In most cases in Saskatchewan, a hamlet is an unincorporated community with 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. Saskatchewan has three different types of unincorporated hamlets including generic "hamlets", "special service areas" and "organized hamlets". The exception to unincorporated hamlets in Saskatchewan is a "northern hamlet", which is a type of incorporated municipality.
Saskatchewan has 11 northern hamlets and 187 unincorporated hamlets including 20 generic hamlets, 23 special service areas and 144 organized hamlets. All northern hamlets are within the Northern Saskatchewan Administration District while all unincorporated hamlets are under the jurisdiction of rural municipalities within southern Saskatchewan. The organized hamlets are established via ministerial order.
Some organized hamlets in Saskatchewan are recognized as designated places by Statistics Canada, while generic hamlets are not. The people in a generic hamlet may apply for organized hamlet status within the rural municipality in which it is located.
Northern hamlets NameIncorporationdatePopulation(2011)Population(2006)Change(%)Landarea(km2)Populationdensity(per km2) Black Point — — — — Cole Bay Dore Lake Jans Bay Michel Village Patuanak St. George's Hill Stony Rapids Timber Bay Turnor Lake Weyakwin Total northern hamlets —
Unincorporated hamlets
Organized hamlets Saskatchewan had 146 organized hamlets in 2019. The number was reduced to 144 on January 1, 2020, when the organized hamlets of Indian Point – Golden Sands and Turtle Lake Lodge amalgamated to form the Resort Village of Turtle View.
Hamlets NameRuralmunicipality (RM) Ardill Lake Johnston No. 102 Cactus Lake Heart's Hill No. 352 Clemenceau Hudson Bay No. 394 Crane Valley Excel No. 71 Eldersley Tisdale No. 427 Fife Lake Poplar Valley No. 12 Jasmin Ituna Bon Accord No. 246 Kayville Key West No. 70 Lady Lake Preeceville No. 334 Langbank Silverwood No. 123 Laporte Chesterfield No. 261 Main Centre Excelsior No. 166 Mikado Sliding Hills No. 273 Oungre Souris Valley No. 7 Percival Willowdale No. 153 Piapot Piapot No. 110 Shipman Torch River No. 488 Simmie Bone Creek No. 108 Spring Valley Terrell No. 101 Vantage Sutton No. 103 Viceroy Excel No. 71
Special service areas 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.
Special service areas of SaskatchewanNameRural municipality(RM)Population(2011) Admiral Wise Creek No. 77 Alsask Milton No. 292 Aneroid Auvergne No. 76 Antler Antler No. 61 Carmichael Carmichael No. 109 Crooked River Bjorkdale No. 426 Dafoe Big Quill No. 308 Domremy St. Louis No. 431 Duff Stanley No. 215 Findlater Dufferin No. 190 Griffin Griffin No. 66 Herschel Mountain View No. 318 Keeler Marquis No. 191 Lake Alma Lake Alma No. 8 Leslie Foam Lake No. 276 Lestock Kellross No. 247 Mantario Chesterfield No. 261 Meyronne Chesterfield No. 261 Penzance Sarnia No. 221 Primate Eye Hill No. 382 Rockhaven Cut Knife No. 439 Sovereign St. Andrews No. 287 Springwater Biggar No. 347 Stornoway Wallace No. 243 Tribune Souris Valley No. 7 Veregin Sliding Hills No. 273 Welwyn Moosomin No. 121 Willowbrook Orkney No. 244 Yellow Creek Invergordon No. 430
See also List of communities in Saskatchewan
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