SASKATCHEWAN POPULATION DECLINES FOR SECOND CONSECUTIVE QUARTER

Population Dropping For First Time In Two Decades
REGINA – Scott Moe’s widespread failures to lower costs, create jobs and fix healthcare are driving people out of Saskatchewan and keeping others from coming here as the provincial population continues to decline for the first time in nearly 20 years.

According to new data from Statistics Canada, Saskatchewan’s population declined by 298 people in the first quarter of 2026. The province also saw a net population decline of 725 people in the fourth quarter last year.
This marks Saskatchewan’s first reduction in population since the second quarter of 2006, excluding the COVID-19 pandemic period.

“Saskatchewan should be the place to be, not the place to be from,” said Carla Beck, Saskatchewan NDP Leader. “This province has so much potential, but we are going in the wrong direction after 20 years of the Sask. Party — people are voting with their feet and leaving.”

The Saskatchewan NDP recently launched a new campaign – called Your Future Your Say – to consult young professionals, students, labour groups, and key industry players on what the provincial government can do to keep people living here and how to attract new talent.

“I want my own kids to build a life right here and have all the opportunities they deserve,” added Beck.

“We can lower costs, create jobs and get our health system out of last place. That’s the future a Saskatchewan NDP Government will build.

“It’s time for a change.”

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