Why So Few Canadians Live In Saskatchewan As Compared To Alberta

Technically Manitoba is also considered a prairie province.

as a saskatchwan farmer ...its wheat canola and pulse crops we dont mind having a low population we like open spaces

Just completely cut Manitoba out of a prairie video, crazy.

As an Albertan, it's oil... And the politics? The spice must flow...

0:00 AND Manitoba too

Born and raised in Saskatchewan. Back in the socialist days of the NDP rule in Saskatchewan, the joke was ' last one to leave Saskatchewan, turn off the lights '. Many, many Saskatchewanians left for the work and money of the oilpatch in Alberta. At my 10 year highschool reunion in 1994, 170 graduates out of a class of 268 were in Alberta.

As an American, the most disappointing thing I ever learned about Canada is that Saskatchewan's name had nothing to do with Sasquatch.

As someone from Saskatchewan, it’s pretty obvious and can be summed up in one word: oil (lol) Edit: to be fair he does mention this in his video. Good video might I add, all pretty accurate

I think the Canadian Shield consuming more of Saskatchewan has an impact as well.

My grandpa was from Saskatchewan but my dad grew up in Red Deer, I was born and raised in Calgary AB. Economic reasons drive people to Alberta, but it’s also considerably warmer. Saskatchewan gets insanely cold. Alberta can, too, but southern Alberta has a more reasonable climate overall. Now I live in southern Vancouver Island so the climate is extremely moderate. The humidity is super refreshing and I feel like I can breathe better at sea level, but I’ll always love the prairies where I was raised.

We Metis arent generally considered First Nations. We're Indigenous but distinct from First Nations. We also have a sizeable population in Saskatchewan with the core of our homeland being the Red River in Manitoba. We also have folks in British Columbia, Northwest Territories, northwestern Ontario, Minnesota, North Dakota, and Montana.

I love these Canada episodes. We were not taught much about Canada in school

When I was living in Washington one of the family friends who was a long haul truck driver would take my brother and then myself on some of his trips. I remember going on one of these long haul trips to North Battleford Saskatchewan. It was during this time that for the first time I saw the Northern Lights the Aurora Borealis. It was an incredible experience. It looked liked ribbons of multi-colored light and it could be heard as the crackling and buzzing you hear next to a power station.

Excellent analysis! I did have to chuckle when the "before Europeans came" section was accompanied by a picture of a native riding a horse to hunt a bison though.

As a Canadian and an Albertan I need to add that Manitoba is considered a prairie province by all the people I've known here.

Shouldn’t Manitoba feel slighted for not also being included as a Prairie Province?

Originally Saskatchewan and Alberta was going to be one province called Buffalo. The federal government changed its mind at the last minute because they felt the province would be to big and as a result to powerful and created Saskatchewan and Alberta. Recently there has been talk of the provinces joining forces as both feel they get treated poorly compared to their eastern provinces. Both provinces have their positives and negatives. I’m born and raised Calgarian but my wife was born in Regina so I have a pretty good sense of what makes each province different. Great video!

I'd also add the political philosophies dictated development. With oil development Alberta has been very conservative & economically oriented while saskatchewan has been unique as a very socialist province up until the mid 2000s. It's also the home of Tommy Douglas who implemented the first single payer universal health care system in North America. Till this day Saskatchewan still has a very large union presence as well as government owned utilities such as saskpower, sask energy, saskwater & other government owned utilities.

Saskatchewan had a bigger population than Alberta until the Second World War

Hey Geoff, you should do a video on Manitoba as well.