Explore Candle Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada, with this interactive street and satellite map. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above the map to switch views. You can “grab” the map and drag it to re-centre it, or use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out to street-level detail.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the Canada Base Map with Toporama contours — plus shaded relief, a labelled UTM grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below. You will find live weather, local and world news further down the page.
Imagery © Google · for orientation only, not for navigation
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Candle Lake, Saskatchewan. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen for a larger view. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key on your keyboard, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
Drag the map to pan to any area of Saskatchewan or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Candle Lake and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the Canada Base Map from Natural Resources Canada with Toporama contours layered over it — the CanVec topographic data behind the printed NTS sheets, and the mapping used for hiking, hunting, canoe routes and back-country travel. Relief shows shaded relief and hypsometric tints. The search box finds any Canadian town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Candle Lake.
Reading the map like a paper NTS sheet. Click Grid to overlay the UTM grid, labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass — which matters in Canada, where declination runs from about 20 degrees west in Newfoundland to 20 degrees east in the Yukon.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a UTM/MGRS grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — the grid reference being what Canadian search and rescue work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
Map search is available for a limited number of queries per session to manage costs. Be specific — search precisely for best results.
| Place | Candle Lake |
| Type | Resort Village |
| Province / Territory | Saskatchewan (SK) |
| Location | 18-55-22-W2 |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 53.746088 |
| Longitude | -105.272122 |
| Population | 1,160 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | S6X |
| Area Code | 306, 639 |
| Importance | Town |
| CGN ID | HAUSN |
Candle Lake is a resort village in 18-55-22-W2, Saskatchewan, Canada. It is classified as a town. Candle Lake is located at 53.7461°N, 105.2721°W.
Candle Lake sits as a quiet expanse of water held within the boreal embrace of the provincial landscape. It lies 48.2 km south-east of Montreal Lake, SK (from Montreal Lake, SK: bearing 135°T), and is situated 8.3 km west-south-west of Minowukaw Beach. The air here carries a sharp clarity, cooling quickly as the sun dips behind the dense stands of spruce and aspen that edge the shore. Nearby, the Torch River maintains a steady, northward persistence as it flows through the terrain about 8 km away, while the waters of Torch Lake rest in relative stillness only 3 km distant. The ground underfoot is composed of glacial till and sandy soils, forming a basin that captures the light in long, pale ribbons across the surface at dusk. This geography defines the character of Candle Lake, grounding the observer in a space where the horizon feels both intimate and vast. Human presence around Candle Lake has long been shaped by the seasonal shifts of the northern forest, moving from early resource harvesting to a focus on recreation and stewardship. The local economy relies on the seasonal influx of visitors who arrive to navigate the shoreline or find respite in the woods, sustaining the services that keep the settlement functional throughout the year. Days pass with the steady turning of the wind, and the traditions of the locality center on the quiet appreciation of the natural surroundings. Life here exists in a measured state, reflecting the resilience of a population that knows the weight of winter and the sudden, vivid intensity of the short northern summer.
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Explore Candle Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada, with an embedded street and satellite map — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 53.746088, -105.272122. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts — including hourly outlooks — are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Detailed location data for Candle Lake includes the postal code (S6X), telephone area code (306, 639). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Canadian city or town.
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any Canadian town, county or landmark by name; offers the Canada Base Map with Toporama contours and shaded relief as base layers; overlays a labelled UTM grid so the map can be read like a printed NTS sheet; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a UTM/MGRS grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data for Candle Lake is sourced from the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada, and verified by coordinates rather than name matching alone. GPS coordinates, province, administrative location and place type are shown in the information panel above.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; Canada Base Map, Toporama and CBME © Natural Resources Canada (Open Government Licence — Canada); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |