The Northern Saskatchewan Administration District (NSAD) is the unincorporated area of Northern Saskatchewan, Canada. It encompasses approximately half of Saskatchewan's land mass. Despite its extent, the majority of Saskatchewanians live in the southern half of the province, while the majority of northern Saskatchewanians live in incorporated municipalities outside the NSAD's jurisdiction. The area is co-extensive with Division No. 18, Saskatchewan, one of Statistics Canada's census divisions in the province for its 2016 census.

The census division is the largest in the province in terms of area at , representing 46 per cent of the province's entire area of .

The most populous communities in the census division are La Ronge and La Loche with populations of 2,743 and 2,611 respectively.

The 2016 census also refers to the Unorganized Division No. 18, which counted only 1,115 residents, which placed its population density at for every inhabitant. The district has no local government and is directly subject to the Minister of Government Relations.

History An unincorporated Northern Saskatchewan region was first established by the 1948 Northern Administration Act.

Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Division No. 18 had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

Division No. 18, Unorganized is an unorganized area in northern Saskatchewan. It consists of all of Division No. 18, excluding municipalities and reserves. It has a population of 1,641 as of 2011, and an area of 268,389.99 km2.

Census subdivisions Division No. 18 has 58 census subdivisions, of which 24 are municipalities (including a portion of the city of Flin Flon, a city bisected by the Saskatchewan-Manitoba border, 2 northern towns, 11 northern villages and 10 northern hamlets), 32 are First Nations communities (31 Indian reserves and an Indian settlement), an unincorporated northern settlement and the unorganized balance of Division No. 18. All municipalities within the census division, except for the Northern Hamlet of Black Point, are recognized as census subdivisions.

City

NameStatusPopulation(2011)Population(2006)Change(%)Area(km2)Populationdensity Flin Flon (part) City

Northern towns

NameStatusPopulation(2011)Population(2006)Change(%)Area(km2)Populationdensity Creighton Northern town La Ronge Northern town

Northern villages

NameStatusPopulation(2011)Population(2006)Change(%)Area(km2)Populationdensity Air Ronge Northern village Beauval Northern village Buffalo Narrows Northern village Cumberland House Northern village Denare Beach Northern village Green Lake Northern village Île-à-la-Crosse Northern village La Loche Northern village Pelican Narrows Northern village Pinehouse Northern village Sandy Bay Northern village

Northern hamlets

NameStatusPopulation(2011)Population(2006)Change(%)Area(km2)Populationdensity Unorganized Division No. 18 Unorganized Cole Bay Northern hamlet Dore Lake Northern hamlet Jans Bay Northern hamlet Michel Village Northern hamlet Patuanak Northern hamlet St. George's Hill Northern hamlet Stony Rapids Northern hamlet Timber Bay Northern hamlet Turnor Lake Northern hamlet Weyakwin Northern hamlet

Indian settlement

NameStatusPopulation(2011)Population(2006)Change(%)Area(km2)Populationdensity Brabant Lake Indian settlement

Indian reserves

NameStatusPopulation(2011)Population(2006)Change(%)Area(km2)Populationdensity Buffalo River Dene Nation 193 (Peter Pond Lake 193) Indian reserve Canoe Lake 165 Indian reserve Chicken 224 Indian reserve Chicken 225 Indian reserve Clearwater River Dene 222 Indian reserve Clearwater River Dene Band 223 Indian reserve Cumberland House Cree Nation 20 Indian reserve Fond du Lac 227 Indian reserve Fond du Lac 229 Indian reserve — Fond du Lac 231 Indian reserve — Fond du Lac 232 Indian reserve — Four Portages 157C Indian reserve — Grandmother's Bay 219 Indian reserve Kimosom Pwatinahk 203 (Deschambault Lake) Indian reserve Kinoosao-Thomas Clark 204 Indian reserve Kitsakie 156B Indian reserve La Plonge 192 Indian reserve Lac La Hache 220 Indian reserve Lac La Ronge 156 Indian reserve Little Hills 158 Indian reserve Little Hills 158B Indian reserve Montreal Lake 106 Indian reserve Morin Lake 217 Indian reserve Pelican Narrows 184B Indian reserve Potato River 156A Indian reserve — Southend 200 Indian reserve Stanley 157 Indian reserve Sturgeon Weir 184F Indian reserve Sucker River 156C (Nemebien River 156C) Indian reserve Turnor Lake 193B Indian reserve Wapachewunak 192D Indian reserve

Unincorporated communities 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. One northern settlement, Missinipe, is recognized as a census subdivision by Statistics Canada.

NamePopulation(2011) Bear Creek Brabant Lake Camsell Portage Descharme Lake Garson Lake Missinipe Sled Lake Southend Stanley Mission Uranium City Wollaston Lake

See also

Unorganized Yukon, a comparable part of Yukon Unincorporated Far West Region of New South Wales, a comparable part of Australia Unorganized Borough, Alaska

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