Moose Jaw is the fourth largest city in

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, Canada. Lying on the

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in the south-central part of the province, it is situated on the

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, west of Regina. Residents of Moose Jaw are known as Moose Javians. The city is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Moose Jaw No. 161. Moose Jaw is an industrial centre and a critical railway junction for the area's agricultural produce.

CFB Moose Jaw Canadian Forces Base Moose Jaw , also known as 15 Wing Moose Jaw, is a Canadian Forces base located south of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. It is operated as an air force base by the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and is home to RCAF Pilot trainin ...

is a

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flight training school and is home to the

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, Canada's military aerobatic air show flight demonstration team. Moose Jaw also has a

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and

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History

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and

Assiniboine people The Assiniboine or Assiniboin people ( when singular, Assiniboines / Assiniboins when plural; Ojibwe: ''Asiniibwaan'', "stone Sioux"; also in plural Assiniboine or Assiniboin), also known as the Hohe and known by the endonym Nakota (or Nak ...

used the Moose Jaw area as a winter encampment. The

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sheltered the valley and gave it warm breezes. The narrow river crossing and abundant water and game made it a good location for settlement. Traditional native fur traders and

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buffalo hunters created the first permanent settlement at a place called "the turn," at present-day Kingsway Park, also known as the Kai Gauthier Park. The confluence of the

and Thunder Creek was chosen and registered in 1881 as a site for a division point for the

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(CPR), whose construction was significant in the

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. The water supply there was significant for steam locomotives. Settlement began there in 1882, and the city was incorporated in 1903. The railways played an important role in the early development of Moose Jaw, with the city having both a Canadian Pacific Railway Station and a Canadian National Railway Station. A dam was built on the river in 1883 to create a year-round water supply. Marked on a map as Moose Jaw Bone Creek in an 1857 survey by surveyor

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, two theories exist regarding how the city was named. The first is it comes from the Plains Cree name ''moscâstani-sîpiy'' meaning "a warm place by the river", indicative of the protection from the weather the Coteau range provides to the river valley containing the city Moose Jaw City Gov't website and also the Plains Cree word ''moscâs'', meaning warm breezes. The other is that the section of the Moose Jaw River that runs through the city is shaped like a

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's jaw. There is also an untrue story of the name being inspired by the

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, for whom

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is named, repairing his cart with the jawbone of a moose during his travels there. The city was the site of the 1954 mid-air collision of Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 9.

Military presence

The area surrounding Moose Jaw has many cloudless days, making it a good site for training pilots. The

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under the

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established

RCAF Station Moose Jaw Canadian Forces Base Moose Jaw , also known as 15 Wing Moose Jaw, is a Canadian Forces base located south of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. It is operated as an air force base by the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and is home to RCAF Pilot trainin ...

in 1940. After the war, the RCAF remained in the community and used the facility for training pilots through the

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. The facility changed its name to

in 1968 and is now Canada's primary military flight training centre and the home of 431 (Air Demonstration) Squadron (aka the "Snowbirds"). CFB Moose Jaw's primary lodger unit is "15 Wing". In the

, the lodger unit is often called 15 Wing Moose Jaw. The base usually holds an

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each year.

The Saskatchewan Dragoons The Saskatchewan Dragoons is a Primary Reserve armoured regiment of the Canadian Army. The unit is based in Moose Jaw. Their primary job is to assist the Regular Force in meeting Canada's military commitments. Their training and equipment closely ...

is a reserve armoured regiment with an armoury in the city's north end.

Royal presence

Many members of the

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have visited Moose Jaw. Edward, Prince of Wales, who owned a ranch in

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, visited in 1919, 1924, and 1927.

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, future king and father of

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, paid a visit in 1926.

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and his wife

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(later known as Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother) visited during the Royal tour in 1939. Queen Elizabeth II first visited in 1959 and returned on multiple separate occasions. During his time as

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, Prince Edward became Colonel-in-Chief of the

Saskatchewan Dragoons The Saskatchewan Dragoons is a Primary Reserve armoured regiment of the Canadian Army. The unit is based in Moose Jaw. Their primary job is to assist the Regular Force in meeting Canada's military commitments. Their training and equipment closely ...

of Moose Jaw on visiting Saskatchewan in 2003 when he congratulated the regiment on its "contribution to Canada's proud tradition of citizen-soldiers in the community." Involved in peacekeeping operations in Cyprus, the Golan Heights, Bosnia and Croatia, the regiment has also provided aid during floods and forest fires in the prairies. The Prince returned to visit his regiment in 2006. Prince Edward also inaugurated the Queen's Jubilee Rose Garden in Moose Jaw on his 2003 visit. Other royal connections to the city include King George School and Prince Arthur Community School, both named for royal family members before they shut down and combined to become Cornerstone Christian School. Additionally, the South Hill school was formerly named King Edward Elementary School. Following the death of Queen Elizabeth in 2022, an opinion piece in the ''National Post'' noted that the late monarch had "visited Moose Jaw more often than she did Manhattan. The former was part of her realms; the latter not. She was the Queen of Canada and chose to exercise that duty and serve her people over the perquisites of her position."

