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A designated place
A designated place (DPL) is a type of community or settlement identified by Statistics Canada that does not meet the criteria used to define municipalities or population centres. DPLs are delineated every 5 years for the Canadian census as the sta ...
is a type of geographic unit used by Statistics Canada
Statistics Canada (StatCan; french: Statistique Canada), formed in 1971, is the agency of the Government of Canada commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and cultur ...
to disseminate census data. It is usually "a small community that does not meet the criteria used to define incorporated municipalities or Statistics Canada population centres (areas with a population of at least 1,000 and no fewer than 400 persons per square kilometre)." Provincial and territorial authorities collaborate with Statistics Canada in the creation of designated places, so that data can be published for sub-areas within municipalities. Starting in 2016, Statistics Canada allowed the overlapping of designated places with population centres.
In the 2021 Census of Population, Saskatchewan had 198 designated places, an increase from 193 in 2016. Designated place types in Saskatchewan include 2 cluster subdivisions, 40 dissolved municipalities, 9 northern settlement
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 north ...
s, 143 organized hamlet
In most cases in Saskatchewan, a Hamlet (place), hamlet is an unincorporated community with at least five occupied dwellings situated on separate lots and at least 10 separate lots, the majority of which are an average size of less than one acre. S ...
s, 2 resort subdivisions, and 2 retired population centre. In 2021, the 198 designated places had a cumulative population of 11,858, and an average population of . Saskatchewan's largest designated place is Gravelbourg with a population of 986.
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See also
* List of census agglomerations in Saskatchewan *List of cities in Saskatchewan
In the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, a city is a type of incorporated urban municipality that is created from a town by the minister of municipal affairs. The city form of governmental organization is created by a ministerial order via sectio ...
*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 nort ...
*List of 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 since ...
*List of hamlets in Saskatchewan
In most cases in Saskatchewan, a hamlet is an unincorporated community with at least five occupied dwellings situated on separate lots and at least 10 separate lots, the majority of which are an average size of less than one acre. Saskatchewan has ...
*List of Indian reserves in Saskatchewan
List of First Nations Reserves in Saskatchewan, Canada
See also: list of rural municipalities in Saskatchewan, Canada
See also: List of communities in Saskatchewan, Canada
See also: List of Indian reserves in Canada
There are over 70 Indian reser ...
*List of municipalities in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is the Population of Canada by province and territory, sixth-most populous provinces and territories of Canada, province in Canada with 1,132,505 residents as of Canada 2021 Census, 2021 and is the List of Canadian provinces and ...
*List of population centres in Saskatchewan
A population centre, in Canadian census data, is a populated place, or a cluster of interrelated populated places, which meets the demographic characteristics of an urban area, having a population of at least 1,000 people and a population density ...
*List of resort villages in Saskatchewan
A resort village is a type of incorporated List of communities in Saskatchewan#Urban municipalities, urban municipality in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Saskatchewan. A resort village is created from an organized Ha ...
*List of rural municipalities in Saskatchewan
A rural municipality (RM) is a type of incorporated municipality in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. A rural municipality is created by the Minister of Municipal Relations by ministerial order via section 49 of ''The Municipalities Act''. ...
*List of towns in Saskatchewan
A town is a type of incorporated urban municipality in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. A resort village or a village can be incorporated as a town by the Minister of Municipal Affairs via section 52 of ''The Municipalities Act'' if:
*Reques ...
*List of villages in Saskatchewan
A village is a type of incorporated urban municipality in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. A village is created from an organized hamlet by the Minister of Municipal Affairs by ministerial order via section 51 of ''The Municipalities Act'' i ...
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