Amenities & Utilities
The Battlefords is the hub of Northwest Saskatchewan and is the regional service centre for a variety of rural areas. Residents from those areas consider the Battlefords a destination for their mix of retail shops, specialty boutiques, cultural activities, entertainment and fine dining. Thanks to such an expansive customer base you will find an abundance of shops and personal services to explore.
Indulge your palette at one of the Battlefords restaurants. You will find whatever you are in the mood for. From the elegance of fine dining to the casualness of a street front café to the friendly welcome of a coffee house and everything in between.
The Gold Eagle Casino offers nightly adult entertainment where you can enjoy your playtime with some 260 slot machines and eight live table games.
Two large shopping malls, big name national stores and numerous independent merchants serve shoppers from the Battlefords and surrounding districts.
Live and play in the Battlefords
- More than two dozen Church Faiths
- A large variety of service clubs, cultural clubs and organizations
- Vibrant arts community
- Diverse cultural community
- Fire, Ambulance and 911 services
- Home security services
- Nursing homes
- Daycare services and nursery schools
- Laundromats
- Medical clinics
- Service stations
- Retail shops
- Restaurants
- Elementary Schools (public/separate/private)
- High schools
- Library’s
- Post Offices
- Numerous banking Facilities
- Newspapers
- AM/FM Local Radio
- Local cable television (community channel)
- Internet providers
- Transit system
- Sports and recreational facilities
For a directory of businesses in the Battlefords visit this link: http://www.battlefords.com/community_directory/
The Battlefords offer a blend of sophistication, service and a friendly, relaxed atmosphere to ensure the enjoyment of your entire visit. The community boasts an abundance of meeting facilities, exciting attractions, and a variety of restaurants and shops. Friendly attentive service, unobtrusive efficiency, and a little extra courtesy and consideration are the hallmarks of genuine prairie hospitality.
For more information on amenities offered in the Battlefords visit www.cityofnb.ca or www.battleford.ca.
Law Enforcement
The Battlefords amalgamated Royal Canadian Mounted Police detachment, under the command of an Inspector, has a combined total of 66 personnel. The detachment is responsible for the policing of the City of North Battleford, Town of Battleford and the rural surrounding area. The detachment has a total of 17 vehicles.
Fire Protection
Personnel:
16 full-time fire fighters
18 part-time fire fighters
All fire fighters have adequate extensive training.
Equipment:
3- fire engines
1- 100' aerial ladder truck
1- rescue truck with latest in hydraulic rescue equipment
1- emergency response unit
Electricity & Natural Gas
SaskPower
SaskPower serves more than 441,000 customers and manages $4.1 billion in assets. SaskPower maintains 154,269 kilometres (km) of power lines (12,159 km transmission and 142,110 km distribution). This extensive network is designed to serve Saskatchewan’s large geographic area and widely-dispersed population. SaskPower supplies about three customers per circuit kilometre, while most utilities in North America average about 12 customers over the same distance.
In the Battlefords the primary distribution is 25KV on the outer perimeter of the city and 5KV within the city's core. For more information visit www.saskpower.ca or call 1-888-757-6937.
SaskEnergy
SaskEnergy delivers the benefits of safe, convenient and environmentally friendly natural gas to more than 325,000 residential, farm, commercial and industrial customers throughout Saskatchewan. They purchase natural gas from independent suppliers and transport it through their 65,000-kilometer distribution system to 92% of Saskatchewan communities. For more information visit www.saskenergy.com or call 1-800-567-8899.
SaskTel
SaskTel is a provincial Crown Corporation and has delivered leading-edge telecommunications to the people of Saskatchewan for nearly 100 years. The SaskTel serving area within Saskatchewan links 13 cities with 535 smaller communities and their surrounding rural areas, including 49,000 farms. SaskTel serves more than 425,000 business and residential customers.
SaskTel is the leading full service communications provider in Saskatchewan, offering competitive voice, data, dial-up and high speed internet, entertainment and multimedia services, security, web hosting, text and messaging services, and cellular and wireless data services over its digital networks. For more information on services provided by SaskTel visit www.sasktel.com or call 1-800-727-5835.
Water & Sewer
To get information on water & sewer services in the Battlefords, contact the city of North Battleford at (306)445-1700 or the Town of Battleford at (306)937-6200.
