Wakaw Lake, Saskatchewan


Wakaw Lake is a resort village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 15. It is on the shores of Wakaw Lake in the Rural Municipality of Hoodoo No. 401. It is on Highway 41 approximately north-east of Saskatoon and south of Prince Albert.

History

Wakaw Lake incorporated as a resort village on October 21, 1959. The resort village takes its name from a nearby lake of the same name "Wakaw Lake", which is Cree meaning "crooked."

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Wakaw Lake 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.
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Resort Village of Wakaw Lake recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2016.

Government

The Resort Village of Wakaw Lake is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator. The mayor is Maurice Rivard and its administrator is Pamela Hilkewich.