Towns
In Saskatchewan, towns are formed from villages or resort villages with a population of at least 500 people. The council of the village or resort village must request the change to town status. When a town's population exceeds 5,000 people, the council may request a change to city status, but the change in incorporation level is not mandatory. Towns with shrinking populations are allowed to retain town status even if the number of residents falls below the 500 limit. For example, the towns of Fleming, Francis, and Scott have populations that have dropped under 500 people and are still qualified under town status. Towns with populations below the limit may, however, revert to village or resort village status if the town council requests it.
As of February 2010, there are 145 towns in Saskatchewan.
Aberdeen · Alameda · Allan · Arborfield · Arcola · Asquith · Assiniboia · Balcarres · Balgonie · Battleford · Bengough · Bienfait · Big River · Biggar · Birch Hills · Blaine Lake · Bredenbury · Broadview · Bruno · Burstall · Cabri · Canora · Carlyle · Carnduff · Carrot River · Central Butte · Choiceland · Churchbridge · Colonsay · Coronach · Craik · Cudworth · Cupar · Cut Knife · Dalmeny · Davidson · Delisle · Duck Lake · Dundurn · Eastend · Eatonia · Elrose · Esterhazy · Eston · Fleming · Foam Lake · Fort Qu'Appelle · Francis · Govan · Gravelbourg · Grenfell · Gull Lake · Hafford · Hague · Hanley · Herbert · Hudson Bay · Imperial · Indian Head · Ituna · Kamsack · Kelvington · Kerrobert · Kindersley · Kinistino · Kipling · Kyle · Lafleche · Lampman · Langenburg · Langham · Lanigan · Lashburn · Leader · Lemberg · Leroy · Lumsden · Luseland · Macklin · Maidstone · Maple Creek · Marshall · Midale · Milestone · Moosomin · Morse · Mossbank · Naicam · Nipawin · Nokomis · Norquay · Ogema · Osler · Outlook · Oxbow · Pilot Butte · Ponteix · Porcupine Plain · Preeceville · Qu'Appelle · Radisson · Radville · Raymore · Redvers · Regina Beach · Rocanville · Rockglen · Rose Valley · Rosetown · Rosthern · Rouleau · Saltcoats · Scott · Shaunavon · Shellbrook · Sintaluta · Southey · Spiritwood · Springside · St. Brieux · St. Walburg · Star City · Stoughton · Strasbourg · Sturgis · Tisdale · Turtleford · Unity · Vonda · Wadena · Wakaw · Waldheim · Wapella · Warman · Watrous · Watson · Wawota · White City · Whitewood · Wilkie · Willow Bunch · Wolseley · Wynyard · Yellow Grass · Zealandia ·
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Famous quotes containing the word towns:
“The improved American highway system ... isolated the American-in-transit. On his speedway ... he had no contact with the towns which he by-passed. If he stopped for food or gas, he was served no local fare or local fuel, but had one of Howard Johnson’s nationally branded ice cream flavors, and so many gallons of Exxon. This vast ocean of superhighways was nearly as free of culture as the sea traversed by the Mayflower Pilgrims.”
—Daniel J. Boorstin (b. 1914)
“Kindness is a virtue neither modern nor urban. One almost unlearns it in a city. Towns have their own beatitude; they are not unfriendly; they offer a vast and solacing anonymity or an equally vast and solacing gregariousness. But one needs a neighbor on whom to practice compassion.”
—Phyllis McGinley (1905–1978)
“For months it hasn’t known the taste of steel
Washed down with rusty water in a tin.
But standing outdoors hungry, in the cold,
Except in towns at night, is not a sin.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)