Climate

Moose Jaw's climate is transitional between

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and

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(

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''BSk'' and ''Dfb'', respectively). Moose Jaw's winters are long, cold and dry, while its summers are short but very warm and relatively wet. The coldest month is January, with a mean temperature of , while the warmest is July, with a mean temperature of . The driest month is February, in which an average of of

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falls, while the wettest month is July, which brings an average of . Annual average precipitation is . The highest temperature recorded in Moose Jaw was on 5 July 1937. The coldest temperature ever recorded was on 4 February 1907.

Government

Moose Jaw City Council consists of an elected mayor and six city councillors. From 1881 to 1903 the community was represented by a Town Council and after that by City Council. Moose Jaw City Hall, on the 2nd floor at the old Moose Jaw Post Office (c. 1911), has been the council's home since the late 1960s Provincially, the city is represented by two MLAs and federally by one MP.

Neighbourhoods

*Caribou Heights *Churchill Park *City View *Crescent View *Earnscliffe *Fairview *Grand View *Hill Crest *Iron Bridge *Kingsway Park *Lynbrook Heights *Mooscana *Morningside *New Currie *Palliser Heights *Parkdale Boulevard *Pleasant View *Prairie Heights *Old 96 *Regal Heights *River Park *River View *Ross Park *Rothesay Park *Slater *Sunningdale *Sunnyside *Tapley *University *University Heights *Victoria Heights *Wellesley Park *WestHeath *Westmore *Westmount *West Park These neighbourhoods are divided into four community associations: South Hill, East Side, North West and Sunningdale/VLA/West Park.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, Moose Jaw had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

Ethnicity

Economy

Moose Jaw is a city of 33,000 at the intersection of the

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and Highway 2. A Snowbird aerobatic jet and Mac the Moose are large roadside attractions on the No. 1 highway at the tourist info center. Moose Jaw Trolley Company (1912) offers trolley tours of Moose Jaw. Temple Garden's Mineral Spa, Tunnels of Moose Jaw, and History of Transportation Western Development Museum. are major sites of interest. The juncture of Moose Jaw and Thunder Creek produced the best source of water for steam engines, and Moose Jaw became the

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divisional point. Large-capacity concrete grain terminals are replacing the smaller grain elevators that were numerous along the highway, sentinels of most communities along the route. Improved harvest, transport and road construction technology have made the large inland terminals more economically viable. The rural governing body around Moose Jaw is Moose Jaw No. 161, which serves 1,228 residents (2006 census) and includes the Moose Jaw Canadian Forces Base. Meat-processing plants, salt, potash, urea fertilizer, anhydrous ammonia and ethanol producers abound in this area with easy transport access to the Trans–Canada Highway. In 1917, a group of local residents banded together to purchase enough automobile parts to build 25 cars. These were to be manufactured under the name Moose Jaw Standard. Each group member received a car, but no further buyers were found, and production did not continue.

Arts and culture

Visual Arts

The

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is a community arts association of local artists dedicated to exhibiting, educating and fostering appreciation for visual arts.

Film

The city was profiled in '' Moose Jaw: There's a Future in Our Past'', a 1992 documentary essay film by former city resident

Rick Hancox Rick Hancox (born January 1, 1946) is a Canadian filmmaker and film studies academic.

Museums

Moose Jaw is home to one of four

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s. The Moose Jaw WDM museum specializes in the history of transportation and has a

gallery. The

Sukanen Ship Pioneer Village and Museum The Sukanen Ship Pioneer Village and Museum is located south of the City of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada, on Highway 2. It has many displays of life on the Canadian Prairies, including many historic buildings that have been moved from surroun ...

is south of Moose Jaw on Sk Hwy 2. The car club at Moose Jaw agreed to the restoration of Tom Sukanen's ship at their museum site. Sukanen was a Finnish homesteader who settled near

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and hoped to travel home again on a ship he assembled near the

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. The Sukanen Ship Pioneer Village and Museum features a typical village replete with pioneer artifacts and tractors, cars and trucks restored by the Moose Jaw car club, and is run by volunteers. The Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery is located in Crescent Park at the centre of the downtown area, in the same facility as the Moose Jaw Public Library. The art gallery hosts community exhibits, travelling exhibits, and rotating exhibits from the gallery's permanent collection. The museum also has a heritage gallery, which curates and hosts exhibits on local history, including an upcoming "Pandemic Time Capsule" exhibit scheduled for Spring 2021. The Museum & Art Gallery also hosts classes and events.

