Moose Jaw | |
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| City of Moose Jaw | |
 City Hall | |
| Nicknames: | |
  Moose Jaw Location of Moose Jaw | |
| Coordinates:50°23′36″N105°33′07″W / 50.39333°N 105.55194°W /50.39333; -105.55194 | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Saskatchewan |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | James Murdock |
| • Governing body | Moose Jaw City Council |
| • MP | Fraser Tolmie (CPC) |
| • MLA | Greg Lawrence (SKP) Tim McLeod (SKP) |
| Area | |
• Total | 46.82 km2 (18.08 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 33,665[4] |
| • Density | 710.7/km2 (1,841/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Moose Javian |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| Forward sortation area | S6H–S6K |
| Area codes | 306 and 639[5][6] |
| Website | www |
Moose Jaw is thefourth largest city inSaskatchewan, Canada. Lying on theMoose Jaw River in the south-central part of the province, it is situated on theTrans-Canada Highway, 177 km (110 mi) east ofSwift Current and 77 km (48 mi) west ofRegina. Residents of Moose Jaw are known as Moose Javians. The city is surrounded by theRural Municipality of Moose Jaw No. 161.
Moose Jaw is an industrial centre and a critical railway junction for the area's agricultural produce.CFB Moose Jaw, located a few kilometres south of the city, is aNATO flight training school and is home to theSnowbirds, Canada's military aerobatic air show flight demonstration team. Moose Jaw also has acasino andgeothermal spa.
Cree andAssiniboine people used the Moose Jaw area as a winter encampment. TheMissouri Coteau sheltered the valley and gave it warm breezes. The narrow river crossing and abundant water and game made it a good location for settlement. Traditional native fur traders andMétisbuffalo hunters created the first permanent settlement at a place called "the turn," at present-day Kingsway Park, also known as the Kai Gauthier Park.[citation needed]
The confluence of theMoose Jaw River andThunder Creek was chosen and registered in 1881 as a site for a division point for theCanadian Pacific Railway (CPR), whose construction was significant in theConfederation of Canada. The water supply there was significant for steam locomotives. Settlement began there in 1882, and the city was incorporated in 1903.[7] The railways played an important role in the early development of Moose Jaw, with the city having both aCanadian Pacific Railway Station and aCanadian National Railway Station. A dam was built on the river in 1883 to create a year-round water supply.
Marked on a map asMoose Jaw Bone Creek in an 1857 survey by surveyorJohn Palliser,[8] two theories exist regarding how the city was named. The first is it comes from thePlains Cree namemoscâstani-sîpiy meaning "a warm place by the river", indicative of the protection from the weather the Coteau range provides to the river valley containing the city[9] and also thePlains Cree wordmoscâs, meaning warm breezes. The other is that the section of the Moose Jaw River that runs through the city is shaped like amoose's jaw.[citation needed]
There is also an untrue story of the name being inspired by theEarl of Dunmore, for whomDunmore, Alberta is named, repairing his cart with the jawbone of a moose during his travels there.[10]
The city was the site of the 1954 mid-air collision ofTrans-Canada Air Lines Flight 9.
The area surrounding Moose Jaw has many cloudless days, making it a good site for training pilots. TheRoyal Canadian Air Force under theBritish Commonwealth Air Training Plan establishedRCAF Station Moose Jaw in 1940. After the war, the RCAF remained in the community and used the facility for training pilots through theCold War. The facility changed its name toCFB Moose Jaw in 1968 and is now Canada's primary military flight training centre and the home of431 (Air Demonstration) Squadron (aka the "Snowbirds").
CFB Moose Jaw's primary lodger unit is "15 Wing". In theRoyal Canadian Air Force, the lodger unit is often called 15 Wing Moose Jaw. The base usually holds anArmed Forces Day each year.
The Saskatchewan Dragoons is a reserve armoured regiment with an armoury in the city's north end.
Many members of theRoyal Family have visited Moose Jaw.Edward, Prince of Wales, who owned a ranch inPekisko, Alberta, visited in 1919, 1924, and 1927.Prince Albert, future king and father ofQueen Elizabeth II, paid a visit in 1926.King George VI and his wifeQueen Elizabeth (later known as Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother) visited duringthe Royal tour in 1939. Queen Elizabeth II first visited in 1959 and returned on multiple separate occasions.
During his time asEarl of Wessex,Prince Edward became Colonel-in-Chief of theSaskatchewan Dragoons of Moose Jaw on visiting Saskatchewan in 2003 when he congratulated the regiment on its "contribution to Canada's proud tradition of citizen-soldiers in the community." Involved in peacekeeping operations in Cyprus, the Golan Heights, Bosnia and Croatia, the regiment has also provided aid during floods and forest fires in the prairies. The Prince returned to visit his regiment in 2006.
Prince Edward also inaugurated the Queen's Jubilee Rose Garden in Moose Jaw on his 2003 visit. Other royal connections to the city include King George School and Prince Arthur Community School, both named for royal family members before they shut down and combined to become Cornerstone Christian School. Additionally, the South Hill school was formerly named King Edward Elementary School.
Following the death of Queen Elizabeth in 2022, an opinion piece in theNational Post noted that the late monarch had "visited Moose Jaw more often than she did Manhattan. The former was part of her realms; the latter not. She was the Queen of Canada and chose to exercise that duty and serve her people over the perquisites of her position."[11]
Moose Jaw's climate is transitional betweensemiarid andhumid continental (KöppenBSk andDfb, respectively). Moose Jaw's winters are long, cold and dry, while its summers are short but very warm and relatively wet. The coldest month is January, with a mean temperature of −12 °C (10 °F), while the warmest is July, with a mean temperature of 19.3 °C (66.7 °F). The driest month is February, in which an average of 11.1 mm (0.44 in) ofprecipitation falls, while the wettest month is July, which brings an average of 63.0 mm (2.48 in). Annual average precipitation is 365.3 mm (14.38 in).
The highest temperature recorded in Moose Jaw was 43.3 °C (109.9 °F) on 5 July 1937.[12] The coldest temperature ever recorded was −47.8 °C (−54.0 °F) on 4 February 1907.[13]
| Climate data forCFB Moose Jaw, 1981−2010 normals, extremes 1894–present[a] | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record highhumidex | 12.4 | 16.2 | 22.8 | 31.9 | 37.5 | 42.8 | 45.4 | 41.4 | 39.3 | 31.4 | 22.2 | 11.2 | 45.4 |
| Record high °C (°F) | 13.9 (57.0) | 17.8 (64.0) | 25.6 (78.1) | 33.3 (91.9) | 38.6 (101.5) | 41.2 (106.2) | 43.3 (109.9) | 42.3 (108.1) | 38.9 (102.0) | 32.8 (91.0) | 23.1 (73.6) | 19.4 (66.9) | 43.3 (109.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −6.9 (19.6) | −4.0 (24.8) | 2.7 (36.9) | 12.1 (53.8) | 19.0 (66.2) | 23.9 (75.0) | 26.2 (79.2) | 26.1 (79.0) | 19.2 (66.6) | 12.0 (53.6) | 0.7 (33.3) | −6.3 (20.7) | 10.4 (50.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −12.3 (9.9) | −9.1 (15.6) | −2.6 (27.3) | 5.2 (41.4) | 12.1 (53.8) | 17.2 (63.0) | 19.3 (66.7) | 18.9 (66.0) | 12.4 (54.3) | 5.6 (42.1) | −4.3 (24.3) | −11.5 (11.3) | 4.2 (39.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −17.7 (0.1) | −14.2 (6.4) | −7.9 (17.8) | −1.7 (28.9) | 5.1 (41.2) | 10.4 (50.7) | 12.3 (54.1) | 11.6 (52.9) | 5.6 (42.1) | −0.8 (30.6) | −9.4 (15.1) | −16.6 (2.1) | −1.9 (28.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −47.2 (−53.0) | −47.8 (−54.0) | −44.4 (−47.9) | −28.9 (−20.0) | −12.8 (9.0) | −2.8 (27.0) | 0.0 (32.0) | −1.7 (28.9) | −12.8 (9.0) | −25.0 (−13.0) | −41.1 (−42.0) | −42.0 (−43.6) | −47.8 (−54.0) |
| Record lowwind chill | −57.0 | −58.0 | −49.0 | −36.0 | −15.0 | −7.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | −18.0 | −32.0 | −46.0 | −57.0 | −58.0 |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 16.8 (0.66) | 11.1 (0.44) | 19.7 (0.78) | 17.6 (0.69) | 48.0 (1.89) | 58.8 (2.31) | 63.0 (2.48) | 39.1 (1.54) | 37.7 (1.48) | 19.6 (0.77) | 17.3 (0.68) | 16.5 (0.65) | 365.3 (14.38) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 0.4 (0.02) | 0.5 (0.02) | 3.0 (0.12) | 13.0 (0.51) | 44.7 (1.76) | 58.7 (2.31) | 63.0 (2.48) | 39.1 (1.54) | 36.0 (1.42) | 13.2 (0.52) | 2.3 (0.09) | 0.2 (0.01) | 274.1 (10.79) |
