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is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Saskatchewan:
Saskatchewan Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a province in western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dak ...
– central prairie province in
Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...
, with an area of , bounded on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota. Saskatchewan was first explored by Europeans in 1690 and settled in 1774; prior to that, it was populated by several indigenous tribes. It became a province in 1905. Saskatchewan's major industries are agriculture, mining, and energy. The province's name is derived from the
Saskatchewan River The Saskatchewan River (Cree: ''kisiskāciwani-sīpiy'', "swift flowing river") is a major river in Canada. It stretches about from where it is formed by the joining together of the North Saskatchewan and South Saskatchewan Rivers to Lake Winn ...
. The river is designated ''kisiskāciwani-sīpiy'' ("swift flowing river") in the Cree language.Government of Canada


General reference

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Saskatchewan Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a province in western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dak ...
or "SK" or "Sask" * Official English name:
Saskatchewan Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a province in western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dak ...
* Common endonym(s): "Land of Living Skies" * Official endonym(s): Province of Saskatchewan * Adjectival(s):
Saskatchewan Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a province in western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dak ...
* Demonym(s):
Saskatchewan Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a province in western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dak ...
* Etymology: The province's name is derived from the
Saskatchewan River The Saskatchewan River (Cree: ''kisiskāciwani-sīpiy'', "swift flowing river") is a major river in Canada. It stretches about from where it is formed by the joining together of the North Saskatchewan and South Saskatchewan Rivers to Lake Winn ...
. Earlier, the river was designated ''kisiskāciwani-sīpiy'' ("swift flowing river") in the Cree language.


Geography of Saskatchewan

upAn enlargeable topographic relief map of the Province of Saskatchewan
Geography of Saskatchewan The geography of Saskatchewan is unique among the provinces and territories of Canada in some respects. It is one of only two landlocked regions (Alberta is the other) and it is the only region whose borders are not based on natural features li ...
* Saskatchewan is: a
province of Canada The Province of Canada (or the United Province of Canada or the United Canadas) was a British colony in North America from 1841 to 1867. Its formation reflected recommendations made by John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham, in the Report on th ...
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** Extreme points of Saskatchewan * Population of Saskatchewan: 1,003,299 (est.) * Area of Saskatchewan: * Statistics of Saskatchewan * Symbols of Saskatchewan * Atlas of Saskatchewan *
Territorial evolution of Canada The history of post-confederation Canada began on July 1, 1867, when the British North American colonies of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia were united to form a single Dominion within the British Empire. Upon Confederation, the United Pro ...
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Time in Saskatchewan The Canadian province of Saskatchewan is geographically located in the Mountain Time Zone (GMT−07:00). However, most of the province observes Central Standard Time (CST) (GMT−06:00) year-round. As a result, it is effectively on daylight sav ...
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: CST ( UTC−06) or CDT ( UTC−05)


Environment of Saskatchewan

* Climate of Saskatchewan *
Geology of Saskatchewan The geology of Saskatchewan can be divided into two main geological regions, the Precambrian Canadian Shield and the Phanerozoic Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. Within the Precambrian shield exists the Athabasca sedimentary basin. Meteorite i ...
* Wildlife of Saskatchewan ** Flora of Saskatchewan **
Fauna of Saskatchewan The Fauna of Saskatchewan include several diverse land and aquatic animal species. From the multiplicity of invertebrates and vertebrates, two have been chosen as symbols of Saskatchewan. Cenozoic vertebrate fossils reveal the geological evolut ...
*** Mammals of Saskatchewan


Natural geographic features of Saskatchewan

* Lakes of Saskatchewan *
Rivers of Saskatchewan A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wa ...
* World Heritage Sites in Saskatchewan


Regions of Saskatchewan


Administrative divisions of Saskatchewan

upAn enlargeable map of the census divisions of the Province of Saskatchewan * Census divisions of Saskatchewan * SARM divisions * School districts in Saskatchewan


= Municipalities of Saskatchewan

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List of communities in Saskatchewan 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 nor ...
* Rural municipalities * Cities of Saskatchewan * Towns in Saskatchewan *
Villages in Saskatchewan A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...
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Hamlets in Saskatchewan A hamlet is a human settlement that is smaller than a town or village. Its size relative to a parish can depend on the administration and region. A hamlet may be considered to be a smaller settlement or subdivision or satellite entity to a lar ...
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Ghost towns in Saskatchewan The following is a list of communities that no longer exist or former Villages/Towns that have become unincorporated hamlets in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. Ghost towns are towns that once had a considerable population, that have sinc ...
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Indian Reserves in Saskatchewan Indian or Indians may refer to: Peoples South Asia * Indian people, people of Indian nationality, or people who have an Indian ancestor ** Non-resident Indian, a citizen of India who has temporarily emigrated to another country * South Asia ...


