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'''Saskatchewan''' is the middle of the three prairie [[province]]s of [[Canada]] between [[Alberta]] and [[Manitoba]]. With one million people, it has 227,134 square miles of land and water surface (588,276 square kilometers).  Saskatchewan started to grow when the [[Canadian Pacific Railway]] was built in the early 1880s; it was part of the [[Northwest Territories]] until 1905, when it became a province having equal status with the other provinces (which are similar to U.S. states).

'''Saskatchewan''' is the middle of the three prairie [[province]]s of [[Canada]] between [[Alberta]] to the west and [[Manitoba]] to the east. To the north is the [[Northwest Territory]], and the south, the United States and [[Montana]] and [[North Dakota]] Approximately one million people call Saskatchewan home. It has 227,134 square miles of land and water surface (588,276 square kilometers).  Saskatchewan started to grow when the [[Canadian Pacific Railway]] was built in the early 1880s; it was part of the [[Northwest Territories]] until 1905, when it became a province having equal status with the other provinces (which are similar to U.S. states).

The name "Saskatchewan" is derived from the [[Cree]] word ''kisiskâciwanisîpikikimasiy'' meaning ''swift-flowing river.''   

The name "Saskatchewan" is derived from the [[Cree]] word ''kisiskâciwanisîpikikimasiy'' meaning ''swift-flowing river.''   

==Population==

==Population==

The population has hovered around one million in recent decades.  

The population has hovered around one million in recent decades.  

The 2006 population of Saskatchewan was 985,000 people.  Its largest city is [[Saskatoon]] at 202,000, followed by [[Regina]], the provincial [[capital]] with 180,000 people.  The cities then get much smaller with only two having more than 30,000 people; Prince Albert has 34,000 people while Moose Jaw has a population of 32,000.

The 2016 population of Saskatchewan was 1,150,600 people<ref>http://www.statcan.gc.ca/tables-tableaux/sum-som/l01/cst01/demo02a-eng.htm</ref>.  Its largest city is [[Saskatoon]] at 246,000, followed by [[Regina]], the provincial [[capital]] with 215,000 people.  The cities then get much smaller with only two having more than 30,000 people; Prince Albert has 34,000 people while Moose Jaw has a population of 32,000.

The Indian ("Native" or "First Nation") population is about 10%.

The Indian ("Native" or "First Nation") population is about 10%.

see [[Canadian sports]]

see [[Canadian sports]]

The Saskatchewan Roughriders of the [[Canadian Football League]] became the 2007 Grey Cup champions.

The Saskatchewan Roughriders of the [[Canadian Football League]] are 1966, 1989, 2007 and 2013 Grey Cup champions.

==History==

==History==

Scandals involving top officials ruined the Progressive Conservative party, which suspended operations in 1997;<ref>"Saskatchewan Tories in Fraud Scandal", [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=M1ARTM0011027 ''McClean's Magazine'' Nov. 18, 1996]</ref> conservative voters moved to the new Saskatchewan party at the provincial level,<ref>See [http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/saskatchewan_party.html ''Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan'']</ref>  and to the Reform party at the national level. The NDP won reelection in 1995 and 1999, and (in coalition with the Liberals) again in 2003.  Lerne Calvert (1952- ), an ordained minister,<ref>See [http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/calvert_lorne_albert_1952-.html ''Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan'']</ref> served as NDP premier 2001-2007.  

Scandals involving top officials ruined the Progressive Conservative party, which suspended operations in 1997;<ref>"Saskatchewan Tories in Fraud Scandal", [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=M1ARTM0011027 ''McClean's Magazine'' Nov. 18, 1996]</ref> conservative voters moved to the new Saskatchewan party at the provincial level,<ref>See [http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/saskatchewan_party.html ''Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan'']</ref>  and to the Reform party at the national level. The NDP won reelection in 1995 and 1999, and (in coalition with the Liberals) again in 2003.  Lerne Calvert (1952- ), an ordained minister,<ref>See [http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/calvert_lorne_albert_1952-.html ''Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan'']</ref> served as NDP premier 2001-2007.  

Brad Wall (1965- )<ref>See [http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/wall_brad_1965-.html ''Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan'']</ref> became premier as his centre-right Saskatchewan Party took over from the NDP after a landslide victory in the November 2007 election.  

Brad Wall (1965- )<ref>See [http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/wall_brad_1965-.html ''Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan'']</ref> became premier as his centre-right Saskatchewan Party took over from the NDP after a landslide victory in the November 2007 election. He announced his intention to retire in August 2017.

===Social and economic trends===

===Social and economic trends===