24-526: A resort village is a type of incorporated urban municipality in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan . A resort village is created from an organized hamlet by the Minister of Municipal Affairs by ministerial order via section 51 of The Municipalities Act if the community has: Saskatchewan has 40 resort villages that had a cumulative population of 4,118 and an average population of 103 in
48-436: A special service area may form its own electoral division within the rural municipality and may have a different tax regime within the rural municipality compared to a generic hamlet. Saskatchewan has 151 organized hamlets that are established via ministerial order and under the jurisdiction of rural municipalities within southern and central Saskatchewan. The people in a hamlet may apply for organized hamlet status within
72-703: Is a town in the Northern Saskatchewan Administration District . Its administration is regulated by The Northern Municipalities Act . A northern village may apply for town status when the actual resident population is at least 500. Saskatchewan has two northern towns. A northern village is located in the Northern Saskatchewan Administration District, and its administration is regulated by The Northern Municipalities Act. A northern hamlet may apply for northern village status when
96-710: Is an unorganized area in northern Saskatchewan . It consists of all of Division No. 18, excluding municipalities and reserves . It has a population of 1,641 as of 2011, and an area of 268,389.99 km . Division No. 18 has 58 census subdivisions , of which 24 are municipalities (including a portion of the city of Flin Flon , a city bisected by the Saskatchewan- Manitoba border, 2 northern towns, 11 northern villages and 10 northern hamlets), 32 are First Nations communities (31 Indian reserves and an Indian settlement ), an unincorporated northern settlement and
120-453: Is at least 50 and the northern settlement contains at least 25 separate dwelling units or business premises. Unlike hamlets and northern settlements, northern hamlets are municipal corporations. Saskatchewan has 11 northern hamlets. In Saskatchewan, a hamlet is an unincorporated community that is under the jurisdiction of a rural municipality . It has at least five occupied dwellings situated on separate lots and at least 10 separate lots,
144-435: Is created by the Minister of Municipal Affairs by ministerial order via section 49 of The Municipalities Act . Saskatchewan has 296 rural municipalities, which are located in the central and southern portions of the province. Saskatchewan has 296 rural municipalities. Saskatchewan has 24 northern municipalities, which includes the sub-types of northern towns, northern villages and northern hamlets. A northern town
168-409: Is one of the eighteen Statistics Canada census divisions within the province, occupying the northern half of the province. The census division is the largest in the province terms of area at 269,996.55 square kilometres (104,246.25 sq mi), representing 46 per cent of the province's entire area of 588,239.21 square kilometres (227,120.43 sq mi). The most populous communities in
192-727: 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 (those within the NSAD) is regulated by The Northern Municipalities Act . In the 2021 Census , Saskatchewan's communities combined for a total provincial population of 1,132,505. Saskatchewan presently has 786 municipalities of various types (urban, rural and northern municipalities) and sub-types (cities, towns, villages, resort villages, northern towns, northern villages and northern hamlets). Saskatchewan has 466 urban municipalities, which includes
216-495: Is regulated by The Northern Municipalities Act. Saskatchewan has 11 northern settlements. A ghost town is a town that once had a considerable population, that has since dwindled in numbers causing some or all of its businesses and services to close, either due to the rerouting of a highway , railway tracks being pulled, or exhaustion of some natural resource . Northern Saskatchewan Administration District The Northern Saskatchewan Administration District ( NSAD )
240-484: Is the unorganized area of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan . It encompasses approximately half of Saskatchewan's land mass. Despite its extent, the majority of Saskatchewanians live in the southern half of the province, while the majority of northern Saskatchewanians live in incorporated municipalities outside the NSAD's jurisdiction. The 2016 census , which refers to the area as Division No. 18, Saskatchewan , It
264-537: The 2011 Census . Saskatchewan's largest and smallest resort villages are Candle Lake and the Lumsden Beach with populations of 765 and 10 respectively. A resort village council may request the Minister of Municipal Affairs to change its status to a town if the resort village has a population of 500 or more. List of communities in Saskatchewan#Urban municipalities Communities in
