List of communities in Saskatchewan#Special service areas

{{Main|List of municipalities in Saskatchewan}}

Saskatchewan presently has 786 municipalities of various types (urban, rural and northern municipalities) and sub-types (cities, towns, villages, resort villages, northern towns, northern villages and northern hamlets).

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Saskatchewan has 466 urban municipalities, which includes the sub-types of cities, towns, villages and resort villages.

{{Main|List of cities in Saskatchewan}}

In Saskatchewan, towns must have a population above 5,000 in order to be granted city status. A city does not automatically revert to town status if the population drops below 5,000; this only occurs if the city council requests it, the majority of electors vote to revert to town status or the appropriate provincial minister is of the opinion that the reversion to town status is in the public interest. The city of Melville retains city status as of 2010 despite dropping below 5,000 population in the 1990s.

Saskatchewan has 16 cities, including Lloydminster and not including Flin Flon.

{{main|List of towns in Saskatchewan}}

In Saskatchewan, towns are formed from villages or resort villages with a population of at least 500 people. The council of the village or resort village must request the change to town status. When a town's population exceeds 5,000 people, the council may request a change to city status, but the change in incorporation level is not mandatory. Towns with shrinking populations are allowed to retain town status even if the number of residents falls below the 500 limit. For example, the towns of Fleming, Francis, and Scott have populations that have dropped under 500 people and are still qualified under town status. Towns with populations below the limit may, however, revert to village or resort village status if the town council requests it.

Saskatchewan has 146 towns.

{{main|List of villages in Saskatchewan}}

The people of an organized hamlet may request that the hamlet be incorporated as a village or resort village. In order to qualify, the hamlet must have been an organized hamlet for at least 3 years, have a population of at least 100 in the most recent census, and contain at least 50 separate dwelling units or business premises.

Saskatchewan has 260 villages.

{{Main|List of resort villages in Saskatchewan}}

Saskatchewan has 40 resort villages.

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{{main|List of rural municipalities in Saskatchewan}}

A rural municipality is created by the Minister of Municipal Affairs by ministerial order via section 49 of The Municipalities Act.{{cite web | url=http://www.qp.gov.sk.ca/documents/English/Statutes/Statutes/M36-1.pdf | title=The Municipalities Act | publisher=Government of Saskatchewan | access-date=December 12, 2012}} Saskatchewan has 296 rural municipalities, which are located in the central and southern portions of the province.{{cite web | url=http://www.municipal.gov.sk.ca/RM-map-South-Central | title=Southern and Central Saskatchewan, Canada: Rural Municipalities | publisher=Saskatchewan Department of Government Relations and Aboriginal Affairs | year=2002 | access-date=December 12, 2012 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019074834/http://www.municipal.gov.sk.ca/RM-map-South-Central | archive-date=October 19, 2013 }}

Saskatchewan has 296 rural municipalities.

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Saskatchewan has 24 northern municipalities, which includes the sub-types of northern towns, northern villages and northern hamlets.

A northern town is a town in the Northern Saskatchewan Administration District. Its administration is regulated by The Northern Municipalities Act. A northern village may apply for town status when the actual resident population is at least 500.

Saskatchewan has two northern towns.

A northern village is located in the Northern Saskatchewan Administration District, and its administration is regulated by The Northern Municipalities Act. A northern hamlet may apply for northern village status when the population is at least 100 and the northern hamlet contains at least 50 separate dwelling units or business premises.

Saskatchewan has 11 northern villages.

A northern hamlet is located in the Northern Saskatchewan Administration District, and its administration is regulated by The Northern Municipalities Act. A northern settlement may apply for northern hamlet status when the population is at least 50 and the northern settlement contains at least 25 separate dwelling units or business premises. Unlike hamlets and northern settlements, northern hamlets are municipal corporations.

Saskatchewan has 11 northern hamlets.

{{main|List of hamlets in Saskatchewan}}

In Saskatchewan, a hamlet is an unincorporated community that is under the jurisdiction of a rural municipality.{{cite web | url=http://www.saskatchewan.ca/~/media/files/government%20relations/community%20planning/restructuring-chart.pdf | title=Restructuring Comparison Chart – What to Expect | publisher=Government of Saskatchewan: Ministry of Government Relations | date=April 2, 2013 | access-date=August 31, 2015 | archive-date=September 24, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924094404/http://www.saskatchewan.ca/~/media/files/government%20relations/community%20planning/restructuring-chart.pdf | url-status=dead }} It has 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.

The Government of Saskatchewan recognizes three different types of hamlets – generic "hamlets", "special service areas" and "organized hamlets". Some organized hamlets in Saskatchewan are recognized as designated places by Statistics Canada, while unorganized hamlets are not.{{citation needed|date=December 2012}}

Generic hamlets in Saskatchewan are under the jurisdiction of a rural municipality and do not have any decision-making powers or independent authorities.

The following are hamlets that are neither special service areas nor organized hamlets.

