Saskatoon was founded in 1883 , St. John 's , its first Anglican parish , was not established until 1902 owing to the substantially Methodist and to a lesser extent Presbyterian character of the early settlement .
It having been founded as a temperance colony .
Although Saskatoon was founded in 1883 , St. John 's , its first Anglican parish , was not established until 1902 owing to the substantially Methodist and to a lesser extent Presbyterian character of the early settlement , it having been founded as a temperance colony .