Living

Saskatchewan has modern, comfortable bus and taxi services within its cities.  Asphalt highways connect communities for bus, private vehicle, and freight transport.

Bus Services

If you live in a city, find out about its public bus service.  The bus transit office or website can give you the cost of bus fare for adults, children, seniors, and students.  You can save money by paying for a bus pass to cover a longer period or by buying many tickets at once.  Bus tickets are sold in many places such as pharmacies, convenience stores, and shopping centers.  You can pick up bus route maps and schedules from the bus transit office, and some offices have their routes and schedules on their websites.  Buses are usually marked with route numbers and names, and bus stops also have route numbers.  

In some places, buses meet at central stops known as bus malls.  If you need to take more than one bus to get where you are going, there is no need to pay more money:  ask the bus driver for a transfer slip.  A special bus for disabled people, which allows passengers to ride in wheelchairs, is available in some communities.

When boarding a bus, people usually wait in line.  You need the exact fare for bus travel as the bus drivers do not give change.

Taxis

Taxis, including van and limousine service, are found in the larger centers. Telephone numbers for taxis are found in the Yellow Pages of telephone books.  Taxis have set fares they charge and they will deliver passengers to the door of their destination. 

To order a taxi, call the taxi telephone number.  If you are downtown and see a taxi with no passengers, try to catch the cabdriver's attention by raising your hand.

Biking and Walking

A bicycle is considered a vehicle, so people are expected to ride them on the roads, not on the sidewalks.  Many people also wear protective helmets when they ride their bicycles.  You should keep your bicycle locked when you are not riding it.

If you are walking, you are called a "pedestrian".  In the cities, you must obey "walk" signs when crossing streets and you cross only at street corners.

If you are travelling around Saskatchewan, to other parts of Canada, or around the world, there are several options available to you.

Some forms of travel require documents.  For air travel, you need personal identification with your photograph on it, such a driver's licence.  All driver's licences now issued in Saskatchewan have photo ID.  Documents that give proof of your age are needed to get less expensive rates of travel for seniors, students or children on buses and trains.

Provincial and Inter-Provincial Bus Services

The Saskatchewan Transit Company (STC) is the provincial bus line for passenger and parcel service.  It has three main terminals with many other points of service in Saskatchewan.  You can travel daily from many places and several times daily between Saskatoon and Regina.  STC gives discounts to passengers who are disabled, seniors, students, and those travelling for medical reasons.  Children who are 4 years old and under ride free with an adult, and there are discounts for children of ages 5 to 11.  Greyhound Bus Services has intercity service across Canada.

Air Travel

The Regina and Saskatoon airports offer national and global air connections, with regular flights between Regina and Saskatoon.  Their websites have the current departure and arrival information, including whether flights are on time or delayed.

Community and regional airports give private flight and air freight service to northern communities such as Prince Albert, La Ronge, Wollaston, and Fort McMurray, Alberta. 

Practice airport English!  Before you come to Saskatchewan, visit the Regina or Saskatoon airport websites.  Getting familiar ahead of time with the way arrival and departure information is presented will make your own trip easier.

Trains

If you like to travel by train, VIA Rail Canada offers cross-Canada train service.  In Saskatchewan, train stations are at Melville and Saskatoon with service to cities such as Winnipeg and Edmonton.  There are discounts for seniors, students, and children.  When you travel by train, there are options for meals and sleeping quarters.