2SLGBTQ culture

In 1978,

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visited Moose Jaw as part of the anti-gay

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campaign. In response, approximately 85 members of the gay and lesbian community marched down Main St. to Crescent Park, where an estimated 150 people gathered to speak out against Bryant. In 2008, the Gay and Lesbian Association of Moose Jaw (GLAMJ) requested and was granted the first official proclamation of Pride Week in Moose Jaw and raised the Rainbow Flag over Moose Jaw's City Hall for the first time. The city's first

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since 1978 was held in 2015, and similar parades have been held annually in late May or early June, usually from Main Street to Crescent Park. Moose Jaw Pride is an

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organization incorporated as a non-profit in 2014. Moose Jaw Pride was a founding member of the Saskatchewan Pride Network, started in 2016, which serves to connect and support 2SLGBTQ people in small communities across Saskatchewan, many of which do not have an established local pride organization. Since 2019, Moose Jaw Pride has been working with local partners to promote Moose Jaw as a safe and attractive tourism destination for 2SLGBTQ people. 2SLGBTQ tourist attractions include a rainbow-coloured bench on Main Street, in front of the Rainbow Retro Thrift Shop, and a mural on the back of the Rainbow Retro building that depicts events and symbols from local 2SLGBTQ history, including representations of the Anita Bryant march, the Indigenous

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presence in Saskatchewan, the potluck and coffee social events that were central to 2SLGBTQ community development, and several landmark pride flag raisings.

Attractions

Tourist attractions include the Tunnels of Moose Jaw, The Moose Jaw Trolley, the

Temple Gardens Mineral Spa Resort The Temple Gardens Hotel & Spa (formerly Temple Gardens Mineral Spa) is a hotel located in downtown Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada. The resort features 181 rooms, a spa, Banquet hall, banquet facilities, a rooftop indoor/outdoor mineral Swimmi ...

, The

Western Development Museum The Western Development Museum is a network of four museums in Saskatchewan, Canada preserving and recording the social and economic development of the province. The museum has branches in Moose Jaw, North Battleford, Saskatoon and Yorkton. Respec ...

Casino Moose Jaw Casino Moose Jaw is located in downtown Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada, and is owned and operated by Sask Gaming. The government of Saskatchewan announced the construction of the $13 million facility on July 26, 2001. It was opened on September ...

, Moose Jaw Museum and Art Gallery, Yvette Moore Art Gallery, the Murals of Moose Jaw, and the historic downtown. Every July, the four-day Saskatchewan Festival of Words showcases top Canadian writers from a wide variety of genres. The free three-day Sidewalk Days Festival draws tens of thousands to Main Street the weekend after Canada Day. The

flight demonstration team is based at

, south of Moose Jaw in Bushell Park, where the now defunct

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was performed every summer. It will be brought back in 2019. Moose Jaw has many parks. Crescent Park is located in downtown. It features a creek, picnic tables, a library, an art museum, a playground, an outdoor swimming pool,

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, a tennis court,

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field and an

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. Casino Moose Jaw and Temple Gardens Mineral Spa are across Fairford St. E. and 1st Ave. NE. from Crescent Park. "Wakamow Valley" follows the

and features both natural and maintained areas. There are many trails throughout the park for hiking and cycling, including picnic tables, barbecues, and four playgrounds. There is also an

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, Lorne Calvert Campground, formerly known as River Park Campground, which was founded in 1927 and is the longest-running campground in North America. Canoe and kayak rentals are available across the road from the campground. The Moose Jaw Canoe and Kayak Club has been around since the late '90s and is inside the campground. Moose Jaw Skyline

Old Wives Lake Old Wives Lake is a shallow endorheic salt lake in south central Saskatchewan, Canada, about south-west of Moose Jaw. The lake is fed by the Wood River but seasonal water relatively flattened the terrain, and as such results in significant m ...

, a

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is 30 km southwest of the city on Highway 363.

Buffalo Pound Lake Buffalo Pound Lake is a eutrophic prairie lake formed from glacial melt about 10,000 years ago on the Qu'Appelle River in Saskatchewan, Canada. It is located approximately north of Moose Jaw and north-east of Tuxford. The lake gets its nam ...

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prairie lake is 28 km north on Highway 2.

Buffalo Pound Provincial Park Buffalo Pound Provincial Park is in southern Saskatchewan, Canada, about north-east of Moose Jaw and north-west of the city of Regina. Access to the provincial park is from Highways 301 and 202. The park centres on Buffalo Pound Lake, a ...

is on the south shore and can be accessed by Highway 202 and Highway 301.

