In most cases in Saskatchewan, a hamlet is an unincorporated community with at least five occupied dwellings situated on separate lots and at least 10 separate lots, the majority of which are an average size of less than one acre.[1] Saskatchewan has three different types of unincorporated hamlets including generic "hamlets", "special service areas" and "organized hamlets".[2] The exception to unincorporated hamlets in Saskatchewan is a "northern hamlet", which is a type of incorporated municipality.
Saskatchewan has 11 northern hamlets and 187 unincorporated hamlets including 20 generic hamlets, 23 special service areas and 144 organized hamlets. All northern hamlets are within the Northern Saskatchewan Administration District while all unincorporated hamlets are under the jurisdiction of rural municipalities within southern Saskatchewan.[1] The organized hamlets are established via ministerial order.
Some organized hamlets in Saskatchewan are recognized as designated places by Statistics Canada, while generic hamlets are not. The people in a generic hamlet may apply for organized hamlet status within the rural municipality in which it is located.
Saskatchewan had 146 organized hamlets in 2019. The number was reduced to 144 on January 1, 2020, when the organized hamlets of Indian Point – Golden Sands and Turtle Lake Lodge amalgamated to form the Resort Village of Turtle View.[7]
| Name[8] | Rural municipality (RM) |
|---|---|
| McKillop No. 220 | |
| Buchanan No. 304 | |
| Last Mountain Valley No. 250 | |
| Hoodoo No. 401 | |
| Bjorkdale No. 426 | |
| Terrell No. 101 | |
| Meota No. 468 | |
| Lake Alma No. 8 | |
| Corman Park No. 344 | |
| Storthoaks No. 31 | |
| Happy Valley No. 10 | |
| Rosthern No. 403 | |
| Birch Hills No. 460 | |
| Good Lake No. 274 | |
| Montmartre No. 126 | |
| Wawken No. 93 | |
| Caron No. 162 | |
| Corman Park No. 344 | |
| Corman Park No. 344 | |
| Corman Park No. 344 | |
| Bjorkdale No. 426 | |
| Elmsthorpe No. 100 | |
| McKillop No. 220 | |
| McKillop No. 220 | |
| Stonehenge No. 73 | |
| Golden West No. 95 | |
| Edenwold No. 158 | |
| Shellbrook No. 493 | |
| Mervin No. 499 | |
| Keys No. 303 | |
| Invergordon No. 430 | |
| Hoodoo No. 401 | |
| Lac Pelletier No. 107 | |
| Lajord No. 128 | |
| Meota No. 468 | |
| Lumsden No. 189 | |
| Battle River No. 438 | |
| Victory No. 226 | |
| Corman Park No. 344 | |
| Corman Park No. 344 | |
| South Qu'Appelle No. 157 | |
| Hudson Bay No. 394 | |
| Lakeland No. 521 | |
| Hudson Bay No. 394 | |
| Mervin No. 499 | |
| Mervin No. 499 | |
| Grayson No. 184 | |
| Parkdale No. 498 | |
| Willow Creek No. 458 | |
| Pleasant Valley No. 288 | |
| Frenchman Butte No. 501 | |
| Corman Park No. 344 | |
| Torch River No. 488 | |
| Good Lake No. 274 | |
| Lajord No. 128 | |
| Grayson No. 184 | |
| Willow Creek No. 458 | |
| Usborne No. 310 | |
| Birch Hills No. 460 | |
| Hazel Dell No. 335 | |
| Lakeview No. 337 | |
| Coteau No. 255 | |
| St. Louis No. 431 | |
| Shellbrook No. 493 | |
| Parkdale No. 498 | |
| Big Quill No. 308 | |
| Preeceville No. 334 | |
| Mervin No. 499 | |
| Lajord No. 128 | |
| Sasman No. 336 | |
| Meota No. 468 | |
| Meota No. 468 | |
| Loon Lake No. 561 | |
| Hudson Bay No. 394 | |
| Mervin No. 499 | |
| Wilton No. 472 | |
| Duck Lake No. 463 | |
| McKillop No. 220 | |
| Meota No. 468 | |
| Meeting Lake No. 466 | |
| Meota No. 468 | |
| Mankota No. 45 | |
| Corman Park No. 344 | |
| Invergordon No. 430 | |
| McKillop No. 220 | |
| Grayson No. 184 | |
| Mervin No. 499 | |
| Elfros No. 307 | |
| Meeting Lake No. 466 | |
| Big River No. 555 | |
| Rosthern No. 403 | |
| Corman Park No. 344 | |
| McKillop No. 220 | |
| Sasman No. 336 | |
| Weyburn No. 67 | |
| Paddockwood No. 520 | |
| Hazel Dell No. 335 | |
| Lake of the Rivers No. 72 | |
| Sasman No. 336 | |
| Mervin No. 499 | |
| Marquis No. 191 | |
| Caledonia No. 99 | |
| North Qu'Appelle No. 187 | |
| Chester No. 125 | |
| Leask No. 464 | |
| Meota No. 468 | |
| Fertile Belt No. 183 | |
| Big River No. 555 | |
| Mervin No. 499 | |
| Porcupine No. 395 | |
| Meota No. 468 | |
| Lajord No. 128 | |
| Corman Park No. 344 | |
| Corman Park No. 344 | |
| Cote No. 271 | |
| Sarnia No. 221 | |
| Willow Bunch No. 42 | |
| Meota No. 468 | |
| Torch River No. 488 | |
| McKillop No. 220 | |
| Meadow Lake No. 588 | |
| McKillop No. 220 | |
| Spiritwood No. 496 | |
| Mervin No. 499 | |
| St. Louis No. 431 | |
| South Qu'Appelle No. 157 | |
| Meota No. 468 | |
| Grayson No. 184 | |
| Mervin No. 499 | |
| Clayton No. 333 | |
| Tisdale No. 427 | |
| Buchanan No. 304 | |
| North Qu'Appelle No. 187 | |
| Meota No. 468 | |
| Brokenshell No. 68 | |
| Foam Lake No. 276 | |
| Mervin No. 499 | |
| Invergordon No. 430 | |
| McKillop No. 220 | |
| Preeceville No. 334 | |
| Meota No. 468 | |
| Stanley No. 215 | |
| Emerald No. 277 | |
| Swift Current No. 137 | |
| Name | Rural municipality (RM) |
|---|---|
| Lake Johnston No. 102 | |
| Heart's Hill No. 352 | |
| Hudson Bay No. 394 | |
| Excel No. 71 | |
| Tisdale No. 427 | |
| Poplar Valley No. 12 | |
| Ituna Bon Accord No. 246 | |
| Key West No. 70 | |
| Preeceville No. 334 | |
| Silverwood No. 123 | |
| Chesterfield No. 261 | |
| Excelsior No. 166 | |
| Sliding Hills No. 273 | |
| Souris Valley No. 7 | |
| Willowdale No. 153 | |
| Piapot No. 110 | |
| Torch River No. 488 | |
| Bone Creek No. 108 | |
| Terrell No. 101 | |
| Sutton No. 103 | |
| Excel No. 71 | |
Like a generic hamlet, a special service area is under the jurisdiction of a rural municipality and does not have any decision-making powers or independent authorities. Unlike a generic hamlet, a special service area may form its own electoral division within the rural municipality and may have a different tax regime within the rural municipality compared to a generic hamlet.[2]
| Special service areas of Saskatchewan | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | Rural municipality (RM)[9] | Population (2011)[10] |
| Carmichael[11] | ||
| Dafoe[12] | ||
| Lake Alma[13] | ||
| [14] | ||
| Welwyn[15] | ||