Basic Facts about Saskatchewan

• Saskatchewan's motto is multis e gentibus vires, From Many Peoples Strength, referring to the diverse cultural backgrounds of Saskatchewan's residents.
• Saskatchewan is home to a million people, many with family roots in Europe, Russia, Scandinavia and the British Isles.
• Saskatchewan is the only province in which the descendents of English or French immigrants do not make up the majority of the population.
• The First Nations communities are the fastest growing segment of Saskatchewan population. By 2040 they are expected to make up over 50 per cent of Saskatchewan's population.
• Saskatchewan is on central standard time year-round. That means we do not change our clocks in fall or spring.
• Saskatchewan is the only province or territory in Canada which has no natural borders.
• Even though people make fun of Saskatchewan for being flat, we have a varied geography. For example, we have major river systems, the North and South Saskatchewan, Assiniboine, and Churchill which all empty into Hudson Bay; we have huge sandhills in southern Saskatchewan; we have gorgeous valleys, particularly the Qu'appelle Valley system; we have a human-made mountain, Mt. Blackstrap.
• The highest elevation point in Saskatchewan is Cypress Hills in the far southwest corner of our province at 1392m (4566 ft) above sea level.
• The province is primarily dependent upon the farm economy of the province. Even so, two-thirds of the inhabitants of Saskatchewan live in cities and towns.
• The principle industries of Saskatchewan are agriculture, mining, construction, manufacturing, oil and petroleum, and tourism.
• Saskatchewan produces over 54% of the wheat grown in Canada.
• The city of Estevan in southeast Saskatchewan is Canada's sunshine capital, averaging 2540 sunshine-filled hours each year.
• Saskatchewan has more road surface than any other province in Canada - a total of 250 000 km (150 000 mi).
• Saskatchewan is home to Canada's only training academy for Royal Canadian Mounted Police (R.C.M.P.) recruits, in Regina.
• Saskatchewan is the site of North America's oldest bird sanctuary (1887 - Last Mountain Lake).