Situated in the middle of Canada’s prairie region, Saskatoon is the largest city in the province of Saskatchewan. Saskatoon provides age-friendly options including safe neighbourhoods, housing, educational opportunities, accessible transit, buildings and services, and health and community services. The City’s population is 266,141 and it serves a rural population of approximately 40,000, including the R.M. of Corman Park.
In 2019, in an event at the Legislative Building in Regina, Saskatoon was recognized by the Saskatchewan Government as an Age-Friendly Community.
The community had completed four Age-Friendly milestones: establishing an Age-Friendly Committee, achieving local government support, assessing the community, and implementing an action plan to achieve this honour.
The photo below was taken at that time.
Candace Skrapek
Cathy Arnold
Cynthia Johnston
Elliot Paus Jenssen
Jane McPhee
JeanAnne Klein
June Gawdun
KC Hall
Shan Landry
Kalli Youngstrom
Virginia Dakiniewich
Sharon Siuksteris
The Age-Friendly Saskatoon Initiative Phase 2 was made possible through funding from the City of Saskatoon, United Way of Saskatoon and Area, the Saskatoon Health Region and the Saskatoon Council on Aging.
2009
Resolution/Motion of Municipal Government Support not available.
November 28, 2016 Letter of Support from Mayor Charlie Clark: click here for PDF
The initial Action Plan, including recommendations, implementation activities, outcomes and impact can be found on pages 24 to 38 of the Implementation and Evaluation Report linked here.
Outdoor Spaces and Buildings: Development of an age-friendly lens that is used to encourage organizations to become age-friendly. View the Age-Friendly Lens document at this link.
Transportation: VIDEO with City Transit (learn how to serve older adults and show older adults how to use City Transit). View the video on the City of Saskatoon Facebook page, linked here.
Housing: Building Respectful Inclusive Communities (training for older adults in congregate living how to combat bullying). Access the Training ToolKit here.
Social Participation: SCOA programs such as Globe Walk, Seniors Tech Buddy, Seniors Neighborhood Hub Clubs and Century Club.
Respect and Social Inclusion: Development of an Age-friendly lens that is used to encourage organizations to become age-friendly. See the Age-Friendly Lens document here.
Civic Participation and Employment: Development of a Community Police and Fire Academy for older adults. See the article linked here.
Communication and Information: The “Remembering When” project with Saskatoon Fire (volunteers will visit you in your home to educate about fire safety). View information about this project here.
Community Support and Health Services: Development of a Community Police and Fire Academy for older adults.
Outdoor Spaces and Buildings:
Transportation:
Housing:
Social Participation:
Respect and Social Inclusion:
Civic Participation and Employment:
Communication and Information:
Community Support and Health Services:
Updated October 2023:
Using a grant from the New Horizons for Seniors program, they have developed a series of 10 two-hour modules/workshops to be held over the course of the next several months. This project fits in many domains. They are listed on the Domains pages thus. Topics are
Outdoor Spaces and Buildings:
Transportation:
Housing:
Social Participation:
Respect and Social Inclusion:
Civic Participation and Employment:
Communication and Information:
Community Support and Health Services:
Click the titles below to access the resource.
Beyond the Pandemic White Paper
AF Saskatoon Contacts:
Candace Skrapek
Cynthia Johnston
AF Saskatoon Committee Email:
admin@scoa.ca
On the Web:
AF Saskatoon on the SCOA website
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