| Big Shell | |
| Official Name: | Resort Village of Big Shell |
| Settlement Type: | Resort village |
| Mapsize: | 200 |
| Pushpin Map: | Saskatchewan |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Saskatchewan |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
| Subdivision Name3: | 16 |
| Subdivision Type4: | Rural municipality |
| Subdivision Name4: | RM of Spiritwood No. 496 |
| Subdivision Type5: | Federal riding |
| Subdivision Type6: | Provincial riding |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Jim Wilkie |
| Leader Title1: | Governing body |
| Leader Name1: | Resort Village Council |
| Leader Title2: | Administrator |
| Leader Name2: | Tara Bueckert |
| Leader Title3: | Clerk |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Title2: | Incorporated |
| Established Date2: | August 1, 1982 |
| Area Footnotes: | (2016) |
| Area Land Km2: | 1.02 |
| Population As Of: | 2016 |
| Population Total: | 48 |
| Population Density Km2: | 43.6 |
| Timezone: | CST |
| Timezone Dst: | CST |
| Coordinates: | 53.1972°N -107.1356°W[1] |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Area Codes: | 306 and 639 |
| Blank Name: | Highway(s) |
| Blank1 Name: | Railway(s) |
| Blank2 Name: | Waterway(s) |
| Blank2 Info: | Shell Lake |
Big Shell (2016 population:) is a resort village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 16. It is on the shores of Shell Lake in the Rural Municipality of Spiritwood No. 496.
Big Shell incorporated as a resort village on August 1, 1982.[2]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Big Shell had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 0.93km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[3]
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Resort Village of Big Shell recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of 1.1km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[4]
The Resort Village of Big Shell is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator that meets on the third Friday of every month.[5] The mayor is Jim Wilkie and its administrator is Tara Bueckert.[5]