Saskatoon

Saskatoon , although it is not the capital, is the main city of the province of the Saskatchewan, with the Canada.

Geography

Located on the banks of the River Saskatchewan-south, Saskatoon is the city of the bridges. Not less than 7 bridges cross the river what was worth at the town of be called " The Paris off the prairies" (Paris of the meadows).

Saskatoon, one of the Canadian cities with the most important indigenous population living in urban environment, is located at the center-south of the province, approximately 700 km in the North-West of Winnipeg to the Manitoba and 500 km in the south-east of Edmonton in Alberta. The border with the the United States is to approximately 426 km in the south of Saskatoon.

The population of Saskatoon is approximately 206.500 inhabitants. The inhabitants of the city name Saskatoniens (Saskatoniennes) .

The temperatures can vary -30°C (- 22°F) in winter has +30°C (86°F) the summer.

History of the town of Saskatoon

The town of Saskatoon was founded in 1883 by colonists coming from the provinces more in the east of the Canada. The charter of the creation of the city was obtained in 1903 and its name comes from the expression misâskwatômina (" bays of Shadbush ") in language shouts. Before the foundation of the city itself, the area was already inhabited, the oldest traces of civilization going back to approximately 6000 years. Saskatoon acquired the statute of city on May 26th, 1906.

Saskatoon today

(with compléteSr)

Transport system

See Saskatoon Transit (in English)

Personalities

Évêché

  • Diocese of Saskatoon
  • Cathedral Saint-Paul de Saskatoon

Simple: Saskatoon

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