Demography of Saskatchewan

Demographics of Saskatchewan


Government and politics of Saskatchewan

Politics of Saskatchewan Politics of Saskatchewan relate to the Canadian federal political system, along with the other Canadian provinces. Saskatchewan has a lieutenant-governor, who is the representative of the Crown in right of Saskatchewan; premier, Scott Moe, lead ...
* Form of government:
Constitutional monarchy A constitutional monarchy, parliamentary monarchy, or democratic monarchy is a form of monarchy in which the monarch exercises their authority in accordance with a constitution and is not alone in decision making. Constitutional monarchies dif ...
* Capital of Saskatchewan: Regina *
Elections in Saskatchewan An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operated ...
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First Nations in Saskatchewan First Nations in Saskatchewan constitute many Native Canadian band governments. First Nations ethnicities in the province include the Cree, Assiniboine, Saulteaux, Lakota, Dene and Dakota. Historically, the Atsina and Blackfoot could also be ...
* Political parties in Saskatchewan * Political scandals of Saskatchewan * List of leaders of the opposition in Saskatchewan


Representation in the government of Canada

members of the Upper House are called Senators * Saskatchewan senators Members of the lower house are referred to as Members of Parliament MP * Canadian federal electoral districts in Saskatchewan *
Historical federal electoral districts of Canada This is a list of past arrangements of Canada's electoral districts. Each district sends one member to the House of Commons of Canada. In 1999 and 2003, the Legislative Assembly of Ontario was elected using the same districts within that provi ...


Branches of the government of Saskatchewan

Government of Saskatchewan The Government of Saskatchewan (french: Gouvernement de la Saskatchewan) refers to the provincial government of the province of Saskatchewan. Its powers and structure are set out in the Constitution Act, 1867. In modern Canadian use, the term "g ...


Executive branch

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Lieutenant-Governor of Saskatchewan The lieutenant governor of Saskatchewan () is the viceregal representative in Saskatchewan of the , who operates distinctly within the province but is also shared equally with the ten other jurisdictions of Canada, as well as the other Commonw ...
- List of Saskatchewan lieutenant-governors, (
Monarchy in Saskatchewan By the arrangements of the Canadian federation, the Canadian monarchy operates in Saskatchewan as the core of the province's Westminster-style parliamentary democracy. As such, the Crown within Saskatchewan's jurisdiction is referred to as ''the ...
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Premier of Saskatchewan The premier of Saskatchewan is the first minister and head of government for the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The current premier of Saskatchewan is Scott Moe, who was sworn in as premier on February 2, 2018, after winning the 2018 Saskatc ...
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List of premiers of Saskatchewan The premier of Saskatchewan, Canada, is the province's head of government since 1905. Saskatchewan uses a unicameral Westminster-style parliamentary government, in which the premier is the leader of the party that has the support of a majority i ...
*** Cabinet of Saskatchewan


Legislative branch

* Parliament:
Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan The Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan is the legislative chamber of the Saskatchewan Legislature in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. Bills passed by the assembly are given royal assent by the Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan, in the na ...
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unicameral Unicameralism (from ''uni''- "one" + Latin ''camera'' "chamber") is a type of legislature, which consists of one house or assembly, that legislates and votes as one. Unicameral legislatures exist when there is no widely perceived need for multi ...
) Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) :* List of Saskatchewan political parties :*
List of Saskatchewan provincial electoral districts Current electoral districts * Athabasca (1934) * Arm River (2016) * Batoche (2003) * Biggar-Sask Valley (2016) * Cannington (1995) * Canora-Pelly (1995) * Carrot River Valley (1995) * Cumberland (1975) * Cut Knife-Turtleford (2003) * Cypr ...


Judicial branch

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Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan The Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan (SKCA) is a Canadian appellate court. Jurisdiction and structure The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal is the highest court in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. There are 8 official judicial positions, incl ...
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Court of King's Bench for Saskatchewan The Court of King's Bench for Saskatchewan (Court of Queen's Bench for Saskatchewan during the reign of female monarchs) is the superior trial court for the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Structure and organization The Court consists of 29 ...
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Provincial Court of Saskatchewan The Provincial Court of Saskatchewan is the provincial court of record for the province of Saskatchewan. It hears matters relating to criminal law, youth law, civil law, family law, traffic law and municipal bylaws. Jurisdiction The Provincia ...
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History of Saskatchewan Courts The Court of King's Bench for Saskatchewan (Court of Queen's Bench for Saskatchewan during the reign of female monarchs) is the superior trial court for the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Structure and organization The Court consists of 29 ...


