Saskatchewan, Canada
Saskatchewan, Canada: the places inside it, the companies based here, and where this atlas has research on it.
province · North America · page prepared 2026-11-07
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Saskatchewan at a glance
Rolled up from the 4 regions inside Saskatchewan on this site, with census figures from Statistics Canada.
Who leads Saskatchewan, and how households are doing
Researched 2026-11-08 from official statistics; every figure links to its source.
- Population
- 1,278,402 persons (2026-Q3) ↗
- GDP
- 115,561 CAD millions, current prices (GDP at market prices, expenditure-based) (2025) ↗
- Unemployment
- 5.9 % (LFS, 15+, seasonally adjusted) (2026-10) ↗
- Median household income
- 85,600 CAD, median total income, economic families and persons not in an economic family (2024) ↗
- Average household income
- 110,100 CAD, average total income, economic families and persons not in an economic family (2024) ↗
- Household debt (total)
- 53,667 CAD millions, total debt of all family units (SFS) (2023) ↗
- Average household debt
- 151,900 CAD, average total debt for family units holding debt (71.3% of family units hold debt) (SFS) (2023) ↗
- Median net worth
- 394,600 CAD, economic families and persons not in an economic family (SFS) (2023) ↗
- Average net worth
- 824,800 CAD, economic families and persons not in an economic family (SFS) (2023) ↗
Home prices in the biggest cities
As each source measures them (benchmark, median or average sale price); not directly comparable across measures.
Languages
Official-language and home-language figures as the census reports them.
| Language | Share | Measure | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| English only ↗ | 94.5% | knowledge of official languages (% distribution, total population) | 2021 |
| English and French (bilingual) ↗ | 4.7% | knowledge of official languages (% distribution, total population) | 2021 |
| Neither English nor French ↗ | 0.8% | knowledge of official languages (% distribution, total population) | 2021 |
| French only ↗ | 0% | knowledge of official languages (% distribution, total population) | 2021 |
Largest companies in Saskatchewan
Ranked by the measure shown, from the cited ranking or filing.
| Company | Measure | Value | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nutrien Ltd. (HQ Saskatoon) ↗ | revenue | 26,885 USD millions (sales) | 2025 |
| Federated Co-operatives Limited (HQ Saskatoon) ↗ | revenue | 11.695 CAD billions | 2025 |
| Cameco Corporation (HQ Saskatoon) ↗ | revenue | 3.482 CAD billions | 2025 |
| SaskPower (Crown corporation, HQ Regina) ↗ | revenue | 2,844 CAD millions | 2022/23 fiscal |
| SaskTel (Crown corporation, HQ Regina) ↗ | revenue | 1.3 CAD billions (year not stated in source) | n/a |
Largest listed companies headquartered in Saskatchewan
By market cap (USD billions, 2026-11-10). Market caps from companiesmarketcap.com; listing and head office from search.coshares + search.cos (RegionID walked to the province).
| # | Company | Ticker | Market cap | Rank in Canada |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nutrien | TSX:NTR | $34.01B | 35 |
| 2 | Cameco | TSX:CCO | $31.57B | 36 |
| 3 | Denison Mines | TSX:DML | $1.99B | 195 |
| 4 | Draganfly | DPRO | $0.12B | 398 |
Source: companiesmarketcap.com · listings and head offices from search.coshares + search.cos
Worth knowing
- 2025-01Bernadette McIntyre was installed as Saskatchewan's 24th Lieutenant Governor on January 31, 2025. ↗
- 2026-09Saskatchewan reported 1,361 residential home sales in September 2026, 11% below a year earlier but 9% above the 10-year average for the month; inventory remained nearly 40% below typical September levels. ↗
- 2026-09Saskatoon entered October 2026 with 2.13 months of supply, and SRA called it the most supply-constrained market in the province; Regina had 2.54 months. ↗
- 2026-11Saskatchewan is the world's largest exporter of potash. ↗
- 202371.3% of Saskatchewan family units held debt in the 2023 Survey of Financial Security; the median debt among those holding debt was $101,500. ↗
Census
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population.
- Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)14,120 · 1.3%
- Mandarin6,925 · 0.6%
- Punjabi (Panjabi)6,055 · 0.5%
- German5,325 · 0.5%
- Urdu4,295 · 0.4%
- Gujarati3,405 · 0.3%
- Arabic2,750 · 0.2%
- Bengali2,600 · 0.2%
- Vietnamese2,555 · 0.2%
- Yue (Cantonese)2,095 · 0.2%
- Spanish2,025 · 0.2%
- Hindi1,415 · 0.1%
Largest employers headquartered in Saskatchewan
Worldwide head offices from the /employers research, ranked by people employed as each company reports it.
- 1.Nutrien Ltd. Saskatoon, SK · Mining and chemicals — potash and fertilizer; agricultural retail ↗26,000 worldwide
- 2.Cameco Corporation Saskatoon, SK · Mining — uranium and nuclear fuel ↗3,000 worldwide
- 3.Vendasta Technologies Saskatoon, SK · Software — SaaS platform for local-business marketing ↗500 at this site, 2021
Largest places in Saskatchewan
By registry population; places with a full /local page are marked.
- 1.Saskatoon, Saskatchewan full266,145
- 2.Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan full33,665
Inside Saskatchewan
4 regions have Saskatchewan as their parent.
Companies based in Saskatchewan
38 companies in the Research Upon directory have their headquarters somewhere in Saskatchewan. Search them by name or industry.
areaAbout this page: figures for the whole of Saskatchewan, Canada are rolled up from every region inside it; each place inside has a page of its own, and the companies headquartered here are listed above.