| Average snowfall cm (inches) | 21.2 (8.3) | 12.7 (5.0) | 20.0 (7.9) | 5.0 (2.0) | 2.9 (1.1) | 0.1 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 1.5 (0.6) | 6.9 (2.7) | 17.7 (7.0) | 21.1 (8.3) | 109.2 (43.0) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.2 mm) | 9.9 | 7.8 | 8.4 | 7.8 | 10.5 | 12.4 | 10.4 | 9.2 | 7.9 | 6.8 | 8.5 | 10.4 | 110.2 |
| Average rainy days(≥ 0.2 mm) | 0.75 | 0.76 | 2.3 | 5.6 | 10.2 | 12.4 | 10.4 | 9.2 | 7.7 | 4.8 | 1.9 | 0.69 | 66.7 |
| Average snowy days(≥ 0.2 cm) | 9.8 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 2.9 | 0.88 | 0.06 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.71 | 2.5 | 7.4 | 10.9 | 50.1 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 106.1 | 141.4 | 164.4 | 229.5 | 262.6 | 289.1 | 331.8 | 301.2 | 194.0 | 168.8 | 102.0 | 86.2 | 2,377 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 40.0 | 49.9 | 44.7 | 55.6 | 54.9 | 59.0 | 67.2 | 67.0 | 51.1 | 50.6 | 37.5 | 34.2 | 51.0 |
| Source:Environment Canada[14][15][16][17] | |||||||||||||
Moose Jaw City Council consists of an elected mayor and six city councillors.[18] From 1881 to 1903 the community was represented by a Town Council and after that by City Council.
Moose Jaw City Hall, on the 2nd floor at the old Moose Jaw Post Office (c. 1911), has been the council's home since the late 1960s
Provincially, the city is represented by two MLAs and federally by one MP.
These neighbourhoods are divided into four community associations: South Hill, East Side, North West and Sunningdale/VLA/West Park.[19]
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1901 | 1,558 | — |
| 1906 | 6,249 | +301.1% |
| 1911 | 13,823 | +121.2% |
| 1916 | 16,934 | +22.5% |
| 1921 | 19,285 | +13.9% |
| 1926 | 19,039 | −1.3% |
| 1931 | 21,299 | +11.9% |
| 1936 | 19,805 | −7.0% |
| 1941 | 20,496 | +3.5% |
| 1946 | 23,069 | +12.6% |
| 1951 | 24,355 | +5.6% |
| 1956 | 29,603 | +21.5% |
| 1961 | 33,206 | +12.2% |
| 1966 | 33,417 | +0.6% |
| 1971 | 31,854 | −4.7% |
| 1976 | 32,581 | +2.3% |
| 1981 | 33,941 | +4.2% |
| 1986 | 35,073 | +3.3% |
| 1991 | 33,593 | −4.2% |
| 1996 | 32,973 | −1.8% |
| 2001 | 32,131 | −2.6% |
| 2006 | 32,132 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 33,274 | +3.6% |
| 2016 | 33,910 | +1.9% |
| 2021 | 33,665 | −0.7% |
| 2024 (estimate)[26] | 33,519 | −0.4% |
| Statistics Canada[20][21][22][23][24][25] | ||
In the2021 Census of Population conducted byStatistics Canada, Moose Jaw had a population of33,665 living in14,719 of its16,143 total private dwellings, a change of-0.7% from its 2016 population of33,910. With a land area of 65.81 km2 (25.41 sq mi), it had a population density of511.5/km2 (1,324.9/sq mi) in 2021.[27]
| 2021 | 2011 | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 33,665 (-0.7% from 2016) | 33,274 (3.6% from 2006) |
| Land area | 65.81 km2 (25.41 sq mi) | 50.68 km2 (19.57 sq mi) |
| Population density | 511.5/km2 (1,325/sq mi) | 656.5/km2 (1,700/sq mi) |
| Median age | 41.6 (M: 40.0, F: 43.6) | |
| Private dwellings | 16,143 (total) 14,719 (occupied) | 15,370 (total) |
| Median household income | $74,000 |
| Panethnic group | 2021[30] | 2016[31] | 2011[32] | 2006[33] | 2001[34] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |
| European[b] | 27,110 | 82.28% | 28,400 | 86.43% | 29,405 | 90.91% | 28,590 | 92.21% | 29,130 | 93.59% |
| Indigenous | 2,355 | 7.15% | 2,100 | 6.39% | 1,390 | 4.3% | 1,530 | 4.93% | 1,355 | 4.35% |
| Southeast Asian[c] | 1,210 | 3.67% | 775 | 2.36% | 430 | 1.33% | 100 | 0.32% | 110 | 0.35% |
| East Asian[d] | 670 | 2.03% | 540 | 1.64% | 415 | 1.28% | 350 | 1.13% | 250 | 0.8% |
| African | 660 | 2% | 450 | 1.37% | 355 | 1.1% | 135 | 0.44% | 140 | 0.45% |
| South Asian | 640 | 1.94% | 340 | 1.03% | 170 | 0.53% | 105 | 0.34% | 85 | 0.27% |
| Latin American | 130 | 0.39% | 70 | 0.21% | 110 | 0.34% | 50 | 0.16% | 20 | 0.06% |
| Middle Eastern[e] | 80 | 0.24% | 65 | 0.2% | 15 | 0.05% | 100 | 0.32% | 30 | 0.1% |
| Other/multiracial[f] | 95 | 0.29% | 130 | 0.4% | 50 | 0.15% | 40 | 0.13% | 20 | 0.06% |