Tunnels of Moose Jaw

The tunnels present two tour attractions: ''Passage to Fortune'' and ''The Chicago Connection''. While ''Passage to Fortune'' is construed by many visitors to be historically accurate, there is no evidence to suggest that Chinese Canadians lived in the tunnels of the tours outside of minimal anecdotal testimonies. Historically accurate information such as the

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and the case of Quong Wing v R which occurred at the site of 1 Main street across the location of the tunnels are mentioned throughout the tour. However, ''Passage to Fortune'' also circulates misinformation about Chinese Canadians in Moose Jaw. Moose Jaw Tour attendees are called "

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s" at an early stage of the tour. Tour attendees are then guided through the tunnels from the position of Chinese workers indentured to the fictional laundry owner Mr. Burrows who were forced to live underground. In actuality, early Chinese Canadians were often proprietors of their own laundries, a labour-intensive industry many found themselves in due to prejudice barring them from entering other industries. In 1890, the first Chinese business opened in Moose Jaw, was a Chinese laundry. in 1908, nine laundries can be found in the City directory, with eight businesses notably Chinese-run. The tunnels became a hub of renewed activity in the 1920s for

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during

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. They were reported to have warehoused illegal alcohol that was shipped to the U.S. via the

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. The tunnels were also used for gambling and prostitution, all without interference from the corrupt police. There has long been anecdotal evidence that American mobster

Al Capone Alphonse Gabriel Capone ( ; ; January 17, 1899 – January 25, 1947), sometimes known by the nickname "Scarface", was an American organized crime, gangster and businessman who attained notoriety during the Prohibition era as the co-foun ...

visited Moose Jaw or had interests in the bootlegging operations. No written or photographic proof exists of Capone's presence, but several firsthand accounts from Moose Javians who claim to have met him have been documented. Capone's grandniece also confirmed he had been in Moose Jaw before his 1931 conviction for tax evasion. In the 21st century, the city capitalized on this notoriety to restore the tunnel network into the Tunnels of Moose Jaw, a tourist attraction that opened in June 2000. The

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, however, states that there is no "evidence that he ever set foot on Canadian soil."

Sports and recreation

As in most Canadian cities,

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has played a large part in Moose Jaw's sporting culture. Baseball has also been essential to Moose Jaw since its early days; the city won the territorial championship in 1895. Most recently, the 2004 Junior All-Star team (age 13/14) won the Canadian Championship and became the first team from Saskatchewan to win a game at the

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. Notable Moose Jaw teams include: *

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Western Hockey League The Western Hockey League (WHL) is a junior ice hockey league based in Western Canada and the Northwestern United States. The WHL is one of three leagues that constitutes the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) as the highest level of junior hocke ...

team * Moose Jaw Storm,

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team *

Moose Jaw Miller Express The Moose Jaw Miller Express are a collegiate summer baseball team based in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada. They play in the Western Canadian Baseball League The Western Canadian Baseball League (WCBL) is a collegiate summer baseball league. ...

Western Major Baseball League The Western Canadian Baseball League (WCBL) is a collegiate summer baseball league. The league is home to teams based in the Canadian Prairie provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta, and has roots dating back to 1931 in Saskatchewan's Southern Bas ...

team * Moose Jaw Mustangs,

Prairie Gold Lacrosse League The Prairie Gold Lacrosse League, formally known as the Saskatchewan Major Box Lacrosse League (2001–2003), is a Junior B box lacrosse league in Saskatchewan, Canada. A formal Senior division was launched in 2005, presently with five member te ...

team * Moose Jaw Rotary Track Club,

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and cross country club * Lil Chicago Roller Derby's Moose Jaw Jaw Breakers - Women's Flat Track Roller Derby *

Moose Jaw Chiefs The moose (: 'moose'; used in North America) or elk (: 'elk' or 'elks'; used in Eurasia) (''Alces alces'') is the world's tallest, Largest cervids, largest and heaviest extant taxon, extant species of deer and the monotypic taxon, only specie ...

Senior team Defunct sports teams * Moose Jaw Robin Hoods, senior hockey team and Western Canada League baseball team (1909–21) * Moose Jaw Maple Leafs, senior hockey team (1919–1923) *

Moose Jaw Maroons The Moose Jaw Maroons were a minor-league ice hockey team in the Prairie Hockey League. Based in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada, they existed from 1926–28. In 1926–27, the team was known as the Moose Jaw Warriors before changing its name to ...

Prairie Hockey League The Prairie Hockey League (PHL) was a Canadian professional ice hockey league in Alberta and Saskatchewan that was created following the demise of the Western Hockey League in 1926. It operated for two seasons. The creation of the league was an ...

team (1926–28) *

Moose Jaw Canucks The Moose Jaw Canucks were a junior ice hockey team based in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada. They were one of the founding members of the original Western Canada Junior Hockey League (1948–1956), and in 1966 were founding members of a new ''Wes ...

Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League is a Junior 'A' ice hockey league operating in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan and one of nine member leagues of the Canadian Junior Hockey League. Open to North American-born players 20 years o ...

team (1935–1984) * Moose Jaw Generals, senior hockey team, winner of the

Hardy Cup The Hardy Trophy is a Canadian sport trophy, presented annually to the winner of the Canada West Universities Athletic Association Football Conference of U Sports, the country's governing body for university athletics. It is named for Evan Hardy, ...

in 1985 * Moose Jaw Diamond Dogs,

Prairie League The Prairie League was an independent baseball league that existed from 1995 to 1997. It was based in the Canadian prairie provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba and the U.S. states of North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin. The eig ...

baseball team (1995–1997) * Moose Jaw Millers,

Saskatchewan Rugby Football Union The Saskatchewan Rugby Football Union was a Canadian football league created on September 22, 1910 and disbanded after the 1936 season. It joined the Manitoba Rugby Football Union and the Alberta Rugby Football Union to form the Western Canada Ru ...

(

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) team (? – c. 1941) Sports events held by Moose Jaw include: *

2023 World Para Ice Hockey Championships The 2023 World Para Ice Hockey Championships was the 12th edition of World Para Ice Hockey Championships (originally named IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships) held in 2023. The tournament was hosted by Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan in Canada fro ...

Education

Local institutions include five high schools and 15 elementary schools. The schools are in the Prairie South School Division and the Holy Trinity Catholic Schools. ''École Ducharme'' offers preschool to grade 12 and is Moose Jaw's only Francophone school. ''École fransaskoise de Moose Jaw'' offers

French Immersion French immersion is a form of bilingual education in which students who do not speak French as a first language will receive instruction in French. In most French- immersion schools, students will learn to speak French and learn most subjects ...

from preschool to grade 9. Moose Jaw is also home to a campus of

Saskatchewan Polytechnic Saskatchewan Polytechnic (formerly the Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology or SIAST ) is Saskatchewan's primary public post-secondary institution for technical education and skills training, recognized nationally and intern ...

Infrastructure

Health care

Moose Jaw Union Hospital, part of the Five Hills Health Region, was the primary health care provider for the city since 1948, but closed in 2015 and was replaced by Dr. F.H. Wigmore Regional Hospital in the city's northeast end. The new location was partly picked for its proximity to the Trans-Canada Highway. The Wigmore Hospital uses LEAN methodology to save time and money in healthcare.

Security

The Moose Jaw Fire Department (est. 1906) is a 57-member fire and rescue service that provides fire suppression to the city and

. It has two stations, North Hill Fire Station (Headquarters) and South Hill Fire Station. It is also contracted out to

to provide structural fire suppression services. Ambulatory (EMS) services are provided by Five Hills Health Region, which operates an EMS station in Moose Jaw; non-emergency services are provided by

St. John Ambulance St John Ambulance is an affiliated movement of charitable organisations in mostly Commonwealth countries which provide first aid education and consumables and emergency medical services. St John organisations are primarily staffed by volunte ...

. The Moose Jaw Police Service, with 54 sworn members, provides policing for the city and holds both municipal and provincial jurisdiction in partnership with the

Transportation

Moose Jaw Transit provides local bus service to urban areas of the city. This small system operates four routes from a downtown hub on weekdays between 7:15am and 6:15pm

The bus fleet was replaced in 2008 by new low-floor accessible vehicles under the federal government's one-time public transit capital funding program.

Moose Jaw Municipal Airport Moose Jaw Municipal Airport is a general aviation facility located east north-east of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada. It has a single paved runway and series of hangars and support structures. Ground transportation The airport is connec ...

is east-northeast of Moose Jaw.

's airfield is also used by civilian aircraft, with civilian operations at the base referring to the facility as Moose Jaw/Air Vice Marshal C.M. McEwen Airport. Moose Jaw has four photo radar cameras, including two which operate on the TransCanada Highway passing through the city.

Media

Print *''Moose Jaw Express,'' With two publications, a local weekly newspaper and a Weekend edition Radio *800 AM —

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, oldies (''800 CHAB''),

Golden West Broadcasting Golden West Broadcasting Ltd. is a Canadian radio and digital media company based in Altona, Manitoba. It is the largest independent radio broadcaster in Canada. The company primarily operates small-market radio stations and internet portals in ...

*100.7 FM —

CILG-FM CILG-FM is a Canadian radio station broadcasting a country format at 100.7 FM. Licensed to Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, it serves south-central Saskatchewan. It first began broadcasting in 2002. The station is currently owned by Golden West Broadcas ...

