SASKATCHEWAN

SASKATCHEWAN STATS

FACTS

• Saskatchewan became a province in 1905.
• The birth rate is 15,035 as of 2012.
• The death rate is 9,363 as of 2012.

HISTORY

• Saskatchewan was founded in 1905.
• Long before Europeans began to explore Canada, nomadic Indians roamed the
• plains of what is now Saskatchewan. They remained undisturbed until the late 17th
• century, when the first Europeans came there in the search of furs. The principal inhabitants
• at that time were the Chipewyan, the Blackfeet, the Assiniboin, and the Cree.

EDUCATION

• Under provincial legislation, the ministry of education, under the authority, has the
• There are no university entrance exams administered in Saskatchewan.
• Students who complete grade 12 are admitted to Canadian post-secondary institutions
• based on their high school records.