List of villages in Saskatchewan

A village is a type of incorporated urban municipality in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.[1] A 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 260 villages[1] that had a cumulative population of 43,136 and an average population of 166 in the 2011 Census.[3][4] Saskatchewan's largest village is Caronport with a population of 1,068, while Dafoe, Keeler, Krydor and Valparaiso are the province's smallest villages with populations of 15 each.[3][4]

A village council may request the Minister of Municipal Affairs to change its status to a town if the village has a population of 500 or more.

List

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Restructured villages

The following is a list of former villages in Saskatchewan that have been restructured into another municipality, such as a rural municipality, resort village or city.[5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Types of Municipalities". Saskatchewan Ministry of Municipal Affairs. Retrieved December 12, 2012.
  2. "The Municipalities Act" (PDF). Government of Saskatchewan. Retrieved December 17, 2012.
  3. 1 2
  4. 1 2
  5. "Restructured Villages". Saskatchewan Ministry of Municipal Affairs. December 20, 2012.
  6. 1 2 "The Saskatchewan Gazette: Part I: Volume 109" (PDF) (PDF). Government of Saskatchewan. November 29, 2013. pp. 24262427. Retrieved April 6, 2014.
  7. 1 2 "The Saskatchewan Gazette: Part I: Volume 110" (PDF) (PDF). Government of Saskatchewan. January 3, 2014. pp. 2021. Retrieved April 6, 2014.
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