, country music (''Country 100''),

*103.9 FM —

CJAW-FM CJAW-FM is a Canadian radio station broadcasting at 103.9 FM in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan with a hot adult contemporary format branded as ''Mix 103''. The station is owned by Golden West Broadcasting. CJAW's studios are located at 1704 Main Street ...

, adult contemporary (''Mix 103''),

*Moose Jaw's Rock Station The Buzz, The Buzz Digital Radio Network, Digital Radio Broadcaster, Active Rock,(''TheBuzzRocks.ca''), Pearl Creek Media Television *SNN : Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan News Network Digital TV Broadcaster, Local & Provincial News,(''SaskNews.net''), Pearl Creek Media *The only terrestrial broadcast television station local to Moose Jaw is CKMJ-TV channel 7, an analogue repeater of CTV station

CKCK-DT CKCK-DT (channel 2) is a television station in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, part of the CTV Television Network. Owned and operated by network parent Bell Media, the station maintains studios and transmitter facilities on Eastgate Drive and Sask ...

Regina. Moose Jaw was previously served by

CHAB-TV CHAB-TV (channel 4) was a television station in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada. The station signed on the air on July 7, 1959, under the ownership of CHAB Ltd., the parent company of Moose Jaw radio station CHAB (AM), CHAB. It was originally ...

, a television station that existed from 1959 to 1969. Digital terrestrial TV is available over the air from

Regina, Saskatchewan Regina ( ) is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The city is the second-largest in the province, and is a commercial centre for southern Saskatchewan. As of the 2021 Canadian census, ...

*In the Series pilot for ''

Due South ''Due South'' is a Canadian crime comedy-drama television series created by Paul Haggis, and produced by Alliance Communications from its premiere on April 23, 1994, to its conclusion after four seasons on March 14, 1999. The series starred P ...

'', it is revealed that the character

Benton Fraser Benton Fraser (born 1962) is a fictional character and the protagonist of the television series '' Due South''. He is a constable of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police who works in the American city of Chicago, Illinois as Deputy Liaison Officer i ...

once worked in Moose Jaw. *In the Animated Series ''

Atomic Betty ''Atomic Betty'' (retitled ''Atomic Betty: Mission Earth'' for its third and final season) is an animated television series produced by Atomic Cartoons, Breakthrough Entertainment, and Tele Images Kids, along with the Marathon Group joining f ...

'', this city is where it is set under the name "Moose Jaw Heights." *In the Series,

Corner Gas ''Corner Gas'' is a Canadian television sitcom created by Brent Butt. The series ran for six seasons from 2004 to 2009. Reruns still air on CTV, CTV2, CTV Comedy Channel, Much, E! and are streaming on Crave and Amazon Prime. The series ...

, S5 E14 - Contagious Fortune, in an attempt to cover over up his pink eye, Brent claims to have swum at the Moose Jaw swimming pool. Film *In the musical The Apple (1980 film), the main characters Alphie and Bibi are originally from Moose Jaw.

Notable people

* Siera Bearchell, Miss Universe Canada 2016, Born and raised in Moose Jaw. *

J. G. Ballard James Graham Ballard (15 November 193019 April 2009) was an English novelist and short-story writer, satirist and essayist known for psychologically provocative works of fiction that explore the relations between human psychology, technology, s ...

, English novelist and short story writer *

Randy Black Randy Black (born November 17, 1963) is a Canadian drummer known best for his stints as the drummer for Bif Naked, Annihilator, Primal Fear, and Destruction. Although Black's actual acoustic drum configuration is not unique to the field of dru ...

, former drummer for Primal Fear and Annihilator *

Mike Blaisdell Michael Walter Blaisdell (born January 18, 1960) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) between 1980 and 1989 and later in the British Hockey League (BHL) from 1990 to 2001. He w ...

, former

National Hockey League The National Hockey League (NHL; , ''LNH'') is a professional ice hockey league in North America composed of 32 teams25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. The NHL is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Cana ...

player * Ray Boughen, former mayor, former Member of Parliament for the riding of Palliser *

Lorne Calvert Lorne Albert Calvert (born December 24, 1952) is a Canadian politician who served as the 13th premier of Saskatchewan, from 2001 to 2007. Calvert served as leader of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party and Member of the Legislative Assembly ...

Premier Premier is a title for the head of government in central governments, state governments and local governments of some countries. A second in command to a premier is designated as a deputy premier. A premier will normally be a head of govern ...

of Saskatchewan (2001–2007) *

Earl Cameron (broadcaster) Earl Cameron (June 12, 1915 – January 13, 2005) was a Canadian broadcaster and was anchor of CBC's '' The National'' from 1959 to 1966. Biography Cameron was born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan in 1915, and, as a student, found a summer job at ...

