Saskatoon
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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.
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Saskatoon | |
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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 | |
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Coordinates: 52°08′N 106°41′W | |
Kintra | Canadae |
Province | Saskatchewan |
Establishment | 1883 |
Incorporation | 1906 |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Charlie Clark |
• Govrenin bouk | Saskatoon Ceety Cooncil |
• MP | Leet o MPs
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• MLAs | List of MLAs
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Area | |
• Laund | 228.13 km2 (88.08 sq mi) |
• Urban | 125.50 km2 (48.46 sq mi) |
• Metro | 5,890.71 km2 (2,274.42 sq mi) |
Elevation | 481.5 m (1,579.7 ft) |
Population | |
• Ceety | 246,376 |
• Density | 1080.0/km2 (2,797/sq mi) |
• Urban | 245,181 |
• Urban density | 1,953/km2 (5,060/sq mi) |
• Metro | 301,097 |
• Metro density | 50.1/km2 (130/sq mi) |
Demonym(s) | Saskatonian |
Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
Forrit sortation aurie | S7A - S7C, S7H - S7W |
Area code(s) | 306, 639 |
Pronunciation | /ˌsæskəˈtuːn/ |
Website | www.saskatoon.ca |
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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]