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Moose Jaw: city hall
Moose Jaw: city hall City hall in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada.

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New SaskPower station boots up outside Moose Jaw • Dec. 18, 2024, 4:40 AM ET (CBC)
1 person taken to hospital after fire at downtown Moose Jaw motel • Dec. 14, 2024, 11:27 PM ET (CBC)

Moose Jaw, city, south-central Saskatchewan, Canada. It lies along the Moose Jaw River (a tributary of the Qu’Appelle River) and the Trans-Canada Highway, 44 miles (71 km) west of Regina. Its name is possibly derived from an Indian source suggesting that the contours of the river resemble the jawbone of a moose. Founded in 1882 with the arrival of the main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway, the settlement grew as a rail terminus and distribution centre for a large wheat-growing area.

The city is now one of the most industrialized in Saskatchewan, with major oil refineries, fertilizer and salt-production plants, flour-milling operations, large grain-storage facilities, extensive stockyards, and a slaughterhouse. Other economic activities include meatpacking, dairying, and the manufacture of transportation equipment, glass and plastic products, chemicals, and garments. Tourism has grown in importance.

Moose Jaw is the site of an air force training base, a provincial technical institute, and the Western Development Museum, dedicated to transportation. The city’s annual (May) International Band and Choral Festival, established in 1949, draws dozens of participating groups and hundreds of performers. Buffalo Pound Provincial Park is a few miles northeast. Inc. town, 1884; city, 1903. Pop. (2006) 32,132; (2011) 33,274.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Kenneth Pletcher.