Underground Line Locates

Are you planning a home improvement job, planting a tree or installing a fence or deck? Hitting any underground utility while you dig can cause serious and life-threatening injuries. If your project requires digging, whether it be planting a tree or any kind of construction work, it is very important to ensure you know where those utility lines are.

Remember – Call or Check BEFORE You Dig!

City of Saskatoon utilities

To locate City of Saskatoon owned underground utilities such as water, sewer, parks irrigation, or traffic signal underground lines, please fill out and submit the City Utility Locates form using the button below.

You will receive an automated email (to the email address supplied)  after you submit the Utility Locate Request. The automated email will list the city utilities that may be affected by your work.  Do not proceed with digging or excavation until you have received a response from the utilities listed.   

If a City curb stop or valve height adjustment is required for your project, please call our Customer Care Centre at 306-975-2476.  

Please note that it is your responsibility to follow all Occupational Health and Safety regulations regarding locates related to ground disturbance and excavation activities. 

For all other underground utility locate information, including Saskatoon Light and Power, see below.

For emergency utility locate requests, please call the Customer Service Center at 306-975-2476. A locate request is considered an emergency if there is a loss of an essential service such as drinking water supply.

For a locate to be valid the marks must be preserved and be sufficiently observable for their intended purpose. If the markings are no longer observable or do not meet their intended purpose,  then utility locates should be requested again.  Utility locates are only valid for 30 calendar days. 

Other utilities including Saskatoon Light and Power

Please contact Sask 1st Call to locate your underground lines before you begin your project. Hitting an underground power line can cause serious life-threatening injuries.

Sask 1st Call
  sask1stcall.com
  1-866-828-4888

You must also notify any other parties who may have underground lines in the area in which you are working before you begin your project.

Two safety points to remember once lines have been marked:

1. Line locates are shown by the placement of flags, but this does not mean the power lines are directly below the flags. Give yourself one metre on either side of each flag to keep a safe distance away from any underground power line.
2. Any digging within the line locate range, two feet from a flag, must be dug manually. Don’t risk using any mechanical equipment when you are so close to a line.

The Saskatchewan Common Ground Alliance has created an informational video on the impacts of hitting an underground power line. Click here to learn more about the SCGA.