Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada

Neighbourhoods | Economy | Transportation

🇨🇦 Moose Jaw is the fourth largest city in Saskatchewan, Canada. Lying on the Moose Jaw River in the south-central part of the province, it is situated on the Trans-Canada Highway, 77 km (48 mi) west of Regina. Residents of Moose Jaw are known as Moose Javians. The city is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Moose Jaw No. 161.

Moose Jaw is an industrial centre and important railway junction for the area's agricultural produce. CFB Moose Jaw is a NATO flight training school, and is home to the Snowbirds, Canada's military aerobatic air show flight demonstration team. Moose Jaw also has a casino and geothermal spa.

Neighbourhoods" • Caribou Heights • Churchill Park • City View • Crescent View • Earnscliffe • Fairview • Grand View • Hill Crest • Iron Bridge • Kingsway Park • Lynbrook Heights • Mooscana • Morningside • New Currie • Palliser Heights • Parkdale Boulevard • Pleasant View • Prairie Heights • Old 96 • Regal Heights • River Park • River View • Ross Park • Rothesay Park • Slater • Sunningdale • Sunnyside • Tapley • University • University Heights • Victoria Heights • Wellesley Park • WestHeath • Westmore • Westmount • West Park. These neighbourhoods are divided into four community associations: South Hill, East Side, North West and Sunningdale/VLA/West Park.

Economy Moose Jaw lies at the intersection of the Trans Canada Highway and Highway 2. A Snowbird aerobatic jet and Mac the Moose are large roadside attractions on the No. 1 highway at the tourist info centre. Moose Jaw Trolley Company (1912) offers trolley tours of Moose Jaw. Temple Garden's Mineral Spa, Tunnels of Moose Jaw, and History of Transportation Western Development Museum. are major sites of interest. The juncture of Moose Jaw and Thunder Creek produced the best source of water for steam engines, and Moose Jaw became the CPR divisional point. 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 technology for harvest, transport and road construction have made the large inland terminals more viable economically. The rural governing body around Moose Jaw is Moose Jaw No. 161, and includes the Moose Jaw Canadian Forces Base. Meat-processing plants, salt, potash, urea fertiliser, anhydrous ammonia and ethanol producers abound in this area with easy transport access to the Trans–Canada Highway.

The Town 'N' Country Mall is Moose Jaw's only indoor shopping centre.

Many retailers and grocery stores operate in Moose Jaw. These include Federated Co-operatives, Safeway, Giant Tiger, Canadian Tire, Real Canadian Superstore, Walmart Canada, Staples, The Brick, Rona, McKarr's Furniture, Peavey Mart, Shoppers Drug Mart, PartSource, Mark's Work Warehouse, Your Dollar Store With More, Dollar Tree, Home Hardware, Castle Building Centres Group and Westrum Lumber. Home Hardware runs the Castle Building Centre on High Street.

Transportation 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 9:45 pm and on Saturdays from 7:15 am to 6:15 pm, with no Sunday or holiday service.

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.

Moose Jaw Municipal Airport is 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi) 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.

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Moose Jaw has a population of over 33,890 people. Moose Jaw also forms part of the wider Saskatchewan Province which has a population of over 1,183,269 people. Moose Jaw is situated 77 km west of Regina.

Twin Towns - Sister Cities Moose Jaw has links with:

🇨🇦 Châteauguay, Canada 🇺🇸 Minot, USA
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