Interprovincial relations


Interprovincial organization membership

Saskatchewan is a member of: * Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement (TILMA)


Law of Saskatchewan

* The Saskatchewan Act *
Criminal Code A criminal code (or penal code) is a document that compiles all, or a significant amount of a particular jurisdiction's criminal law. Typically a criminal code will contain offences that are recognised in the jurisdiction, penalties that might ...
** Capital punishment in Saskatchewan: none. ** Canada eliminated the death penalty for murder nationwide on July 14, 1976. * Human rights in Saskatchewan ** LGBT rights in Saskatchewan *** Same-sex marriage in Saskatchewan * Law enforcement in Saskatchewan ** Saskatchewan Provincial Police (defunct) **
Royal Canadian Mounted Police The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP; french: Gendarmerie royale du Canada; french: GRC, label=none), commonly known in English as the Mounties (and colloquially in French as ) is the federal police, federal and national police service of ...


History of Saskatchewan

History of Saskatchewan History of Saskatchewan encompasses the study of past human events and activities of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, the middle of Canada's three prairie provinces. Archaeological studies give some clues as to the history and lifesty ...


By period

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Rupert's Land Rupert's Land (french: Terre de Rupert), or Prince Rupert's Land (french: Terre du Prince Rupert, link=no), was a territory in British North America which comprised the Hudson Bay drainage basin; this was further extended from Rupert's Land t ...
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Territorial evolution of Canada The history of post-confederation Canada began on July 1, 1867, when the British North American colonies of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia were united to form a single Dominion within the British Empire. Upon Confederation, the United Pro ...
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District of Assiniboia Assiniboia District refers to two historical districts of Canada's Northwest Territories. The name is taken from the Assiniboine First Nation. Historical usage ''For more information on the history of the provisional districts, see also Distric ...
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District of Saskatchewan The District of Saskatchewan was a regional administrative district of Canada's North-West Territories. It was formed in 1882 was later enlarged then abolished with the creation of the provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta in 1905. Much of the a ...
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District of Athabasca The District of Athabasca was a regional administrative district of Canada's Northwest Territories. It was formed in 1882, was later enlarged, and then abolished with the creation of the provinces of Saskatchewan (its central-eastern part) and ...
1882-1905 * North-West Rebellion 1885 **
Provisional Government of Saskatchewan The Provisional Government of Saskatchewan was an independent state declared during the North-West Rebellion of 1885 in the District of Saskatchewan of the North-West Territories. It included parts of the present-day Canadian provinces of Albe ...


By region


By subject

* History of courts in Saskatchewan *
Ghost towns in Saskatchewan The following is a list of communities that no longer exist or former Villages/Towns that have become unincorporated hamlets in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. Ghost towns are towns that once had a considerable population, that have sinc ...


Culture of Saskatchewan

Culture of Saskatchewan Culture of Saskatchewan views the patterns of human activity in the central prairie province of Canada examining the way people live in the geography, climate, and social context of Saskatchewan. First Nations and fur traders adopted a transhuma ...
* Cuisine of Saskatchewan **
Canadian Chinese cuisine Canadian Chinese cuisine (french: Cuisine chinoise canadienne) is a popular style of Canadian cooking original to take-out and dine-in eateries found across Canada. It was the first form of commercially available Chinese food in Canada. This co ...
* Provincial symbols of Saskatchewan **
Coat of arms of Saskatchewan The coat of arms of Saskatchewan is the heraldic symbol representing the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The arms, consisting of only the escutcheon (heraldry), shield, was assigned by royal warrant (document), royal warrant of King Edward ...
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Flag of Saskatchewan The provincial flag of Saskatchewan was adopted in 1969. It is blazoned ''per fess vert and or, in the fly a prairie lily slipped and leaved proper, in the dexter chief an escutcheon of the coat of arms of Saskatchewan fimbriated argent''. The sy ...
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World Heritage Site A World Heritage Site is a landmark or area with legal protection by an international convention administered by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). World Heritage Sites are designated by UNESCO for h ...
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The Arts in Saskatchewan

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Music of Saskatchewan Music in the Canadian province Saskatchewan, one of the Prairie Provinces, includes a variety of genres including Indigenous music, folk, country, jazz, and classical traditions. History In the early days of settlement, the musical landscape of ...


