| Northern Saskatchewan Administration District | |
| Type: | Unincorporated area |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Saskatchewan |
| Subdivision Type2: | Census division |
| Subdivision Name2: | Division No. 18 |
| Area Total Km2: | 269,997.26 |
| Population Total: | 35,986 (Census Division No. 18)[1] |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
The Northern Saskatchewan Administration District (NSAD) is the unincorporated area of Northern Saskatchewan, Canada. It encompasses approximately half of Saskatchewan's land mass. Despite its extent, the majority of Saskatchewanians live in the southern half of the province, while the majority of northern Saskatchewanians live in incorporated municipalities outside the NSAD's jurisdiction. The area is co-extensive with Division No. 18, Saskatchewan, [2] [3] one of Statistics Canada's census divisions in the province for its 2016 census.
The census division is the largest in the province terms of area at 269996.55km2, representing 46 per cent of the province's entire area of 588239.21km2.[4]
The most populous communities in the census division are La Ronge and La Loche with populations of 2,743 and 2,611 respectively.[5] [6]
The 2016 census also refers to the Unorganized Division No. 18, which counted only 1,115 residents, which placed its population density at for every inhabitant. The district has no local government and is directly subject to the Minister of Government Relations.[7]
An unincorporated Northern Saskatchewan region was first established by the 1948 Northern Administration Act.[7]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Division No. 18 had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 262280.94km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[8]
Division No. 18, Unorganized is an unorganized area in northern Saskatchewan. It consists of all of Division No. 18, excluding municipalities and reserves. It has a population of 1,641 as of 2011, and an area of 268,389.99 km2.[9]
Division No. 18 has 58 census subdivisions, of which 24 are municipalities (including a portion of the city of Flin Flon, a city bisected by the Saskatchewan-Manitoba border, 2 northern towns, 11 northern villages and 10 northern hamlets), 32 are First Nations communities (31 Indian reserves and an Indian settlement), an unincorporated northern settlement and the unorganized balance of Division No. 18. All municipalities within the census division, except for the Northern Hamlet of Black Point, are recognized as census subdivisions.
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A northern settlement is an unincorporated community in the Northern Saskatchewan Administration District, and its administration is regulated by The Northern Municipalities Act.[11] Saskatchewan has 11 northern settlements.[10] One northern settlement, Missinipe, is recognized as a census subdivision by Statistics Canada.