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SaskatoonColumbia Encyclopedia entry: Saskatoon
Saskatoonsăskətoon', city (1991 pop. 186,058), S central Sask., Canada, on the South Saskatchewan River. The largest city in the province, it is the chief manufacturing and distribution center for central and N Saskatchewan. There are grain elevators, grain and flour mills, stockyards, meatpacking plants, oil refineries, potash-processing plants, and various light manufacturing ventures in the city. Saskatoon was settled in 1883 and grew rapidly after the coming of the railroad (1890). The Univ. of Saskatchewan with its affiliated colleges is there, and a dominion forestry station is nearby. The name derives from a Cree word for a berry found in the area.
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Saskatoon is a city located in central Saskatchewan, Canada, on the South Saskatchewan River. Residents of the city of Saskatoon are called Saskatonians.
Saskatoon is the most populous city in the province of Saskatchewan, and has been since the mid-1980s when it surpassed the provincial capital of Regina. City of Saskatoon Population Projection 2006-2011, p. 11, Figure 10. The city had a population of 202,340 in the Canada 2006 Census, with a civic estimate of 218,000 in 2009. The city's census metropolitan area had a population of 233,923 in 2006.
The name Saskatoon [[Cree language|Cree]: sâskwatôn, "Saskatoon" or the...more »
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- Saskatchewan, University of
Saskatchewan, University of, at Saskatoon, Sask., Canada; provincially supported, coeducational; chartered 1907, opened 1909. It has faculties of agriculture, arts and science, commerce, educa...
- Saskatchewan, river, Canada
Saskatchewan, river, c.340 mi (550 km) long, formed by the confluence of the North Saskatchewan (c.760 mi/1,220 km long) and the South Saskatchewan (c.550 mi/890 km long) rivers near Prince Al...
- Saskatchewan, province, Canada
Saskatchewan, province (2001 pop. 978,933), 251,700 sq mi (651,903 sq km), W Canada. Saskatchewan is bounded by the Northwest Territories (N), Manitoba (E), North Dakota and Montana (S), and A...
