Talk:List of communities in Saskatchewan

Northern Hamlet & Northern Village
Does there really need to be northern village and northern hamlet? If there has to be, than you should also have southern village and southern hamlet if you really want to make a distinction. It just makes sense after all. Mr. C.C. 15:56, 8 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Yes, there does need to be. The administration of villages and hamlets is regulated by the Municipalities Act, and the administration of northern villages and northern hamlets is regulated by the Northern Municipalities Act.  What determines which Act governs those communities is where they are located; communities in the Northern Saskatchewan Administration District are under the jurisdiction of the Northern Municipalities Act, while everything else is under the Municipalities Act.  I've expanded the article a bit to mention this. Shanemcd (talk) 15:21, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Agreed. However, in a bit of research I've done, it looks like the NMA was repealed, effective 1/1/11. Anybody know anything about this? Does this affect the Northern SK Admin. District (which seems to have no wiki of its own). And what rules are the northern divisions going by these days, if indeed the NMA was repealed? An update is in order, but I don't know where to start. YellowAries2010 (talk) 05:41, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

This list needs some love
I could be completely wrong.. but.. I"m pretty sure the following places, aong otehrs are teh imaginings/fantasizing of some hormoneal teenager: Anal Love Sex G-Spot Can 1 of the 7 people who live in Saskatchewan or someone who knows it well maybe edit this list? 68.148.150.162 (talk) 02:34, 20 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Love is a community, but the others aren't. Article has been updated accordingly. Shanemcd (talk) 15:27, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Unsourced statements in the Cities section
I marked a couple items in the Cities section as needing references: "in the early 20th century several centres such as Saskatoon and Regina were granted city status despite having a smaller population", and "Kindersley, with a population that fluctuates around the 5,000 mark, has applied for city status in recent years". Can anyone find a reference for these? I especially wonder about the Saskatoon and Regina references, as I'd suspect that the rules for a city may have been different back then. Shanemcd (talk) 15:25, 10 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Well, it's been two years since I marked these unsourced statements, and I haven't been able to find references for them in that time. Apparently, no one else has either, so I'm going to be bold and remove them. Shanemcd (talk) 14:18, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

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Meadow Lake
Could someone add Meadow Lake to the cities chart? Thanks.Jwkozak91 (talk) 19:32, 27 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Done! Shanemcd (talk) 06:03, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

District of Katepwa Beach needs a place
Could someone with more knowlage place or make a "Districts" section for this page? District of Katepwa(Hero122 (talk) 21:12, 15 December 2011 (UTC)).
 * There is no "district" municipal status in SK. The municipality in question is actually a resort village, and its official name is "Resort Village of District of Katepwa" (not Katepwa Beach). I've removed this section as a result. Katepwa is already appropriately listed under the applicable Resort municipalities section. Hwy43 (talk) 07:25, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

Special service areas
Could someone please add a description or explain what exactly a e Special service areas is? If not I would consider removing it. (Smalltownsask (talk) 06:02, 28 August 2015 (UTC))


 * It is a designation applied by the province. When the list was added, a definition or explanation could not be readily found on the web, other than confirmation that the designation exists and that those communities listed are designated as such. The fact that it is a designation of communities recognized by the province sufficiently rationalizes their inclusion in this article, whether a definition or explanation of special service area is readily available or not. Hwy43 (talk) 06:11, 28 August 2015 (UTC)


 * Found this that explains the differences between hamlets, special service areas and organized hamlets. I can use this to generate an explanation as requested when time allows. Cheers, Hwy43 (talk) 06:43, 28 August 2015 (UTC)

Thank you, Hwy43, I have added a description to the section and a reference. (Smalltownsask (talk) 02:23, 31 August 2015 (UTC))


 * , the description you provided was of how special service areas are governed. Looking at the same source, the exact same thing about governance is said for the generic hamlets, so it is unsatisfactory as a definition for the term. I've taken a first crack at coming up with a description that differentiates special service areas from hamlets. More work needs to be done, but it will take some time when I can spare it over the next couple days. In the meantime, I have to fix a few other things you've introduced here and at List of hamlets in Saskatchewan first. Also, your edit summary mentioned that you added the source but you did not. No worries. I've added it for you. Cheers, Hwy43 (talk) 06:49, 31 August 2015 (UTC)

Thanks again, :, Yes the reference I had was a personal download file. Thanks for your help, Cheers! (Smalltownsask (talk) 16:43, 31 August 2015 (UTC))


 * No problem . I see you are quite active editing various SK community and RM articles. Unlike the other day, I have not yet had the chance to review the changes appearing on my watchlist yet. Are you being careful with referring to communities as "hamlets" based on what I mentioned on your talk page a few days ago? If the Government of Saskatchewan doesn't recognize certain communities as "hamlets", "organized hamlets" or "special service areas", their articles or related RM articles should therefore not refer to them as such. A lot of effort has gone into fixing the assumptions of past editors thinking that "if a SK community is not incorporated than it defaults to being a hamlet." Regrettably, I haven't had the chance to finish fixing all articles as the amount of communities with the incorrect assumption is vast and the effort became overwhelming. This is just a friendly request to avoid the incorrect assumption being reintroduced on articles that would have been previously fixed. Cheers, Hwy43 (talk) 18:51, 31 August 2015 (UTC)

Duly noted, I have been using that site, yes. I have come upon the same problem as well, at the moment I am working my way thought villages, trying to follow a template to make them look generally the same. Then after that I will work my way onto hamlets, etc. We could both work our ways though. Still kind of new at this so please let me know what works the best. :

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"Crown colony"
So I found an interesting subdivision on StatsCan's website: North Battleford (Crown colony). And it is an actual page on wiki. So how would we incorporate this into this list of communities? Thanks! FUNgus guy (talk) 07:08, 1 December 2018 (UTC)

Orphaned references in List of communities in Saskatchewan
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Two ghost town lists?
If the "main article" is at List of ghost towns in Saskatchewan, why is there a duplicate list here? Shouldn't this article summerise ghost towns and maybe mention a few of the more notable ones and leave the "main" to list them all? Just some food for thought. Masterhatch (talk) 23:55, 22 June 2021 (UTC)


 * I see cities and hamlets do the same thing. What a mess. At least the first nation lists got it right. Masterhatch (talk) 23:59, 22 June 2021 (UTC)