South Saskatchewan Region

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The South Saskatchewan Region is a land-use framework region in southern Alberta, Canada. One of seven in the province, each is intended to develop and implement a regional plan, complementing the planning efforts of member municipalities in order to coordinate future growth. Corresponding roughly to major watersheds while following municipal boundaries, these regions are managed by Alberta Environment and Parks. [1]

As it includes the Calgary Metropolitan Region, the largest urban area in Alberta, the South Saskatchewan Region has the highest population of any Alberta land-use region.

South Saskatchewan Region
Land-use framework region
The Prince of Wales Hotel taken from Bear Hump.jpg
Waterton Lakes National Park
AB Region Locator South Saskatchewan.svg
Location in Alberta
Largest population centres Calgary
Lethbridge
Medicine Hat
Government
 • Parent authority Alberta Environment and Parks
Area
[2]
 • Total
83,774 km2 (32,345 sq mi)
Population
 (2016) [3]
 • Total
1,814,190
 • Density22/km2 (56/sq mi)

Communities

The following municipalities are contained in the South Saskatchewan Region.

References

  1. ↑ "Land-use Framework". Alberta Environment and Parks. Retrieved 2019-07-07.
  2. ↑ "Land-use Planning Regions". Alberta Biosphere Monitoring Initiative. Retrieved 2019-07-07.
  3. ↑ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta)". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved 2019-07-07.
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