In most cases in Saskatchewan, a hamlet is an unincorporated community with at least five occupied dwellings situated on separate lots and at least 10 separate lots, the majority of which are an average size of less than one acre . Saskatchewan has three different types of unincorporated hamlets including generic "hamlets", "special service areas" and "organized hamlets". The exception to unincorporated hamlets in Saskatchewan is a "northern hamlet", which is a type of incorporated municipality.
4-589: Fairy Glen is an organized hamlet in the Rural Municipality of Willow Creek No. 458 in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan . It is situated on the banks of the Carrot River and access is from Highway 6 . In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Fairy Glen had a population of 37 living in 17 of its 17 total private dwellings, a change of 23.3% from its 2016 population of 30. With
8-666: A land area of 0.27 km (0.10 sq mi), it had a population density of 137.0/km (354.9/sq mi) in 2021. This article about a location in the Census Division No. 14 of Saskatchewan is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . List of hamlets in Saskatchewan#Unincorporated hamlets Saskatchewan has 11 northern hamlets and 187 unincorporated hamlets including 20 generic hamlets, 23 special service areas and 144 organized hamlets. All northern hamlets are within
12-583: The Northern Saskatchewan Administration District while all unincorporated hamlets are under the jurisdiction of rural municipalities within southern Saskatchewan. The organized hamlets are established via ministerial order. Some organized hamlets in Saskatchewan are recognized as designated places by Statistics Canada , while generic hamlets are not. The people in a generic hamlet may apply for organized hamlet status within
16-529: The rural municipality in which it is located. Saskatchewan had 146 organized hamlets in 2019. The number was reduced to 144 on January 1, 2020, when the organized hamlets of Indian Point – Golden Sands and Turtle Lake Lodge amalgamated to form the Resort Village of Turtle View . Like a generic hamlet, a special service area is under the jurisdiction of a rural municipality and does not have any decision-making powers or independent authorities. Unlike
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