Saskatchewan, Canada Genealogy

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History[edit | edit source]

The first peoples were Indigenous, including Cree, Dakota, Dene (Chipewyan), Assiniboine and Saulteaux.
It was part of the territory granted to the Hudson's Bay Company in 1670, called Rupert's Land.
The expansion of the fur trade and European settlement saw the growth of another group of peoples called Métis, who were the descendants of mixed Indigenous European families.
In 1869, the Government of Canada acquired all the land belonging to the Hudson's Bay Company.
From 1870 until 1905, the area became a part of the North-West Territories.
In 1882, the southern region was divided into the Districts of Saskatchewan and Assiniboia. In 1895, the northern region became part of the Athabasca District.
Saskatchewan became a province in 1905 from the Northwest Territories.^[1]