Regina, Saskatchewan

==Cityscape==
{{See also|List of neighbourhoods in Regina, Saskatchewan|List of tallest buildings in Regina|Regina's historic buildings and precincts}}
[[File:Warehouse District 2017.jpg|thumb|500px|Formerly the reception zone for freight, the Warehouse District is a neighbourhood that has been the subject of redevelopment in the early 21st century.]]
Some neighbourhoods of note include:
# the remaining residential portion of the original town between the [[Canadian Pacific Railway|CPR]] tracks and [[Wascana Lake]]
# the downtown business district, deemed "Market Square";
# the Cathedral Area;
# the historic and affluent Crescents area, immediately to the north of Wascana Creek west of the Albert Street bridge and dam which creates Wascana Lake;
# [[Regina's historic buildings and precincts#Germantown|Germantown]], originally a poor and ill-serviced area of continental Europeans;
# Lakeview, adjacent to the provincial Legislative Building and office buildings, a neighbourhood of some imposing mansions dating from before the First World War through the post-War '20s boom; and
# [[Regina's historic buildings and precincts#The warehouse district|the Warehouse District]], formerly the reception zone for freight, being redeveloped as desirable residential accommodation, restaurants, nightclubs and shopping precincts.

===Bedroom communities===
[[File:Regina, Streetscape.jpg|thumb|left|Streetscape of a typical residential neighbourhood in Regina]]
From its first founding, particularly once motorcars were common, Reginans have retired to the nearby [[Qu'Appelle Valley]] on weekends, for summer and winter holidays and indeed as a place to live permanently and commute from. Since the 1940s, many of the towns near Regina have steadily lost population<ref>Mark Partridge, "The Ebb and Flow of Rural Growth: Spread, Backwash, or Stagnation." Presentation for the Department of Rural Development, Regina, Saskatchewan 9 June 2005.</ref> as western Canada's agrarian economy reorganised itself from small family farm landholdings of a quarter-section ({{cvt|160|acres|disp=sqbr}}, the original standard land grant to homesteaders<ref>[http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/dominion_lands_act__homestead_act.html "''Dominion Lands Act/Homestead Act''," ''The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070701071602/http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/dominion_lands_act__homestead_act.html |date=1 July 2007 }}. Retrieved 11 July 2007.</ref>) to the multi-section (a "section" being {{cvt|640|acre|disp=sqbr}}) landholdings that are increasingly necessary for economic viability.<ref>[http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/farming.html "Farming," ''The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070701071405/http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/farming.html |date=1 July 2007 }}. Retrieved 11 July 2007.</ref>

Some of these towns have enjoyed something of a renaissance as a result of the excellent roads that for many decades seemed likely to doom them; they – and to some extent the nearby city of [[Moose Jaw]] – are now undergoing a mild resurgence as commuter satellites for Regina. [[Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan|Qu'Appelle]], at one time intended to be the metropole for the original District of Assiniboia in the North-West Territories (as they then were), saw during the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s Regina cottagers pass through en route to the Qu'Appelle Valley; Highway 10, which bypassed Qu'Appelle, running directly from Balgonie to Fort Qu'Appelle off Highway Number 1, quickly ended this. Qu'Appelle has recently seen more interest taken in it as a place to live.<ref>[http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/quappelle.html "Qu'Appelle," ''The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730044128/http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/quappelle.html |date=30 July 2017 }}. Retrieved 11 July 2007.</ref> [[Fort Qu'Appelle]] and its neighbouring resort villages on the [[Fishing Lakes]] remain a summer vacation venue of choice;<ref>[http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/fort_quappelle.html "Fort Qu'Appelle," ''The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080112181927/http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/fort_quappelle.html |date=12 January 2008 }}. Retrieved 11 July 2007.</ref> [[Indian Head, Saskatchewan|Indian Head]] is far enough from Regina to have an autonomous identity but close enough that its charm and vitality attract commuters – it "has a range of professional services and tradespeople, financial institutions, and a number of retail establishments."<ref>[http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/indian_head.html "Indian Head," ''The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080115021844/http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/indian_head.html |date=15 January 2008 }}. Retrieved 11 July 2007.</ref> It was the scene of outdoor filming sequences in the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]] television series "Little Mosque on the Prairie."<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/littlemosque/blog/2008/10/a_big_thanks_to_indian_head.html "A Big Thanks to Indian Head," CBC program website.]. Retrieved 1 February 2009. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090302004523/http://www.cbc.ca/littlemosque/blog/2008/10/a_big_thanks_to_indian_head.html |date=2 March 2009 }}</ref>
[[White City, Saskatchewan|White City]]<ref name="encyclopedia1">[http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/white_city.html "White City," ''The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081225145826/http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/white_city.html |date=25 December 2008 }}. Retrieved 11 July 2007.</ref> and [[Emerald Park, Saskatchewan|Emerald Park]]<ref name="encyclopedia1"/> are quasi-suburbs of Regina, as have become [[Balgonie, Saskatchewan|Balgonie]],<ref>[http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/balgonie.html "Balgonie," ''The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121125100146/http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/balgonie.html |date=25 November 2012 }}. Retrieved 11 July 2007.</ref> Pense, Grand Coulee, [[Pilot Butte, Saskatchewan|Pilot Butte]]<ref>[http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/pilot_butte.html "Pilot Butte," ''The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081225185805/http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/pilot_butte.html |date=25 December 2008 }}. Retrieved 11 July 2007.</ref> and [[Lumsden, Saskatchewan|Lumsden]] in the Qu'Appelle Valley, some {{cvt|10|mi|order=flip}} to the north of Regina.<ref>[http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/lumsden.html "Lumsden," ''The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080229161121/http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/lumsden.html |date=29 February 2008 }}. Retrieved 11 July 2007.</ref> [[Regina Beach, Saskatchewan|Regina Beach]] — situated on [[Last Mountain Lake]] (known locally as Long Lake) and a 30-minute drive from Regina – has been a summer favourite of Reginans from its first establishment and since the 1970s has also become a commuter satellite;<ref>[http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/regina_beach.html "Regina Beach" ''The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527075209/http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/regina_beach.html |date=27 May 2013 }}. Retrieved 11 July 2007.</ref> [[Rouleau, Saskatchewan|Rouleau]] (also known as the town of Dog River in the CTV television sitcom ''[[Corner Gas]]'') is {{cvt|45|km}} southwest of Regina and in the summer months used to "bustle with film crews."<ref>[http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/rouleau.html "Rouleau," ''The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081225185820/http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/rouleau.html |date=25 December 2008 }}. Retrieved 11 July 2007.</ref>