Sports in Saskatchewan

Sport in Saskatchewan Sports in Saskatchewan include ice skating, speed skating, curling, curling bonspiels, snowboarding, snow golf, broomball, ice hockey and badminton. Summer sports abound: among these are school track and field days, community rodeos, golf tournamen ...
* Cricket in Saskatchewan * Curling in Saskatchewan * Hockey in Saskatchewan * Football in Saskatchewan **
Canadian Football League The Canadian Football League (CFL; french: Ligue canadienne de football—LCF) is a professional sports league in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football. The league consists of nine teams, each located in a ci ...
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Saskatchewan Roughriders The Saskatchewan Roughriders are a professional Canadian football team based in Regina, Saskatchewan. The Roughriders compete in the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a member club of the league's West Division. The Roughriders were founded in ...
* Rugby in Saskatchewan * Skiing in Saskatchewan * Soccer in Saskatchewan


Economy and infrastructure of Saskatchewan

Economy of Saskatchewan The economy of Saskatchewan has been associated with agriculture resulting in the moniker "Bread Basket of Canada" and Bread Basket of the World. According to the Government of Saskatchewan, approximately 95% of all items produced in Saskatchewa ...
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Agriculture in Saskatchewan Agriculture in Saskatchewan is the production of various food, feed, or fiber commodities to fulfill domestic and international human and animal sustenance needs. The newest agricultural economy to be developed in renewable biofuel production ...
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Currency A currency, "in circulation", from la, currens, -entis, literally meaning "running" or "traversing" is a standardization of money in any form, in use or circulation as a medium of exchange, for example banknotes and coins. A more general ...
of Saskatchewan: * Health care in Saskatchewan **
Father of medicare Several individuals have been described as the father of medicare in Canada. Medicare is the country's publicly funded health system. *Tommy Douglas championed public health insurance as Premier of Saskatchewan from 1944 to 1961 and federal leade ...
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Tourism in Saskatchewan There are numerous heritages and cultural attractions in the province of Saskatchewan. Museums, dinosaur digs, aboriginal cultural and heritage sites, art galleries, professional sport venues, spas, handcraft, antique and tea shops, agricultural t ...
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Transportation in Saskatchewan Transport in Saskatchewan includes an infrastructure system of roads, highways, freeways, airports, ferries, pipelines, trails, waterways, and railway systems serving a population of approximately 1,098,352 (according to 2016 census) inhabitants y ...
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Airports in Saskatchewan An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface ...
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Roads in Saskatchewan Saskatchewan, the middle of Canada's three prairie provinces, has an area of and population of 1,150,632 (according to 2016 estimates), mostly living in the southern half of the province. Currently Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure opera ...
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Highways A highway is any public or private road or other public way on land. It is used for major roads, but also includes other public roads and public tracks. In some areas of the United States, it is used as an equivalent term to controlled-access ...
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Railways Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...
* Coal mining in Saskatchewan


Education in Saskatchewan

Education in Saskatchewan *
List of Saskatchewan school divisions This is a list of school divisions in Saskatchewan. There are currently twenty-seven school divisions: eighteen public divisions, eight Roman Catholic Separate School Divisions, and one fransaskois school division. When Saskatchewan was create ...
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Higher education in Saskatchewan Historically, Saskatchewan's higher education system has been "significantly shaped" by demographics. In 1901, six years prior to the 1907 founding of a university in Saskatchewan, the urban population in Saskatchewan was 14,266 (16%) while the rur ...
** Colleges in Saskatchewan ** Universities in Saskatchewan ***
University of Regina The University of Regina is a public university, public research university located in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Founded in 1911 as a private denominational high school of the Methodist Church of Canada, it began an association with the Unive ...
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University of Saskatchewan A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, ...
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University of Saskatchewan academics University of Saskatchewan has over 200 academic programs on its Saskatoon, Saskatchewan campus, and is internationally known for its teaching and research. The on-campus synchrotron Canadian Light Source makes it the only Canadian instituti ...
**** Alumni-related ***** List of University of Saskatchewan alumni


See also

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Outline of geography The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to geography: Geography – study of earth and its people. Nature of geography Geography as * an academic discipline – a body of knowledge given to − ...
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Outline of Canada The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Canada: Canada () is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the At ...
*** Outline of Alberta *** Outline of British Columbia *** Outline of Manitoba *** Outline of Nova Scotia *** Outline of Ontario ***
Outline of Prince Edward Island The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Prince Edward Island: Prince Edward Island – Canadian province consisting of an island of the same name, as well as other islands. It is one of the three Maritime ...
*** Outline of Quebec * Index of Saskatchewan-related articles (alphabetical index)


References


External links


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Saskatchewan Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a province in western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dak ...
Saskatchewan Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a province in western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dak ...