| Total responses | 32,950 | 97.88% | 32,860 | 96.9% | 32,345 | 97.21% | 31,005 | 96.49% | 31,125 | 96.87% |
| Total population | 33,665 | 100% | 33,910 | 100% | 33,274 | 100% | 32,132 | 100% | 32,131 | 100% |
| Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses | ||||||||||
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Moose Jaw is a city of 33,000 at the intersection of theTrans Canada Highway andHighway 2.[35] A Snowbird aerobatic jet and Mac the Moose are large roadside attractions on the No. 1 highway at the tourist info center.[36] Moose Jaw Trolley Company (1912) offers trolley tours of Moose Jaw. Temple Garden's Mineral Spa,[37] Tunnels of Moose Jaw,[38] andHistory of Transportation Western Development Museum.[39] are major sites of interest.[40] The juncture of Moose Jaw and Thunder Creek produced the best source of water for steam engines, and Moose Jaw became theCPR divisional point.[41] Large-capacity concrete grain terminals are replacing the smaller grain elevators that were numerous along the highway, sentinels of most communities along the route. Improved harvest, transport and road construction technology have made the large inland terminals more economically viable.[42] The rural governing body around Moose Jaw isMoose Jaw No. 161, which serves 1,228 residents (2006 census) and includes the Moose Jaw Canadian Forces Base. Meat-processing plants, salt, potash, urea fertilizer, anhydrous ammonia and ethanol producers abound in this area with easy transport access to the Trans–Canada Highway.[35][43]
In 1917, a group of local residents banded together to purchase enough automobile parts to build 25 cars. These were to be manufactured under the nameMoose Jaw Standard. Each group member received a car, but no further buyers were found, and production did not continue.[44]
TheMoose Jaw Art Guild is a community arts association of local artists dedicated to exhibiting, educating and fostering appreciation for visual arts.[45]
The city was profiled inMoose Jaw: There's a Future in Our Past, a 1992 documentary essay film by former city residentRick Hancox.[46]
Moose Jaw is home to one of fourSaskatchewan Western Development Museums. The Moose Jaw WDM museum specializes in the history of transportation and has aSnowbirds gallery.[47]
TheSukanen Ship Pioneer Village and Museum is south of Moose Jaw onSk Hwy 2. The car club at Moose Jaw agreed to the restoration of Tom Sukanen's ship at their museum site. Sukanen was a Finnish homesteader who settled nearBirsay and hoped to travel home again on a ship he assembled near theSouth Saskatchewan River. The Sukanen Ship Pioneer Village and Museum features a typical village replete with pioneer artifacts and tractors, cars and trucks restored by the Moose Jaw car club, and is run by volunteers.[48]
The Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery is located in Crescent Park at the centre of the downtown area, in the same facility as the Moose Jaw Public Library.[49] The art gallery hosts community exhibits, travelling exhibits, and rotating exhibits from the gallery's permanent collection. The museum also has a heritage gallery, which curates and hosts exhibits on local history, including an upcoming "Pandemic Time Capsule" exhibit scheduled for Spring 2021.[50][51] The Museum & Art Gallery also hosts classes and events.[52]
In 1978,Anita Bryant visited Moose Jaw as part of the anti-gaySave Our Children campaign. In response, approximately 85 members of the gay and lesbian community marched down Main St. to Crescent Park, where an estimated 150 people gathered to speak out against Bryant.[53]
In 2008, the Gay and Lesbian Association of Moose Jaw (GLAMJ) requested and was granted the first official proclamation of Pride Week in Moose Jaw and raised the Rainbow Flag over Moose Jaw's City Hall for the first time.[54] The city's firstpride parade since 1978 was held in 2015,[55] and similar parades have been held annually in late May or early June, usually from Main Street to Crescent Park.
