Saskatchewan schools see increase in enrolment, divisions searching for space [Video]

More than one month into the school year, staff, students and families in Saskatchewan are getting a sense of what this year’s influx of new students looks like.

With it comes renewed questions about whether school divisions can keep up.

As Saskatchewan’s population continues to grow, more and more kids are entering schools.

The impact is largely being felt in Regina and Saskatoon.

“We’ve enrolled almost 2500 students in the last two years which is a lot,” Diane Boyko, the Greater Saskatoon Catholic School Division chair said.

“That would almost make for between six and seven extra schools and we really haven’t had a school built since 2017.”

In 2024 compared to 2023, Saskatoon Public Schools had an increase of 810 students with Saskatoon Catholic having 920 more students. Regina Public Schools saw an increase of 873, while Regina Catholic Schools saw almost 700 new students.

The increased student numbers …