A
village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred ...
is a type of incorporated
urban municipality in the
Canadian province
Within the geographical areas of Canada, the ten provinces and three territories are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Constitution. In the 1867 Canadian Confederation, three provinces of British Nor ...
of
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Western Canada, western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and on t ...
.
A village is created from an organized
hamlet
''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...
by the Minister of Municipal Affairs by ministerial order via section 51 of ''The Municipalities Act'' if the community has:
*been an organized hamlet for three or more years;
*a population of 100 or more;
*50 or more dwellings or businesses; and
*a taxable assessment base that meets a prescribed minimum.
Saskatchewan has 250 villages
[ that had a cumulative population of 41,514 and an average population of 166 in the 2016 Census.][ Saskatchewan's largest village is Caronport with a population of 994, while ]Ernfold
Ernfold ( 2016 population: ) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Morse No. 165 and Census Division No. 7. Initially situated alongside the original two-lane highway, the village was enclosed b ...
, Keeler, Krydor, Valparaiso and Waldron are the province's smallest villages with populations of 15 each.[
A village council may request the Minister of Municipal Affairs to change its status to a town if the village has a population of 500 or more.
]
List
Restructured villages
The following is a list of former villages in Saskatchewan that have been restructured
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into another municipality, such as a rural municipality
A rural municipality is a classification of municipality, a type of local government, found in several countries.
These include:
* Rural municipalities in Canada, a type of municipal status in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, ...
, resort village
A resort village is a type of incorporated urban municipality in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. A resort village is created from an organized hamlet by the Minister of Municipal Affairs by ministerial order via section 51 of ''The Munic ...
or city.
See also
*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 nor ...
*List of municipalities in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is the sixth-most populous province in Canada with 1,132,505 residents as of 2021 and is the fifth-largest in land area at . In 2021, Saskatchewan's 774 municipalities covered of the province's land mass and were home to of ...
References
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Villages
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...