Saskatoon is Saskatchewan's largest city with a population of 212,000 and growing. By 2001, the citys population is projected to be 215,500.
The Saskatoon area has been inhabited for some 6,000 years; however, it was not until the summer of 1883 that the first settlers began to arrive and subsequently in 1903 that the town charter was obtained. "Saskatoon" is derived from 'mis-sask-quah-toomina', the Cree Indian name for a local indigenous berry.