1% Manufacturing - 7.7% Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting - 6.8% Business Services - 6.5% Government Services - 5.8% Construction - 5.0% Other - 5.3% Bombardier runs the NATO Flight Training Centre in Moose Jaw. Bombardier was awarded a contract for $2.8 billion from the Politics of Canada for the purchase of military aircraft and the running of the training facility. This contract was made sometime between 2001 and 2002. == History == Prior to Europe settlement, Saskatchewan was settled by Athabaskan, Algonquian, and Sioux tribes. The first European to enter Saskatchewan was Henry Kelsey in 1690, who travelled up the Saskatchewan River in hopes of trading fur with the province's indigenous peoples. The first permanent European settlement was a Hudson's Bay Company post at Cumberland House, Saskatchewan founded by Samuel Hearne in 1774. In the late 1850s and early 1860s, scientific expeditions led by John Palliser and Henry Youle Hind explored the prairie region of the province. In the 1870s settlement of the province started to take off as the Canadian Pacific Railway was built, and the Canadian government divided up the land by the Dominion Land Survey and gave free land to any willing settlers. The North West Mounted Police set up several posts and forts across Saskatchewan including Fort Walsh in the Cypress Hills, and Wood Mountain Post in south central Saskatchewan near the American border. The indigenous peoples were forced onto their own reservations, and the Metis (people) people who had settled there, led by Louis Riel, attempted the North-West Rebellion to form their own government independent from Canada. Riel surrendered after two months and was convicted of treason in a Regina courtroom. He was subsequently hanged. As more settlers came to Saskatchewan on the railway, its population grew and it became a full province in 1905. == Politics == Saskatchewan has the same form of government as the other Canadian provinces with a premier, legislature, and lieutenant-governor. For many years Saskatchewan has been one of the more left leaning provinces. In 1944 they elected Tommy Douglas Premier of the first socialist government in North America. Under his Cooperative Commonwealth Federation government Saskatchewan became the first province to have Medicare (Canada). In 1961, Douglas left provincial politics to become the first leader of the federal New Democratic Party . During the post-war period the CCF and its successor the Saskatchewan New Democrats have dominated provincial politics with Douglas, Allan Blakeney and Roy Romanow all serving long periods as Premier and becoming national figures . The Saskatchewan Liberal Party was the province's main centrist party for several decades but became insignificant following the defeat of Ross Thatcher's government in 1971. The Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan displaced the Liberals but imploded and officially withdrew from politics following the defeat of the scandal ridden government of Grant Devine. Today, the official opposition in the province is the Saskatchewan Party, a new right-wing party built out of the remains of the Tories and right wing former Liberals. The current premier of Saskatchewan is New Democrat Lorne Calvert, whose government was re-elected in the Saskatchewan general election, 2003 with a slim majority government--the NDP won 30 seats in the 58-seat Legislative Assembly, while the Saskatchewan Party won the remaining 28 seats. ==Demographics== While Europeans are the largest number, Aboriginals constitute a massive proportion of the population. Ethnicities that are neither these two groups constitute an extremely small number. Racial Groups *83.7% European *13.5% Aboriginal *0.8% Chinese *0.4% Black *1.6% other Religious Groups *46.6% Protestant *31.7% Roman Catholic *4.3% other Christian *0.3% Buddhist *17.1% other, non-religious ==Police Agencies== Estevan Police Service Moose Jaw Police Service Prince Albert Police Service Regina Police Service RM of Corman Park Police Service Royal Canadian Mounted Police Saskatoon Police Service Weyburn Police Service ==Correctional Facilities== Saskatoon correctional centre Regina Correctional Centre Prince Albert Correctional Centre Pine Grove Correctional Centre Saskatchewan Penitentiary Regional Psychiatric Centre == See also == *The Saskatchewan Act *List of cities in Canada *List of Saskatchewan general elections *List of Saskatchewan lieutenant-governors *List of Saskatchewan premiers *List of Leaders of the Opposition in Saskatchewan *List of communities in Saskatchewan *List of Canadian provincial and territorial symbols *List of Saskatchewan rivers *Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan *List of rural municipalities in Saskatchewan *Saskatchewan Film and Video Classification Board Saskatchewan Canadian provinces and territories ka:სასკაჩევანი la:Saskatchewan simple:Saskatchewan vi:Saskatchewan

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Saskatchewan

The population disparity of Regina and Saskatoon is not nearly so great... it appears the author is using the estimated CMA population for Saskatoon, while using older city proper info for Regina... I'm not confident enough, though, to make this alteration. User:Brithgob 00:37, 18 Jun 2004 (UTC) == How to pronounce? == I'm not from Canada, and I'm not sure how to pronounce Saskatchewan. Maybe someone from Canada could record a short audio clip of how to pronounce it, upload it to Wikipedia, and add it to the article? --User:137.111.13.34 12:20, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC) Does this help? sis-KATSH-ooh-WAWN (Is reminded of the song "Cap In Hand" by The Proclaimers which goes "I can says Saskatchewan without starting to stutter") User:Earl Andrew 19:27, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC) I think it would look more like "sus-CATCH-u-wun". No one from Sask. actually says an emphatic "wawn" on the end. Lived here 56 years. L.C. Nov.16 2004 : In fact Saskers can tell "foreigners" by how many syllables they give to ''Saskatchewan''. The locals often say it in two (SKATCH-wun). Anyone who uses four syllables ending with "wawn" instead of "wun" is considered a clueless tourist. User:Indefatigable 01:52, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC) :: I think I need to watch more episodes of Corner Gas. hehehe User:Earl Andrew 03:30, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC) == Pronunciation == The correct pronounciation would be: suh-SCAT-chew-an Also, the population disparity between Saskatoon and Regina is larger than the statistics here indicate (maybe you did change them?), but to give credit where it's due, the number has been decreasing somewhat, particularly since Pat Fiacco became mayor of Regina. -Dean (Nov 17/04) == blah blah blah == On the disambig page for blah, it says that a person from Saskatchewan is a ''blah'' is this true? Could a ''blah'' (or any one else knowledgable in such things) confirm or deny this, and either add it to this page, or take it off the disambig page. thanks. User:The bellman 05:05, 2005 Jan 7 (UTC) I've never heard this, but I'm from Manitoba. I'm suspicious. User:Diderot 10:10, 7 Jan 2005 (UTC) I too have never ever heard this, it sounds like someone making something up. --User:Saskboy 19:01, Jun 19, 2005 (UTC) == Population == The population for Saskatoon and Regina is right. Ant additional information for any population of any Canadian City (town, village, hamlet, township, etc) can be found at [ http://www12.statcan.ca/english/Profil01/PlaceSearchForm1.cfm Stats Canada] == History == I'm new to Wiki, and added some information to the history section regarding the NWMP, and the outcome of the Riel trial. Let me know if I made any mistakes or if you need sources [which I don't know where I'd cite them, and the knowledge is pretty much from my head after being here for 25 years, and visiting the history NWMP sites]. --User:Saskboy 19:00, Jun 19, 2005 (UTC)

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