Northern Saskatchewan Administration District

Northern Saskatchewan Administration District
Unincorporated area
The Athabasca Sand Dunes
The Athabasca Sand Dunes
Location within Saskatchewan
Location within Saskatchewan
CountryCanada
ProvinceSaskatchewan
Census divisionDivision No. 18
Area
 • Total
269,997.26 km2 (104,246.52 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total
35,986 (Census Division No. 18)[1]

The Northern Saskatchewan Administration District (NSAD) is the unorganized area of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. 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 2016 census, which refers to the area as Division No. 18, Saskatchewan, [2][3] It is one of the eighteen Statistics Canada census divisions within the province, occupying the northern half of the province.

The census division is the largest in the province terms of area at 269,996.55 square kilometres (104,246.25 sq mi), representing 46 per cent of the province's entire area of 588,239.21 square kilometres (227,120.43 sq mi).[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 250 square kilometres (97 sq mi) for every inhabitant. The district has no local government and is directly subject to the Minister of Government Relations.[7]

  1. ^ https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Division%20No%2E%2018&DGUIDlist=2021A00034718&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1,4&HEADERlist=0
  2. ^ "Census Profile: Division No. 18, Census division (Census Division), Saskatchewan (map)". Statistics Canada. Archived from the original on December 24, 2013. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
  3. ^ "Northern Administration District". Saskatchewan Ministry of Municipal Affairs. Archived from the original on January 16, 2013. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
  4. ^ "Division No. 18, Saskatchewan (Code 4718) and Saskatchewan (Code 47) (table). Census Profile". Statistics Canada. Archived from the original on March 22, 2014. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
  5. ^ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2011 and 2006 censuses (Saskatchewan)". Statistics Canada. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
  6. ^ "Corrections and updates". Statistics Canada. October 24, 2012. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
  7. ^ "Northern Saskatchewan Administration District". Government of Saskatchewan. Retrieved July 29, 2020.