Land for sale in the Kindersley–Unity area, Saskatchewan

About the Kindersley–Unity area

The area

This page covers Statistics Canada's census division No. 13, west-central Saskatchewan along the Alberta border, from the Kindersley district in the south to Cut Knife and Neilburg in the north. It spans about 17,200 km² and had about 22,000 people in 2021. The Town of Kindersley, with about 4,600, is its largest place. Twenty rural municipalities share the land; the most populous is Kindersley No. 290 (about 1,000 people) around the town. The next-largest places are Unity (about 2,500), Macklin and Wilkie (about 1,200 each) and Kerrobert (about 970). The Poundmaker and Little Pine Cree reserves lie in the north, near Cut Knife. Most of the land is open grain farmland.

History

Chief Poundmaker signed an adhesion to Treaty 6 at Fort Carlton in 1876 and chose his reserve in 1881; Little Pine's Cree band adhered in 1879. In May 1885 Lieutenant-Colonel Otter's troops attacked Poundmaker's camp at Cut Knife Creek and were forced to withdraw. Homesteaders arrived from 1904; the Grand Trunk Pacific reached Unity in 1908 and the Canadian Northern founded Kindersley in 1909. Oil and gas finds near Kindersley in the early 1950s, and a salt mine at Unity from the late 1940s, added to the grain economy.

Services and access

The Kindersley & District Health Centre has a 24-hour emergency department run by registered nurses with a physician on call, plus acute care beds. The Unity and District Health Centre also offers 24-hour emergency care, with lab and x-ray. Highways 7 and 21 meet at Kindersley, on the main route between Saskatoon and Calgary, and Highways 14 and 21 meet at Unity. The nearest scheduled flights (Air Canada and WestJet) leave from Saskatoon. Farming and oil and gas carry the economy; the salt plant at Unity is that town's largest employer.

Land and climate

Household use of adjoining surface water, or of up to 5,000 m³ a year of groundwater or dugout water, needs no water rights licence from the Water Security Agency; dams, ditches and larger use do.

Before you buy

Each rural municipality sets zoning through its bylaw and official community plan. In the RM of Kindersley, every residence, farm homes included, needs a development permit before a building permit, and a house on its own lot in the agricultural district is a discretionary use that council decides after notifying owners within 1.6 km. That bylaw also limits building on hazard land prone to flooding, slumping or erosion. The provincial Ministry of Government Relations approves subdivisions in the rural municipalities.

Sources

• Statistics Canada, 2021 Census population and dwelling counts (tables 98-10-0002, 98-10-0007)
• Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan, Kindersley
• Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan, Unity
• Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan, Poundmaker Cree First Nation
• Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan, Poundmaker (c. 1842-86)
• Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan, Little Pine First Nation
• Town of Kindersley, health and family services
• Town of Unity, health and wellness
• Saskatoon Airport (YXE)
• Water Security Agency, domestic purpose water use
• RM of Kindersley No. 290, zoning bylaw
• Government of Saskatchewan, municipalities and the subdivision process

Written by AcreScout from the sources listed; facts checked October 1, 2026. Rules change: confirm anything that matters with the municipality.