* Roger Carter, former Dean of the

University of Saskatchewan College of Law The College of Law at the University of Saskatchewan is the university's law school. Located in Saskatoon in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, the College of Law was established in 1912 and is the oldest law school in Western Canada, a dist ...

; born in Moose Jaw. *

Dana Claxton Dana Claxton (born 1959) is a Hunkpapa, Hunkpapa Lakota filmmaker, photographer, and performance artist. Her work looks at stereotypes, historical context, and gender studies of Indigenous peoples of the Americas, specifically those of the First ...

(filmmaker, photographer, performance artist) *

Reggie Cleveland Reginald Leslie Cleveland (born May 23, 1948) is a Canadian former professional baseball player. A right-handed pitcher, Cleveland appeared in 428 games in Major League Baseball over 13 seasons (1969–81) for four teams. Born in Swift Current, ...

World Series The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB). It has been contested since between the champion teams of the American League (AL) and the National League (NL). The winning team, determined through a best- ...

-starting baseball

pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("Pitch (baseball), pitches") the Baseball (ball), baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of out (baseball), retiring a batter (baseball), batter, ...

* Ben Coakwell, Canadian Olympic bobsledder *

Burton Cummings Burton Lorne Cummings (born December 31, 1947) is a Canadian musician and songwriter. He is best known for leading the Guess Who during that band's most successful period from 1965 to 1975, and for a lengthy solo career. Cummings has been induc ...

, musician * Bill Davies, former MLA for Moose Jaw, member of the

Order of Canada The Order of Canada () is a Canadian state order, national order and the second-highest Award, honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, after the Order of Merit. To coincide with the Canadian Centennial, ce ...

* Scott Deibert, former

player *

Phyllis Dewar Phyllis Delma Dewar (March 5, 1916 – April 8, 1961), also known by her married name Phyllis Lowery, was a Canadian competition swimmer and freestyle specialist. At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, she was a member of the Canadian ...

Olympic Olympic or Olympics may refer to Sports Competitions * Olympic Games, international multi-sport event held since 1896 ** Summer Olympic Games ** Winter Olympic Games * Ancient Olympic Games, ancient multi-sport event held in Olympia, Greece bet ...

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

* Ken Doraty, former National Hockey League player *

Emile Francis Emile Percival Francis (September 13, 1926 – February 19, 2022), nicknamed "The Cat", was a Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and general manager in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played for the Chicago Black Hawks and New York Rangers f ...

, former National Hockey League player and coach * Lisa Franks,

Paralympic The Paralympic Games or Paralympics is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of disabilities. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which since the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Kore ...

athlete *

Clark Gillies Clark Gillies (April 7, 1954 – January 21, 2022) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He played for the New York Islanders and Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League between 1974 and 1988. Gillies served as captain of the Island ...

, former National Hockey League player *

Peter Gzowski Peter John Gzowski (July 13, 1934 – January 24, 2002), known colloquially as "Mr. Canada", or "Captain Canada",Mary Gazze Canadian Press via The ''Toronto Star'', August 23, 2010. Retrieved 2016-06-27. was a Canadian broadcaster, write ...

resided in Moose Jaw in 1957 *

Adam Hadwin Adam Jerald Hadwin (born 2 November 1987) is a Canadian professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He has won once on the PGA Tour, twice on the Web.com Tour, and twice on the Canadian Tour. Early life Hadwin was born in Moose Jaw, Saskatche ...

, professional golfer * Ken Kelly,

athlete and silver medal winner (1996 Atlanta Games) *

Roy Kiyooka Roy Kenzie Kiyooka (January 18, 1926January 8, 1994) was a Canadian painter, poet, photographer, arts teacher. Biography A Nisei, or a second generation Japanese Canadian, Roy Kenzie Kiyooka was born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan and raised in Cal ...

, Canadian Poet *

Joy Kogawa Joy Nozomi Kogawa (born June 6, 1935) is a Canadian poet and novelist of Japanese descent. Life Kogawa was born Joy Nozomi Nakayama on June 6, 1935, in Vancouver, British Columbia, to first-generation Japanese Canadians Lois Yao Nakayama a ...

, author and poet *

Bill Lesuk William Anton Lesuk (born November 1, 1946) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Boston Bruins, Philadelphia Flyers, Los Angeles Kings, Washington Capitals, and Winnipeg ...

, played in the

NHL The National Hockey League (NHL; , ''LNH'') is a professional ice hockey league in North America composed of 32 teams25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. The NHL is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Cana ...

for the

Boston Bruins The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston. The Bruins compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division (NHL), Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference (NHL), Eastern Conference. The t ...