Moose Jaw Pride is anLGBT community organization incorporated as a non-profit in 2014. Moose Jaw Pride was a founding member of the Saskatchewan Pride Network, started in 2016,[55] which serves to connect and support2SLGBTQ people in small communities across Saskatchewan,[56] many of which do not have an established local pride organization.
Since 2019, Moose Jaw Pride has been working with local partners to promote Moose Jaw as a safe and attractive tourism destination for 2SLGBTQ people.[57] 2SLGBTQ tourist attractions include a rainbow-coloured bench[58] on Main Street, in front of the Rainbow Retro Thrift Shop, and a mural on the back of the Rainbow Retro building that depicts events and symbols from local 2SLGBTQ history, including representations of the Anita Bryant march, the Indigenoustwo-spirit presence in Saskatchewan, the potluck and coffee social events that were central to 2SLGBTQ community development, and several landmark pride flag raisings.[59][60]
Tourist attractions include the Tunnels of Moose Jaw, The Moose Jaw Trolley, theTemple Gardens Mineral Spa Resort, TheWestern Development Museum,Casino Moose Jaw, Moose Jaw Museum and Art Gallery, Yvette Moore Art Gallery, the Murals of Moose Jaw, and the historic downtown. Every July, the four-daySaskatchewan Festival of Words showcases top Canadian writers from a wide variety of genres. The free three-day Sidewalk Days Festival draws tens of thousands to Main Street the weekend after Canada Day. TheSnowbirds flight demonstration team is based atCFB Moose Jaw, south of Moose Jaw inBushell Park, where the now defunctairshow was performed every summer. It will be brought back in 2019.
Moose Jaw has many parks. Crescent Park is located in downtown. It features a creek, picnic tables, a library, an art museum, a playground, an outdoor swimming pool,water park, a tennis court,lawn bowling field and anamphitheatre. Casino Moose Jaw and Temple Gardens Mineral Spa are across Fairford St. E. and 1st Ave. NE. from Crescent Park. "Wakamow Valley" follows theMoose Jaw River and features both natural and maintained areas. There are many trails throughout the park for hiking and cycling, including picnic tables, barbecues, and four playgrounds. There is also anRV park, Lorne Calvert Campground, formerly known as River Park Campground, which was founded in 1927 and is the longest-running campground in North America. Canoe and kayak rentals are available across the road from the campground. The Moose Jaw Canoe and Kayak Club has been around since the late '90s and is inside the campground.
Old Wives Lake, asaline lake is 30 km southwest of the city onHighway 363.Buffalo Pound Lake aeutrophicprairie lake is 28 km north onHighway 2.Buffalo Pound Provincial Park is on the south shore and can be accessed byHighway 202 andHighway 301.
