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Moose Jaw is a city in south-central Saskatchewan, Canada on the Moose Jaw River 71 km west of Regina. Residents of Moose Jaw are known as Moose Javians.

Moose Jaw was established as a city on Friday, November 10, 1903.

It is probably best known as a retirement and tourist city that serves as a hub to the hundreds of small towns and farms that make up that part of Saskatchewan. Tourist attractions include the Tunnels of Moose Jaw, the Temple Gardens Mineral Spa[1], Casino Moose Jaw, and the Murals of Moose Jaw.

There are many beautiful parks in Moose Jaw. Crescent Park is located downtown and features a creek, swans and amphitheatre. "Wakamow Park" follows the Moose Jaw River and features both natural and maintained areas. There are many trails throughout the park for hiking and biking. There are also RV camping and canoe rentals in the park.

The Warriors are Moose Jaw's hockey team which plays in the Western Hockey League at the Moose Jaw Civic Centre.

Local institutions include four high schools, 15 elementary schools, and the 57-member Moose Jaw Fire Department.

It is situated on the Trans-Canada Highway.

The largest lake in southern Saskatchewan, Old Wives Lake, is located 30 km southwest of the city.

Moose Jaw is the Canadian city with the highest number of relatively cloudless days. This makes it a good site for training pilots. Since 1940, military pilots have trained here. It is currently the home of 15 Wing and the Snowbirds, the air demonstration team of the Canadian Forces.

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The origins of the name "Moose Jaw" are vague, though it appears to be of First Nations origin. One local legend holds that the Indian word i means "the river shaped like the jaw of a moose". The name of the settlement might come from the creek that flowed through the settlement.

Another legend holds that the name comes from the word i which means "the place where the white man mended the cart with the jawbone of the moose."

A third legend explains that the name came from the Cree word i which means "warm breezes". In the winter, Moose Jaw is often warmer than the surrounding communities.

People from Moose Jaw have been told about the tunnels underneath their city many generations. They were told that smugglers and criminals, such as legendary American gangster Al Capone, used to use them as hideouts. The tunnels are now used as a tourist attraction and two interactive tours of the tunnels are now available. One tour is about the bootlegging days of Al Capone; the other is about the Chinese immigrants who lived in the tunnels in the early part of the 20th century. It is Moose Jaw's main tourist attraction[2] and has attracted people from all over the world.

Reggie Cleveland - baseball player (the first and only Saskatchewan to start in a World Series game (in 1975, while playing with the Boston Red Sox.)