Saskatchewan's highest elevation is Cypress Hills (1,392 m or 4,566 ft above sea level)

Half the province is covered by forest, one third is farmland and one eighth is fresh water.

Saskatchewan produces over 54% of the wheat grown in Canada.

The city of Estevan in southeast Saskatchewan is Canada's sunshine capital, averaging 2,540 sunshine-filled hours each year.

Saskatchewan is home to Canada's only training academy for Royal Canadian Mounted Police recruits, in Regina.

The T.rex skeleton excavated near Eastend in 1994/1995 is one of the best of only 12 such discoveries in the world.

Wanuskewin Heritage Park interprets 6,000 years of Northern Plains Indian Culture.

The Athabasca Sand Dunes are among the most northerly major sand dunes in the world, and among the largest in North America.

Fast Facts

Tourism adds $1.3 - $1.4 billion to the provincial economy each year.

Tourism plays a role in the jobs of more than 60,000 people in Saskatchewan - one in every eight workers.

Tourism in Saskatchewan is an export industry, with nearly half a billion in export sales.

Source - 2006 SaskSecrets Tourism Bookmark