Wakaw Lake, Saskatchewan
Wakaw Lake is a small resort village in Saskatchewan, Canada, located on the shores of Wakaw Lake in the Rural Municipality of Hoodoo No. 401. It sits along Highway 41, about 86 kilometres northeast of Saskatoon and 63 kilometres south of Prince Albert. The village was incorporated on October 21, 1959, and takes its name from the nearby lake, whose Cree name means “crooked.”
As of 2021, Wakaw Lake had a population of 66 people living in 39 of its 140 private dwellings, with a land area of 0.61 square kilometres and a population density of about 108 people per square kilometre. In 2016, the population was 72, living in 32 of 108 private dwellings, on a land area of 0.62 square kilometres with a density of about 116 per square kilometre.
The village is governed by a Resort Village Council, with Mayor Maurice Rivard and Administrator Pamela Hilkewich. The postal code is S0K 4P0, and the area codes are 306 and 639.
This page was last edited on 2 February 2026, at 08:27 (CET).