Northern Saskatchewan Administration District

The Northern Saskatchewan Administration District 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, one of Statistics Canada's census divisions in the province for its 2016 census.
The census division is the largest in the province in terms of area at, representing 46 per cent of the province's entire area of.
The most populous communities in the census division are La Ronge and La Loche with populations of 2,743 and 2,611 respectively.
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.

History

An unincorporated Northern Saskatchewan region was first established by the 1948 Northern Administration Act.

Demographics

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, it had a population density of in 2021.
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.

Census subdivisions

Division No. 18 has 58 census subdivisions, of which 24 are municipalities, 32 are First Nations communities, 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.

City

Name	Status	Population	Population	Change	Area	Population density
Flin Flon	City	229	242

Northern towns

Name	Status	Population	Population	Change	Area	Population density
Creighton	Northern town	1498	1502
La Ronge	Northern town	2743	2725

Northern villages

Name	Status	Population	Population	Change	Area	Population density
Air Ronge	Northern village	1043	1032		6
Beauval	Northern village	756	806
Buffalo Narrows	Northern village	1153	1081
Cumberland House	Northern village	772	810
Denare Beach	Northern village	669	785
Green Lake	Northern village	418	361
Île-à-la-Crosse	Northern village	1365	1341
La Loche	Northern village	2611	2348
Pelican Narrows	Northern village	790	599
Pinehouse	Northern village	978	1076
Sandy Bay	Northern village	1233	1175			83

Northern hamlets

Name	Status	Population	Population	Change	Area	Population density
Unorganized Division No. 18	Unorganized	1641	1181	39		0
Cole Bay	Northern hamlet	230	156
Dore Lake	Northern hamlet	28	30
Jans Bay	Northern hamlet	187	181
Michel Village	Northern hamlet	66	79
Patuanak	Northern hamlet	64	84
St. George's Hill	Northern hamlet	100	19
Stony Rapids	Northern hamlet	243	255
Timber Bay	Northern hamlet	93	139
Turnor Lake	Northern hamlet	0	115			0
Weyakwin	Northern hamlet	135	99

Indian settlement

Name	Status	Population	Population	Change	Area	Population density
Brabant Lake	Indian settlement	51	66

Indian reserves

Name	Status	Population	Population	Change	Area	Population density
Buffalo River Dene Nation 193 (Peter Pond Lake 193)	Indian reserve	764	741
Canoe Lake 165	Indian reserve	716	822
Chicken 224	Indian reserve	1070	1109
Chicken 225	Indian reserve	0	46		21	0
Clearwater River Dene 222	Indian reserve	778	658
Clearwater River Dene Band 223	Indian reserve	19	15			2
Cumberland House Cree Nation 20	Indian reserve	715	595
Fond du Lac 227	Indian reserve	874	801
Fond du Lac 229	Indian reserve	0	0	—		0
Fond du Lac 231	Indian reserve	0	0	—		0
Fond du Lac 232	Indian reserve	0	0	—		0
Four Portages 157C	Indian reserve	0	0	—		0
Grandmother's Bay 219	Indian reserve	337	320
Kimosom Pwatinahk 203 (Deschambault Lake)	Indian reserve	1194	821
Kinoosao-Thomas Clark 204	Indian reserve	40	57
Kitsakie 156B	Indian reserve	644	671
La Plonge 192	Indian reserve	115	139
Lac La Hache 220	Indian reserve	1251	988
Lac La Ronge 156	Indian reserve	1914	1534
Little Hills 158	Indian reserve	0	5			0
Little Hills 158B	Indian reserve	0	5			0
Montreal Lake 106	Indian reserve	999	880
Morin Lake 217	Indian reserve	618	406
Pelican Narrows 184B	Indian reserve	1913	1342
Potato River 156A	Indian reserve	0	0	—		0
Southend 200	Indian reserve	904	910			24
Stanley 157	Indian reserve	1634	1467
Sturgeon Weir 184F	Indian reserve	61	66
Sucker River 156C (Nemebien River 156C)	Indian reserve	400	290
Turnor Lake 193B	Indian reserve	419	413
Wapachewunak 192D	Indian reserve	482	526

Unincorporated communities

A northern settlement is an unincorporated community in the Northern Saskatchewan Administration District, and its administration is regulated by The Northern Municipalities Act. Saskatchewan has 11 northern settlements. One northern settlement, Missinipe, is recognized as a census subdivision by Statistics Canada.

Name	Population
Bear Creek	47
Brabant Lake	102
Camsell Portage	37
Descharme Lake	42
Garson Lake	34
Missinipe	39
Sled Lake	35
Southend	35
Stanley Mission	124
Uranium City	201
Wollaston Lake	129