Land for sale in the Lloydminster–Meadow Lake area, Saskatchewan

About the Lloydminster–Meadow Lake area

The area

This is Statistics Canada's census division No. 17, on Saskatchewan's Alberta border north of the Battlefords: about 22,200 km² with about 47,800 people in 2021. It has twelve rural municipalities, from Meota, Turtle River, Paynton, Eldon, Wilton and Britannia in the south, through Frenchman Butte, Mervin and Parkdale, to Loon Lake, Meadow Lake and Beaver River in the north. The RM of Meadow Lake No. 588 is the largest, at about 6,200 km² and 2,600 people. The Saskatchewan side of Lloydminster (about 11,800) is the biggest centre, then the City of Meadow Lake (about 5,300) and the towns of Maidstone, Lashburn, St. Walburg, Marshall and Turtleford. About 20 First Nations reserve parcels lie in the division. The south is grain and oil country; around Meadow Lake, rolling meadow rises into mixed-wood forest, and Meadow Lake Provincial Park covers over 1,600 km² of boreal forest with more than 20 lakes, rivers and streams.

History

Cree of the Meadow Lake band, now Flying Dust First Nation, signed on to Treaty 6 in 1889. Peter Fidler of the Hudson's Bay Company built a post on the lake in 1799, and Métis families settled there later in the century. A large fire in 1919 cleared forest for homesteads. In 1903 about 2,600 settlers from England, the Barr Colonists, founded Lloydminster; the 1905 border split it, and it merged in 1930. Oil drove Lloydminster's growth, while a pulp mill opened at Meadow Lake in 1992.

Services and access

Meadow Lake Hospital (the Northwest Health Facility) and Lloydminster Hospital both have 24-hour emergency departments. Meadow Lake is 160 km north of North Battleford on Highways 4 and 55. Lloydminster is 251 km from Edmonton and 275 km from Saskatoon, where the airport has scheduled Air Canada and WestJet flights. Oil, farming and forestry are the main industries.

Land and climate

At Meadow Lake, July averages about 17°C and January about −22°C, with cold snaps to −40°C and roughly 100 frost-free days. The RM of Meadow Lake does not supply water, sewer, septic or power, so owners arrange those services and their permits.

Before you buy

Each RM sets zoning in its zoning bylaw and official community plan and issues permits. In the RM of Meadow Lake, a development permit comes first and states whether a building permit is also needed; an occupancy permit follows the final inspection. Docks need no development permit, but fences do in lakeshore residential districts. The provincial Ministry of Government Relations approves subdivisions in RMs after the RM comments; residential subdivisions usually give up 10% as municipal reserve. Canadian citizens and permanent residents may own any amount of farm land; others are limited to 10 acres unless the Farm Land Security Board grants an exemption.

Sources

• Statistics Canada, 2021 Census Profile data (census division 4717 and its subdivisions)
• Statistics Canada, Standard Geographical Classification 2021, Division No. 17
• City of Meadow Lake, about Meadow Lake
• City of Meadow Lake, healthcare
• Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan, Meadow Lake
• Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan, Lloydminster
• Alberta Health Services, Lloydminster Hospital (Saskatchewan) emergency
• Tourism Saskatchewan, Meadow Lake Provincial Park
• RM of Meadow Lake No. 588, documents and planning information
• Saskatoon Airport
• Government of Saskatchewan, municipalities and the subdivision process
• Government of Saskatchewan, farm ownership

Written by AcreScout from the sources listed; facts checked September 30, 2026. Rules change: confirm anything that matters with the municipality.