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Saskatoon

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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
Banner o Saskatoon
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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
KintraCanadae
ProvinceSaskatchewan
Establishment1883
Incorporation1906
Govrenment
 • MayorCharlie Clark
 • Govrenin boukSaskatoon Ceety Cooncil
 • MP
 • MLAs
Area
 • Laund228.13 km2 (88.08 sq mi)
 • Urban
125.50 km2 (48.46 sq mi)
 • Metro
5,890.71 km2 (2,274.42 sq mi)
Elevation481.5 m (1,579.7 ft)
Population
 • Ceety246,376
 • Density1080.0/km2 (2,797/sq mi)
 • Urban
245,181
 • Urban density1,953/km2 (5,060/sq mi)
 • Metro
301,097
 • Metro density50.1/km2 (130/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Saskatonian
Time zoneUTC−6 (CST)
Forrit sortation aurie
S7A - S7C, S7H - S7W
Area code(s)306, 639
Pronunciation/ˌsæskəˈtuːn/
Websitewww.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

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The name Saskatoon [in Cree: sâskwatôn, "Saskatoon" or the locatives: misâskwatôminihk, lit: "at the saskatoon berry", misâskwatôminiskâhk, "at the place o mony saskatoon berries", mînisihk "at the berry"] comes frae the Cree inanimate noun misâskwatômina "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

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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]

Sister ceeties

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References

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  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. Archived frae the original on 19 Juin 2008. 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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