Big Shell, Saskatchewan

Big Shell (2016 population: ) is a resort village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 16. It is on the shores of Shell Lake in the Rural Municipality of Spiritwood No. 496.

History
Big Shell incorporated as a resort village on August 1, 1982.

Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Big Shell had a population of $64$ living in $34$ of its $115$ total private dwellings, a change of NaN% from its 2016 population of $48$. With a land area of 0.93 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Resort Village of Big Shell recorded a population of living in  of its  total private dwellings, a NaN% change from its 2011 population of. With a land area of 1.1 km2, it had a population density of in 2016.

Government
The Resort Village of Big Shell is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator that meets on the third Friday of every month. The mayor is Jim Wilkie and its administrator is Tara Bueckert.