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The tunnels present two tour attractions:Passage to Fortune andThe Chicago Connection. WhilePassage to Fortune is construed by many visitors to be historically accurate,[61] there is no evidence to suggest that Chinese Canadians lived in the tunnels of the tours outside of minimal anecdotal testimonies.[62][63][64] Historically accurate information such as theChinese Exclusion Act,Chinese Head Tax and the case ofQuong Wing v R which occurred at the site of 1 Main street across the location of the tunnels are mentioned throughout the tour. However,Passage to Fortune also circulates misinformation about Chinese Canadians in Moose Jaw. Moose Jaw Tour attendees are called "Coolies" at an early stage of the tour.[65] Tour attendees are then guided through the tunnels from the position of Chinese workers indentured to the fictional laundry owner Mr. Burrows who were forced to live underground. In actuality, early Chinese Canadians were often proprietors of their own laundries, a labour-intensive industry many found themselves in due to prejudice barring them from entering other industries.[66] In 1890, the first Chinese business opened in Moose Jaw, was a Chinese laundry.[67] in 1908, nine laundries can be found in the City directory, with eight businesses notably Chinese-run.[68]
The tunnels became a hub of renewed activity in the 1920s forrum-running duringProhibition in the United States. They were reported to have warehoused illegal alcohol that was shipped to the U.S. via theSoo Line Railroad. The tunnels were also used for gambling and prostitution, all without interference from the corrupt police.[69] There has long been anecdotal evidence that American mobsterAl Capone visited Moose Jaw or had interests in the bootlegging operations. No written or photographic proof exists of Capone's presence, but several firsthand accounts from Moose Javians who claim to have met him have been documented.[70] Capone's grandniece also confirmed he had been in Moose Jaw before his 1931 conviction for tax evasion.[71] In the 21st century, the city capitalized on this notoriety to restore the tunnel network into the Tunnels of Moose Jaw, a tourist attraction that opened in June 2000.[72] TheRoyal Canadian Mounted Police, however, states that there is no "evidence that he ever set foot on Canadian soil."[73]
As in most Canadian cities,hockey has played a large part in Moose Jaw's sporting culture. Baseball has also been essential to Moose Jaw since its early days; the city won the territorial championship in 1895. Most recently, the 2004 Junior All-Star team (age 13/14) won the Canadian Championship and became the first team from Saskatchewan to win a game at theLittle League World Series.
Notable Moose Jaw teams include:
Defunct sports teams
Sports events held by Moose Jaw include:
Moose Jaw is also home to two curling clubs, the Moose Jaw Curling Centre and theTemple Gardens Centre.[74][75]
Local institutions include five high schools and 15 elementary schools. The schools are in the Prairie South School Division and the Holy Trinity Catholic Schools.
École Ducharme offers preschool to grade 12 and is Moose Jaw's only Francophone school.École fransaskoise de Moose Jaw offersFrench Immersion from preschool to grade 9.
Moose Jaw is also home to a campus ofSaskatchewan Polytechnic.
Moose Jaw Union Hospital, part of the Five Hills Health Region, was the primary health care provider for the city since 1948,[76] but closed in 2015 and was replaced by Dr. F.H. Wigmore Regional Hospital in the city's northeast end. The new location was partly picked for its proximity to the Trans-Canada Highway. The Wigmore Hospital uses LEAN methodology to save time and money in healthcare.
TheMoose Jaw Fire Department (est. 1906) is a 57-member fire and rescue service that provides fire suppression to the city andCFB Moose Jaw. It has two stations, North Hill Fire Station (Headquarters) and South Hill Fire Station. It is also contracted out toCFB Moose Jaw to provide structural fire suppression services.
Ambulatory (EMS) services are provided byFive Hills Health Region, which operates an EMS station in Moose Jaw;[77] non-emergency services are provided bySt. John Ambulance.
The Moose Jaw Police Service, with 54 sworn members, provides policing for the city and holds both municipal and provincial jurisdiction in partnership with theRoyal Canadian Mounted Police.
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| Founded | 1957[78] |
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| Headquarters | 1010 High Street West |
| Locale | Moose Jaw,Saskatchewan |
| Service area | urban area |
| Service type | bus service |
| Fleet | 7 |
| Website | Transit Division |
Moose Jaw Transit provides local bus service to urban areas of the city. This small system operates four routes from a downtown hub on weekdays between 7:15 am and 6:15 pm.[2]
The bus fleet was replaced in 2008 by new low-floor accessible vehicles under the federal government's one-time public transit capital funding program.[79]
Moose Jaw Municipal Airport is 7 nautical miles (13 kilometres; 8.1 miles) east-northeast of Moose Jaw.CFB Moose Jaw's airfield is also used by civilian aircraft, with civilian operations at the base referring to the facility as Moose Jaw/Air Vice Marshal C.M. McEwen Airport.
Moose Jaw has four photo radar cameras, including two which operate on the TransCanada Highway passing through the city.[80]
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