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#1732771800057288-477: The Northern Saskatchewan Administration District (NSAD), 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
312-481: 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
336-595: The census division are La Ronge and La Loche with populations of 2,743 and 2,611 respectively. The 2016 census also refers to the Unorganized Division No. 18 , which counted only 1,115 residents, which placed its population density at 250 square kilometres (97 sq mi) for every inhabitant. The district has no local government and is directly subject to the Minister of Government Relations . An unincorporated Northern Saskatchewan region
360-493: The change to town status. When a town's population exceeds 5,000 people, the council may request a change to city status, but the change in incorporation level is not mandatory. Towns with shrinking populations are allowed to retain town status even if the number of residents falls below the 500 limit. For example, the towns of Fleming , Francis , and Scott have populations that have dropped under 500 people and are still qualified under town status. Towns with populations below
384-400: The jurisdiction of a rural municipality and do not have any decision-making powers or independent authorities. The following are hamlets that are neither special service areas nor organized hamlets. Like a generic hamlet, a special service area is under the jurisdiction of a rural municipality and does not have any decision-making powers or independent authorities. Unlike a generic hamlet,
408-560: The limit may, however, revert to village or resort village status if the town council requests it. Saskatchewan has 146 towns. The people of an organized hamlet may request that the hamlet be incorporated as a village or resort village. In order to qualify, the hamlet must have been an organized hamlet for at least 3 years, have a population of at least 100 in the most recent census, and contain at least 50 separate dwelling units or business premises. Saskatchewan has 260 villages. Saskatchewan has 40 resort villages. A rural municipality
432-463: The majority of which are an average size of less than one acre . The Government of Saskatchewan recognizes three different types of hamlets – generic "hamlets", "special service areas" and "organized hamlets". Some organized hamlets in Saskatchewan are recognized as designated places by Statistics Canada , while unorganized hamlets are not. Generic hamlets in Saskatchewan are under
456-441: The opinion that the reversion to town status is in the public interest. The city of Melville retains city status as of 2010 despite dropping below 5,000 population in the 1990s. Saskatchewan has 16 cities, including Lloydminster and not including Flin Flon . In Saskatchewan, towns are formed from villages or resort villages with a population of at least 500 people. The council of the village or resort village must request
480-401: The population is at least 100 and the northern hamlet contains at least 50 separate dwelling units or business premises. Saskatchewan has 11 northern villages. A northern hamlet is located in the Northern Saskatchewan Administration District, and its administration is regulated by The Northern Municipalities Act. A northern settlement may apply for northern hamlet status when the population
504-447: The rural municipality in which the hamlet is located. The minimum requirements for organize status include a permanent population of at least 80 residents, 40 separate dwelling units or places of business, a taxable assessment of at least $ 4 million, and any other factor the minister may consider appropriate. A northern settlement is an unincorporated community in the Northern Saskatchewan Administration District, and its administration
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#1732771800057528-400: The sub-types of cities, towns, villages and resort villages. In Saskatchewan, towns must have a population above 5,000 in order to be granted city status . 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
552-506: The unorganized balance of Division No. 18. All municipalities within the census division, except for the Northern Hamlet of Black Point , are recognized as census subdivisions. A northern settlement is an unincorporated community in the Northern Saskatchewan Administration District, and its administration is regulated by The Northern Municipalities Act. Saskatchewan has 11 northern settlements. One northern settlement, Missinipe ,
576-467: Was first established by the 1948 Northern Administration Act . In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Division No. 18 had a population of 35,986 living in 10,475 of its 12,843 total private dwellings, a change of -2.9% from its 2016 population of 37,064 . With a land area of 262,280.94 km (101,267.24 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.1/km (0.4/sq mi) in 2021. Division No. 18, Unorganized
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