Crown in Saskatoon

Saskatoon is the most populous city in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Canada is a constitutional monarchy, and connections to the Crown in Saskatoon are visible in visits from the Sovereign, the Royal Family and vice-regal representatives, and also in the prominence of names and symbols in civic traditions. The Crown's image appears in the centrepiece portrait at Saskatoon City Council chamber and also in the badges of Saskatoon Police Service officers. On one of several visits to Saskatoon, the Queen said "Constitutional Monarchy has always placed the emphasis on people in community – as it were, a national family with the Sovereign as its head." Saskatoon's manifold connections include more than a dozen royal visits, frequent vice-regal visitors, namesakes for schools, streets and neighbourhoods, and the regular inclusion of its own namesake, the saskatoon berry, on menus for royal and vice-regal functions. Canada's definitive postage stamp features a photograph of the Queen taken in Saskatoon.