The South Saskatchewan Region is a land-use framework region in southern Alberta, Canada. One of seven in the province, each is intended to develop and implement a regional plan, complementing the planning efforts of member municipalities in order to coordinate future growth. Corresponding roughly to major watersheds while following municipal boundaries, these regions are managed by Alberta Environment and Parks.[1]
As it includes the Calgary Metropolitan Region, the largest urban area in Alberta, the South Saskatchewan Region has the highest population of any Alberta land-use region.
South Saskatchewan Region | |
|---|---|
 Waterton Lakes National Park | |
 Location in Alberta | |
| Largest population centres | Calgary Lethbridge Medicine Hat |
| Government | |
| • Parent authority | Alberta Environment and Parks |
| Area | |
| • Total | 83,774 km2 (32,345 sq mi) |
| Population (2016)[3] | |
| • Total | 1,814,190 |
| • Density | 22/km2 (56/sq mi) |
- ^ "Land-use Framework". Alberta Environment and Parks. Retrieved 2019-07-07.
- ^ "Land-use Planning Regions". Alberta Biosphere Monitoring Initiative. Retrieved 2019-07-07.
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta)". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved 2019-07-07.