Uranium City is a settlement in northwestern Saskatchewan, Canada. It is on the northern shores of Lake Athabasca near the border of the Northwest Territories. It is 230 metres (750 ft) above sea level. The settlement is 760 kilometres (470 mi) northwest of Prince Albert, 760 kilometer northeast of Edmonton and 48 kilometres (30 mi) south of the Northwest Territories-Saskatchewan boundary. For census purposes, it is located within the province’s Division No. 18 territory.
In 1952, the provincial government decided to establish a town to service the mines in the Beaverlodge uranium area developed by Eldorado Mining and Refining Limited, a federal crown corporation. In 1954 the local newspaper The Uranium Times noted that 52 mines were operating and 12 open pit mines were next to Beaverlodge Lake.
Initially, most of the residences in Uranium City were simply tents. Two options were considered for towns in the region: small towns near the mine site or larger more centralized communities with adequate services. Not wanting to replicate some of the problems associated with small mining towns at the time in Northern Ontario, the government pushed for the second option and modeled Uranium City after the community of Arvida, Quebec.

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