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Saskatchewan

Department of Telephones

  • Collectivité
  • 1908-1947

The Saskatchewan Department of Telephones was established by the provincial government in 1908. In 1947, it was reorganized as Saskatchewan Government Telephones (SGT), a Crown Corporation.

United Church of Canada, Living Skies Regional Council

  • SCAA-UCCS-0040
  • Collectivité
  • 2019–

Initially called Region 4, Living Skies Regional Council was formed in January 2019 from a combination of Saskatchewan Conference and its seven existing presbyteries. As of 2020, the region includes about 170 Pastoral Charges and 230 congregational communities of faith, as well as 5 outreach ministries and 5 camps.

United Church of Canada, Saskatchewan Conference

  • SCAA-UCCS-0001
  • Collectivité
  • 1925–2018

The United Church of Canada was formed in 1925, from a union of the Congregational Union of Canada, the Methodist Church and 70% of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, along with a number of churches organized under the General Council of Local Union Churches (mostly in Western Canada). Saskatchewan Conference was one of eleven regional Conferences established by the United Church of Canada General Council, at their inaugural meeting, in June 1925. Initially, the Conference contained 16 presbyteries but this number varied, in the years that followed.

In January 2019, as part of a larger restructuring of the United Church of Canada, Saskatchewan Conference and its seven existing presbyteries were combined into a single entity, initially identified as Region 4 and later renamed Living Skies Regional Council.

United Church of Canada Yorkton Presbytery

  • SCAA-UCCS-0006
  • Collectivité
  • 1925–1953, 1956–2000

Yorkton Presbytery was one of the original 16 presbyteries established by the first General Council of the United Church of Canada (June 1925), to be part of the new Saskatchewan Conference. Initial boundaries were based on the previous Yorkton Presbytery, which had been part of the Presbyterian Synod of Saskatchewan. Prior to Union, in 1925, there had also been a Yorkton District, in the Saskatchewan Conference of the Methodist Church.

In 1953, pastoral charges from part of Abernethy Presbytery (east of Highway 35) were added and the combined presbytery was re-named Abernethy-Yorkton. In 1956, after a merger of Abernethy-Yorkton and Kamsack Presbyteries, the new combined body returned to the name Yorkton Presbytery. The name was changed to Parkland Presbytery in 1992.

In 2000, Saskatchewan Conference went from 10 presbyteries to 7, with each adopting a new name. Most pastoral charges from Parkland Presbytery became part of the new Good Spirit Presbytery.

United Church of Canada Weyburn Presbytery

  • SCAA-UCCS-0014
  • Collectivité
  • 1925–1959

Weyburn Presbytery was one of the original 16 presbyteries established by the first General Council of the United Church of Canada (June 1925), to be part of the new Saskatchewan Conference. Initial boundaries for both Weyburn Presbytery and Alameda Presbytery were to follow the recommendation of a joint meeting of the Alameda and Weyburn Presbyteries, from the Presbyterian Synod of Saskatchewan, and the Weyburn District of the Methodist Saskatchewan Conference.

In 1959, Weyburn combined with the part of Assiniboia Presbytery east of Highway 19, to become a new Assiniboia Presbytery.

United Church of Canada Wascana Presbytery

  • SCAA-UCCS-0037
  • Collectivité
  • 2000–2018

Wascana Presbytery was one of the 7 presbyteries of Saskatchewan Conference created in 2000. It was initially comprised of pastoral charges from the former Regina Presbytery. In January 2019, as part of a larger restructuring of the United Church of Canada, Wascana Presbytery was combined with Saskatchewan Conference and the other remaining presbyteries to become Region 4.

United Church of Canada Tamarack Presbytery

  • SCAA-UCCS-0035
  • Collectivité
  • 2000–2018

Tamarack Presbytery was one of the 7 presbyteries of Saskatchewan Conference created in 2000. It was initially comprised of pastoral charges from the former Prince Albert Presbytery. In January 2019, as part of a larger restructuring of the United Church of Canada, Tamarack Presbytery was combined with Saskatchewan Conference and the other remaining presbyteries to become Region 4.

United Church of Canada Swift Current Presbytery

  • SCAA-UCCS-0029
  • Collectivité
  • 1925–1959

Swift Current Presbytery was one of the original 16 presbyteries established by the first General Council of the United Church of Canada (June 1925), to be part of the new Saskatchewan Conference. Initial boundaries were based on the previous Swift Current Presbytery, which had been part of the Presbyterian Synod of Saskatchewan. Prior to Union, in 1925, there had also been a Swift Current District, in the Saskatchewan Conference of the Methodist Church.

In 1959, the presbytery was amalgamated with part of Assiniboia Presbytery (west of Highway 19) and became Cypress Hills Presbytery.

United Church of Canada Souris Valley Presbytery

  • SCAA-UCCS-0028
  • Collectivité
  • ca.1973–2000

Souris Valley Presbytery was created from the amalgamation of Arcola-Estevan Presbytery with part of Assiniboia Presbytery (the other part joined Moose Jaw Presbytery), ca.1973.

In 2000, Saskatchewan Conference went from 10 presbyteries to 7, with each adopting a new name. Most pastoral charges from Souris Valley Presbytery became part of the new Twin Valleys Presbytery.

United Church of Canada Shaunavon Presbytery

  • SCAA-UCCS-0027
  • Collectivité
  • 1926–1951

Shaunavon Presbytery was created from the split of Assiniboia Presbytery, in 1926. In 1951, the two were reunited under the original name Assiniboia Presbytery.

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