Editing Saskatoon (section)

==The Canadian Crown in Saskatoon==
{{Main article|The Canadian Crown in Saskatoon}}
[[File:Royal University Hospital.jpg|thumb|The [[Royal University Hospital]] is one of four institutions in Saskatoon that was [[List of Canadian organizations with royal prefix|designated with royal status]] from the [[Monarchy of Canada|Canadian monarchy]]. The hospital received royal status from Queen [[Elizabeth II]] in 1990.]]
Saskatoon has welcomed members of the Royal Family since 1919. [[Elizabeth II|The Queen]] most recently visited for a gala concert at Credit Union Centre, before a live audience of 12,000 and television viewers nationwide in 2005. The Queen was presented with the key to the city on the same visit, after touring the Canadian Light Source synchrotron and greeting thousands of well-wishers on a walkabout at the [[University of Saskatchewan]] (the Queen traditionally stayed at the on-campus residence of the President of the University of Saskatchewan when she visited the city). Sovereigns and consorts who have visited include [[Edward VIII of the United Kingdom|Edward VIII]] as Prince of Wales in 1919, [[George VI of the United Kingdom|King George VI]] and [[Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother|Queen Elizabeth]] in 1939, and [[Elizabeth II]] and the [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh|Duke of Edinburgh]], as Princess Elizabeth in 1951 and afterwards as Queen in 1959, 1978, 1987 and 2005.

Other members of the Royal Family who have visited include [[Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon]] in 1980, the [[Charles, Prince of Wales|Prince of Wales]] Charles (now Charles III) in 2001, the [[Anne, Princess Royal|Princess Anne]] in 1982 and (as Princess Royal) in 2004, the [[Prince Andrew, Duke of York|Duke]] and [[Sarah, Duchess of York|Duchess of York]] (Andrew and Sarah) in 1989, and the [[Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex|Prince Edward]] in 1978. [[Governor General of Canada|Governors General]] and [[Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan|Lieutenant Governors]] also pay regular visits to Saskatoon. Saskatonian [[Ray Hnatyshyn]] is credited with popularising his office as Governor General from 1990 to 1995. Saskatchewan Lieutenant Governors [[Gordon Barnhart|Barnhart]], [[Sylvia Fedoruk|Fedoruk]], McNab, Monroe, [[George Porteous|Porteous]] and [[Stephen Worobetz|Worobetz]] were all former residents of Saskatoon.

Connections to the crown include the royal namesakes of about one hundred neighbourhoods, parks, streets, schools and other places. These include [[King George, Saskatoon|King George]], [[Queen Elizabeth, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan|Queen Elizabeth]] and [[Massey Place, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan|Massey Place]] neighbourhoods, and Victoria, Coronation and Princess Diana parks. It was at one time considered that Saskatoon's Broadway Bridge would be renamed George V Bridge.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.city.saskatoon.sk.ca/org/clerks_office/archives/exhibit/aerial/landmark_key.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051227100512/http://www.city.saskatoon.sk.ca/org/clerks_office/archives/exhibit/aerial/landmark_key.html|url-status=dead|title=Key to Landmarks|archive-date=December 27, 2005}}</ref> Landmarks and institutions also have connections and these include the [[Royal University Hospital]], one of four royal designations in Saskatchewan. Grade schools named for royals include Ecole Victoria School, King George School, Queen Elizabeth School, Prince Philip School and Princess Alexandra School.

Existing and historic hotels with royal namesakes include the King George Hotel which has been recently converted to ultra-luxury condominiums, the King Edward Hotel, the Queen's Hotel and the Patricia Hotel. The [[Hotel Bessborough]] was named for a Canadian Governor General who visited the landmark under construction in the 1930s. The [[Queen Elizabeth Power Station]] is within the city and named after Queen Elizabeth. The Prince of Wales Promenade along the [[South Saskatchewan River]] is a focal point on the riverfront trails. In 2002, 378 Saskatoon residents were presented with Canada's [[Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal|Golden Jubilee Medal]] by vice-regals to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the Queen's accession to the throne.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/index_e.asp?TypeID=jubilee|archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20080207182719/http://www.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/index_e.asp?TypeID=jubilee|url-status=dead|title=Government House Canadian Honours database|archive-date=February 7, 2008}}</ref>