WELCOME to SASKATCHEWAN Land of Living Skies

Where is Saskatchewan?

SASK is one of the three prairie provinces in Canada. Manitoba is to the east,
Alberta is to the west, and the Northwest Territories is north of Sask.
It is the fifth largest province. (map)

The name "Saskatchewan"
comes from the Cree word "Kisisskatchewan"
which means "swift flowing river".

Saskatchewan flag

Area
651,942 sq. km (251,700 sq. mi)

Land and Water
Half is forest, one-third is cultivated land
and one-eighth is covered with water.

Population
Over one million people live here (1,035,200 as of December 2009).
Most of the people live in the southern part of the province.
(64% of the population in urban centres and 36% in rural areas)

Entered Dominion of Canada:
1 September 1905

Capital city:
Regina

Economy :
Wheat, beef cattle and hogs, forestry, food products,
machinery, petroleum (oil), uranium, potash

Facts:
Known as Canada's breadbasket with 40% of the country's farmland ;
the second main producer of oil in Canada ; the main producer of uranium
in the world; the largest potash mine in the world.

Government :
The Saskatchewan Party ; leader - Brad Wall

MORE about SASKATCHEWAN :

list of all Saskatchewan web pages

INTRODUCTION THE FACTS EMBLEMS 1 , 2 TOUR OF SASK. FARMING (types of farms, crops, farm animals, products farm life, machinery) GEOGRAPHY (land & water) CLIMATE (WEATHER)

HISTORY SETTLEMENT PEOPLE FIRST NATIONS PLACE NAMES REGINA (the capital city) R.C.M.P. CITIES and TOWNS

INDUSTRY/ECONOMY (food processing, mining, forestry, electricity) MINERAL RESOURCES (oil, gas, coal, potash) PARKS AND RECREATION WILDLIFE TRIVIA GOVERNMENT LINKS

INDEX of WEB PAGES FOR STUDENTS

J.Giannetta
Regina, Sask.
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