Philadelphia Flyers The Philadelphia Flyers are a professional ice hockey team based in Philadelphia. The Flyers compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference (NHL), Eastern Conference. The team play ...

Los Angeles Kings The Los Angeles Kings are a professional ice hockey team based in Los Angeles. The Kings compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division (NHL), Pacific Division in the Western Conference (NHL), Western Conference. ...

Washington Capitals The Washington Capitals (colloquially known as the Caps) are a professional ice hockey team based in Washington, D.C. The Capitals compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference (NH ...

, and in the WHA with the

Winnipeg Jets The Winnipeg Jets are a professional ice hockey team based in Winnipeg. The Jets compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division (NHL), Central Division in the Western Conference (NHL), Western Conference. The te ...

Art Linkletter Arthur Gordon Linkletter (born Gordon Arthur Kelly or Arthur Gordon Kelly; sources differ; July 17, 1912 – May 26, 2010) was a Canadian-born American radio and television personality. He was the host of '' House Party'', which ran on CBS radio ...

, radio and television host of Art Linkletter's House Party * Reed Low, former National Hockey League player * Bud McCaig, co-owner of the

Calgary Flames The Calgary Flames are a professional ice hockey team based in Calgary. The Flames compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division (NHL), Pacific Division in the Western Conference (NHL), Western Conference. The ...

* Mike Mintenko, Olympic swimmer * David Mitchell,

National Lacrosse League The National Lacrosse League (NLL) is a professional box lacrosse league in North America. The league comprises 14 teams8 in the United States and 6 in Canada. The NLL is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ...

player *

Ken Mitchell Ken Mitchell (born December 13, 1940) is a Canadian poet, novelist and playwright. Mitchell was raised on a rural farm outside the city of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. Mitchell began his post-secondary education as a journalism student at Ryerson I ...

, author, member of the Order of Canada *

Scott Munroe Scott Munroe (born January 20, 1982) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who predominantly played in the American Hockey League (AHL). He is currently serving as an assistant coach with Trinity College. Playing career Munroe ...

American Hockey League The American Hockey League (AHL) is a professional ice hockey league in North America that serves as the primary developmental league of the National Hockey League (NHL). The league comprises 32 teams, with 26 in the United States and 6 in Cana ...

player *

Fergie Olver Fergie Olver is a Canadian former game show host and sportscaster. He is best known for co-hosting the 1980s children's game show '' Just Like Mom'', and his work as a broadcaster and dugout reporter for the Toronto Blue Jays. Olver's daughte ...

Toronto Blue Jays The Toronto Blue Jays are a Canadian professional baseball team based in Toronto. The Blue Jays compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League East, East Division. Since 1989, the team has p ...

broadcaster * Jack Reddick, Canadian Light Heavyweight Champion boxer *

Chico Resch Glenn Allan "Chico" Resch (born July 10, 1948) is a Canadian-American former professional ice hockey goaltender and television sportscaster. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1973 to 1987, and won a Stanley Cup with the New Yor ...

, former National Hockey League goalie *

Arthur Slade Arthur Gregory Slade (born July 9, 1967 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian author. A resident of Saskatoon, he was raised on a ranch in the Cypress Hills and began writing in high school. He attended the University of Saskatchewan in Sa ...

Governor General's Award The Governor General's Awards are a collection of annual awards presented by the governor general of Canada, recognizing distinction in numerous academic, artistic, and social fields. The first award was conceived and inaugurated in 1937 by the ...

-winning author *

Doug Smail Douglas Dean Smail (born 2 September 1957) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for 13 seasons from 1980 through 1993. Playing career Smail starred at the University of North Da ...

, former National Hockey League playerLegends of Hockey
Doug Smail
Retrieved on 6 March 2009 * Levi Steinhauer, CFL player *

George Swarbrick George Raymond Swarbrick (born February 16, 1942) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played 132 National Hockey League (NHL) games with the Oakland Seals, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Philadelphia Flyers. Swarbrick was born in Mo ...

, former National Hockey League player *

Ross Thatcher Wilbert Ross Thatcher, (May 24, 1917 – July 22, 1971) was a Canadian politician who served as the ninth premier of Saskatchewan from 1964 to 1971. Thatcher began his career as a member of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation in 1942, elect ...

, former Premier Province of Saskatchewan (1964–1971). *

Geoffrey Ursell Geoffrey Ursell (March 14, 1943 – February 21, 2021)
''Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan''. was a

Glen Sonmor Glen Robert Sonmor (April 22, 1929 – December 14, 2015) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player, scout and coach. He played 28 games in the National Hockey League with the New York Rangers from 1953 to 1955, though most of his career was ...

, former NHL coach.

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