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• Alticane
• Anglin Lake
• Ardath
• Ardill
• Ardwick
• Arelee
• Armley
• Armour Siding
• Avonhurst
• Baildon
• Baldwinton
• Baljennie
• Bapaume
• Baring
• Barthel
• Bateman
• Batoche
• Battrum
• Bay Trail
• Beacon Hill
• Beadle
• Beaufield (originally named Ednaburg)
• Bechard
• Benito Beach
• Benson
• Berth
• Bertwell
• Besant
• Beverley
• Big Shell
• Birch Lake
• Bird's Point
• Birmingham
• Birsay
• Blackstrap
• Blucher
• Blumenheim
• Blumenhof
• Blumenort
• Bodmin
• Boharm
• Bounty
• Brada
• Bremen
• Bresaylor
• Bridgeford
• Broadacres
• Bromhead
• Brooksby
• Browning
• Buffalo Gap
• Burr
• Burrows
• Bushell Park
• Cactus Lake
• Canora Beach
• Cardross
• Carlea
• Carlton
• Cedoux
• Chamakese
• Chitek
• Chorney Beach
• Chortitz
• Clair
• Clemenceau
• Colfax
• Coop
• Coothill
• Copper Sands
• Corinne
• Cory
• Courval
• Crane Valley
• Crane
• Crooked River
• Crystal Beach
• Danbury
• D'Arcy
• Davis
• Divide
• Dollard
• Donavon (Birdview)
• Duperow (Lydden)
• Duvco
• Edenburg
• Eldersley
• Emma Lake
• Endeavour (Annette)
• England
• Espeseth Cove (Pelican Shores)
• Expanse (former name of Lake Johnston)
• Ferguson Bay
• Fertile
• Fielding
• Fife Lake
• Fir Mountain
• Flintoft
• Floral
• Forgan
• Foxford
• Fulda
• Furness
• Girvin
• Glenbain (Glen Bain)
• Grandora
• Grasswood
• Grenfell Beach
• Griffin
• Guise Beach
• Handel
• Harptree
• Herschel
• Hochstadt
• Hoosier
• Howe Bay
• Inchkeith
• Indian Point
• Insinger
• Instow
• Isham
• Jackfish Lake
• Jan Lake
• Jasmin
• Jedburgh
• Kayville
• KC Beach
• Kedleston Beach
• Keeley Lake
• Kinookimaw
• Kuroki Beach
• Lac La Peche
• Lac La Plonge
• Lady Lake
• Langbank
• Laporte
• Laura
• Leacross
• Liebenthal
• Lipp's Beach
• Little Amyot Lake
• Loch Leven
• Lorlie
• Main Centre
• Mantario
• McGee
• McIntosh Point
• Meyronne
• Mikado
• Mont Nebo
• Moose Range
• Mount Carmel (Grosse Butte)
• Murray Point
• Neidpath
• Neis Beach
• Nelson Beach
• Nemeiben Lake
• Northgate
• Okema Beach
• Onion Lake
• Oungre
• Parkbeg
• Parkerview (Crowtherview)
• Penzance
• Percival
• Piapot
• Red Deer Hill (originally named Aaskana)
• Redwing
• Reward
• Robsart
• St. Front
• Schantzenfeld
• Schoenfeld
• Serath
• Shipman
• Simmie
• Somme
• Sonningdale
• South Fork
• Sovereign
• Spring Valley
• Springfeld
• Spruce Home
• St. Denis
• Stalwart
• Steelman
• Stony Beach
• Stranraer
• Swanson
• Tarnopol
• Truax
• Uren
• Vantage
• Veregin
• Viceroy
• West Bend
• Wroxton
• Xena
• Zehner
• Zeneta

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Like a generic hamlet, a special service area is under the jurisdiction of a rural municipality and does not have any decision-making powers or independent authorities. Unlike a generic hamlet, a special service area may form its own electoral division within the rural municipality and may have a different tax regime within the rural municipality compared to a generic hamlet.

Saskatchewan has 151 organized hamlets that are established via ministerial order and under the jurisdiction of rural municipalities within southern and central Saskatchewan. The people in a hamlet may apply for organized hamlet status within the rural municipality in which the hamlet is located. The minimum requirements for organize status include a permanent population of at least 80 residents, 40 separate dwelling units or places of business, a taxable assessment of at least $4 million, and any other factor the minister may consider appropriate.{{cite web |title=Organized Hamlet Guide, In Saskatchewan |url=http://www.publications.gov.sk.ca/redirect.cfm?p=85087&i=98550 |website=publications.gov.sk.ca |publisher=Government of Saskatchewan |access-date=9 July 2019}}

A northern settlement is an unincorporated community in the Northern Saskatchewan Administration District, and its administration is regulated by The Northern Municipalities Act.

Saskatchewan has 11 northern settlements.

{{Main|List of ghost towns in Saskatchewan}}

A ghost town is a town that once had a considerable population, that has since dwindled in numbers causing some or all of its businesses and services to close, either due to the rerouting of a highway, railway tracks being pulled, or exhaustion of some natural resource.

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• {{cite book | first = Bill | last = Barry | title = People Places : The Dictionary of Saskatchewan Place Names | location= Regina, Saskatchewan | publisher= People Places Publishing Ltd | year = 1998 | isbn= 978-1-894022-19-4}}

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