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Saskatoon

Saskatoon is a city in West Central Saskatchewan. With a metropolitan population of approximately 317,000 people (2021), it is the province's largest city, and its economic and cultural hub. Wikivoyage

Population 266,141 (Wikidata)

Live guide From your hotel

Before you go

Emergency numbers in Canada

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Canada

Getting there

Remembered in this browser only, with the last few you used.

Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. Northern Saskatchewan International Children's Festival

    June

    Children-oriented activities on the riverbank of Saskatoon in June

    Official site

  2. SaskTel Saskatchewan Jazz Festival

    June – July

    Major jazz festival. Combines free public performances, beer gardens at the Bessborough Hotel with major artists, and various paid performances in venues around the city. Runs from mid-June through the beginning of July

    Official site

  3. Taste of Saskatchewan

    July

    An annual festival in which 30 of Saskatoon's finest restaurants provide hors d'oeuvres alongside live entertainment.

    Official site

  4. Folk Fest

    August

    Folk Fest an annual, multi-cultural festival comprised of up to 25 ethnic pavilions located throughout the city. Inside each pavilion, visitors will find cultural displays, dance, song, food, folklore, fables and skits.

  5. Saskatoon Exhibition

    August

    Saskatoon's annual exhibition and fair, the Ex takes place every August at Prairieland Park and includes carnival rides, midway games and chuckwagon races at Marquis Downs

    Official site

  6. Saskatoon International Fringe Festival

    August

    Street performances and alternative theatre centred around Broadway Avenue in the first half of August

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Saskatoon); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Markets

  • Gather Local Market

    Covered hall
    1. Monday: closed
    2. Tuesday: 11:00–19:00
    3. Wednesday: 11:00–19:00
    4. Thursday: 11:00–21:00
    5. Friday: 11:00–21:00
    6. Saturday: 11:00–19:00
    7. Sunday: 11:00–19:00
    Times vary by day
    Tuesday
    11:00–19:00
    Wednesday
    11:00–19:00
    Thursday
    11:00–21:00
    Friday
    11:00–21:00
    Saturday
    11:00–19:00
    Sunday
    11:00–19:00
    1.2 km from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

Eating nearby

All 4 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

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Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.