Acknowledgements | Preface | Saskatchewan Before Provincehood l Saskatchewan Populations & Premiers
1905 | 1915 | 1925 | 1935 | 1945 | 1955 | 1965 | 1975 | 1985 | 1995

 


Saskatchewan Premiers

  • Walter Scott - Liberal 1905-1916
  • William Martin - Liberal 1916-1922
  • Charles Dunning - Liberal 1922-1926
  • James G. Gardiner - Liberal 1926-1929
  • J.T.M. Anderson - Conservative 1929-1934
  • James G. Gardiner - Liberal 1934-1935
  • W.J. Patterson - Liberal 1935-1944
  • T.C. Douglas - Co-operative Commonwealth Federation 1944-1961
  • Woodrow Lloyd - Co-operative Commonwealth Federation 1961-1964
  • Ross Thatcher - Liberal 1964-1971
  • Allan Blakeney - New Democratic Party 1971-1982
  • Grant Devine - Progressive Conservative 1982-1991
  • Roy Romanow - New Democratic Party 1991-2001
  • Lorne Calvert - New Democratic Party 2001-

Farm Population

Year Occupied Farms Average Farm Size
1901 13,380 282 acres

1911

 96,372 297 acres
1921 119,451 368 acres
1931 137,472 397 acres
1941 138,713 432 acres
1951 112,018 550 acres
1961 93,924 686 acres
1971 76,970 845 acres
1981 67,318 952 acres
1991 60,840 1091 acres
2001 50,598 1283 acres

Saskatchewan Cities

1903 Regina and Moose Jaw

1904

 Prince Albert
1906 Saskatoon
1913 North Battleford
1913 Weyburn
1914 Swift Current
1928 Yorkton
1957 Estevan
1958 Lloydminster
1960 Melville
1980 Melfort
2000 Humboldt

Saskatchewan Population

Year of Census Total Saskatchewan Population Percentage of Population Rural
1901 91,279 84

1911

 492,432 73
1921 757,510 71
1931 921,785 68
1941 895,992 67
1951* 831,728 70
1961 925,181 57
1971 926,242 47
1981 968,313 42
1991 988,928 37
2001 978,933 36

*Beginning with the 1951 census, th term urban included only those living in cities and towns; those living in vollages were classified as rural. This explains why the table seems to indicate that the urban population decreased between 1941 and 1951 when in fact the opposite was true.