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Saskatoon
Ceety
City of Saskatoon
Frae left tae richt: central Saskatoon featurin the Sooth Saskatchewan River an three o its brigs; the Delta Bessborough hottle; the Saskatoon Fireworks Festival; Broadway Avenue; Wanuskewin Heritage Park; the Varsity o Saskatchewan; the Saskatoon berry; Saskatoon skyline featurin the Broadway Bridge in foregrund
Frae left tae richt: central Saskatoon featurin the Sooth Saskatchewan River an three o its brigs; the Delta Bessborough hottle; the Saskatoon Fireworks Festival; Broadway Avenue ; Wanuskewin Heritage Park ; the Varsity o Saskatchewan ; the Saskatoon berry ; Saskatoon skyline featurin the Broadway Bridge in foregrund
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Eik-name(s): 
"Paris of the Prairies", "Toontown", "S'toon", "Hub City", "POW City" (for potash, oil, an wheat), "The City of Bridges", "Saskabush" [1] [2] [3] [4]
Saskatoon is located in Canadae
Saskatoon
Saskatoon
Location o Saskatoon in Canadae
Saskatoon is located in Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
Saskatoon
Saskatoon (Saskatchewan)
Coordinates: 52°08′N 106°41′W  /  52.133°N 106.683°W  / 52.133; -106.683
Kintra Canadae
Province Saskatchewan
Establishment 1883
Incorporation 1906
Govrenment
 ?  Mayor Charlie Clark
 ? Govrenin bouk Saskatoon Ceety Cooncil
 ?  MP
 ?  MLAs
Area
 ? Laund 228.13 km 2 (88.08 sq mi)
 ? Urban
125.50 km 2 (48.46 sq mi)
 ? Metro
5,890.71 km 2 (2,274.42 sq mi)
Elevation 481.5 m (1,579.7 ft)
Population
 ?  Ceety 246,376
 ? Density 1080.0/km 2 (2,797/sq mi)
 ?  Urban
245,181
 ? Urban density 1,953/km 2 (5,060/sq mi)
 ?  Metro
301,097
 ? Metro density 50.1/km 2 (130/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Saskatonian
Time zone UTC?6 ( CST )
Forrit sortation aurie
S7A - S7C, S7H - S7W
Area code(s) 306, 639
Pronunciation / ? s æ s k ? ? t uː n /
Website www.saskatoon.ca

Saskatoon is a ceety in central Saskatchewan , Canadae , on the Sooth Saskatchewan River . Residents o the ceety o Saskatoon are cried Saskatonians . The ceety is surroondit bi the Rural Municipality of Corman Park No. 344 .

Saskatoon is the maist populous ceety in the province o Saskatchewan, an haes been syne the mid-1980s when it surpassed the provincial caipital o Regina . [8] The ceety haed a population o 202,340 in the Canadae 2006 Census , [9] wi a civic estimate o 224,300 in 2010. [10] The ceety's census metropolitan aurie haed a population o 233,923 in the 2006 Census. [11] Statistics Canada estimatit Saskatoon's CMA population as 265,259 as o Julie 1, 2010. [12]

Etymology [ eedit | eedit soorce ]

The name Saskatoon [in Cree : saskwaton , "Saskatoon" or the locatives : misaskwatominihk , lit: "at the saskatoon berry", misaskwatominiskahk , "at the place o mony saskatoon berries", minisihk "at the berry"] comes frae the Cree inanimate noun misaskwatomina " saskatoon berries ", which refers tae the sweet, violet-coloured berry that grows in the aurie. It is an aa popularly described as the "Brig Ceety," for its seiven river crossins. [13]

History [ eedit | eedit soorce ]

Main airticle: History o Saskatoon
Barr Colonists in 1903.

