Saskatchewan Highway 5

This article is about the current designated Saskatchewan Highway 5. For Provincial Highway 5, Evergreen route portion, north west of Saskatoon, see Saskatchewan Highway 16.

Highway 5
Highway 5 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure & Transport Canada
Length	380.2 km (236.2 mi)
Major junctions
West end	Highway 11 / Highway 16 (TCH) in Saskatoon
Major intersections	Highway 41 in Saskatoon Highway 2 near Meacham Highway 6 / CanAm Highway at Watson Highway 35 at Wadena Highway 38 near Kuroki Highway 47 at Buchanan Highway 9 at Canora Highway 8 at Kamsack Highway 57 near Kamsack
East end	PR 363 at Manitoba border near Togo
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Saskatchewan
Rural municipalities	Corman Park No. 344, Blucher No. 343, Colonsay No. 342, St. Peter No. 369, Lakeside No. 338, Lakeview No. 337, Sasman No. 336, Invermay No. 305, Good Lake No. 274, Cote No. 271
Major cities	Saskatoon, Humboldt
Highway system
Provincial highways in Saskatchewan
← Highway 4 → Highway 6

Highway 5 is a major provincial highway in Saskatchewan, Canada. It begins in downtown Saskatoon and runs eastward to the Manitoba border near Togo, where it becomes Provincial Road 363. The highway is approximately 393 kilometres (244 mi) long. Between the early 1900s and 1976, Provincial Highway 5 was a trans-provincial highway travelling approximately 630 kilometres (390 mi) in length. At this time it started at the Alberta border in Lloydminster and travelled east to the Manitoba border.

Most of Highway 5 is a primary weight corridor for trucking. It is a two-laned highway for most of its length with only the section through Saskatoon being four lanes. Plans to eventually twin the highway from Saskatoon east to Highway 2 are in the works. Ten kilometres of twinning of the highway from Saskatoon east to 1.6 kilometres (1 mi) past Highway 316 is expected to be completed by the fall of 2027.

In the summer of 1970, the section of highway between Lloydminster and Saskatoon was designated to be a portion of the Yellowhead Highway. This section of highway maintained the Highway 5 designation until 1976, when it was redesignated as Highway 16 to maintain the same number through the four western provinces (Manitoba followed suit the following year, redesignating its section of the Yellowhead Highway from PTH 4 to PTH 16). This redesignation shortened the length of Highway 5 to its current length of 393 kilometres (244 mi).

Along the route are several heritage sites, an international bird watching area, saline lakes, as well as regional and provincial parks. Museums and historical markers commemorate the region's history along the highway.