In 1882, the Toronto -based Temperance Colonization Society wis grantit 21 sections o land straddlin the Sooth Saskatchewan River, atween wha is nou Warman an Dundurn . [14] The aim o the group wis tae escape the liquor trade in that ceety an set up a "dry" community in the Prairie region. [14] The follaein year settlers, led bi John Lake , arrived on the site o wha is nou Saskatoon an established the first permanent settlement. [14] The settlers travelled bi railway frae Ontario tae Moose Jaw an then completit the final leg via horse-drawn caurt as the railway haed yet tae be completit tae Saskatoon. [14]

In 1885 the Northwast Rebellion affectit the tiny community in a variety o ways. Chief Whitecap an Charles Trottier passed through the present day Varsity campus on their way tae join Louis Riel 's airmed forces at Batoche, Saskatchewan . Follaein the fechtin at the Battle o Fish Creek , an the Battle o Batoche , woundit Canadian sodgers convalesced at the Marr Residence which is the day a historic site. A few dee'd in care an wur buried in the Pioneer Cemetery near the Exhibition Grunds.

A toun chairter for the wast side o the river wis obtained in 1903 ( Nutana became a veelage in that year). In 1906 Saskatoon became a ceety wi a population o 4,500, which includit the communities o Saskatoon, Riversdale, an Nutana. In 1955 Montgomery Place an in 1956 the neighbourin toun o Sutherland wur annexed bi the fast growin Ceety o Saskatoon. [15]

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References [ eedit | eedit soorce ]

  1. ↑ Edmonton, The (Apryle 30, 2007). " Edmonton Journal , "Paris of the Prairies " " . Canada.com. Archived frae the original on August 21, 2012 . Retrieved September 8, 2012 .
  2. ↑ "Saskatchewan slang" . canada.com . Postmedia Network Inc. November 7, 2007. Archived frae the original on November 9, 2012 . Retrieved December 21, 2013 .
  3. ↑ "A Brief History of Saskatoon" (PDF) . City of Saskatoon. Archived frae the original (PDF) on Januar 3, 2015. "Archived copy" (PDF) . Archived frae the original (PDF) on 3 Januar 2015 . Retrieved 22 October 2019 . CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( link )
  4. ↑ "DCHP-2" . Archived frae the original on 22 Mey 2018 . Retrieved 22 Mey 2018 .
  5. ↑ a b "Population and Dwelling Count Highlight Tables, 2016 Census ? Census subdivisions" . Archived frae the original on 17 Februar 2017 . Retrieved 17 Februar 2017 .
  6. ↑ a b "Population and Dwelling Count Highlight Tables, 2016 Census ? Census metropolitan areas" . Archived frae the original on 23 September 2018 . Retrieved 17 Februar 2017 .
  7. ↑ "Quick Facts" . City of Saskatoon. Archived frae the original on 9 Februar 2014.
  8. ↑ "Population Estimate & Projection" . City of Saskatoon . Retrieved 10 November 2010 .
  9. ↑ "Statistics Canada 2006 Community Profiles: Saskatoon" . Archived frae the original on 5 Juin 2011 . Retrieved 21 Februar 2011 .
  10. ↑ Population Estimate & Projection
  11. ↑ Statistics Canada 2006 Community Profiles: Saskatoon CMA [ deid airtin ] .
  12. ↑ "Section 1: Census metropolitan areas" . Annual Demographic Estimates: Subprovincial Areas . Statistics Canada . 3 Februar 2011 . Retrieved 3 Februar 2011 .
  13. ↑ "Travel: Saskatoon" . The Weather Network . Retrieved 16 Juin 2008 .
  14. ↑ a b c d "A History of Saskatoon to 1914" (PDF) . web.archive.org . Julie 2005. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 3 October 2006 . Retrieved 4 Apryle 2009 . "Archived copy" (PDF) . Archived frae the original on 3 October 2006 . Retrieved 21 Februar 2011 . CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( link ) CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown ( link )
  15. ↑ O'Brien, Jeff (2006). Roberta Coulter (ed.). Saskatoon: A History in Photographs . Coteau Books. p.  88 . ISBN   1-55050-336-7 . Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored ( |author= suggested) ( help )
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