# Is it always summer on Corner Gas? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 19, 2008, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-always-summer-on-corner-gas/457010 "2008-07-19T01:26:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2008, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-always-summer-on-corner-gas/457010/1 "2008-07-19T01:26:57Z")
I’ve noticed that in every episode of **Corner Gas** it seems to summer. The show is set and filmed in Saskatchewan, thousands of kilometres from the nearest ocean. So why don’t the seasons ever change? Is it filmed only during summer or spring? Has any episdoe been set during the winder (I don’t recall an Xmas episode)? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2008, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-always-summer-on-corner-gas/457010/2 "2008-07-19T01:59:21Z")
Season 2 had a Fall episode ( **Harvest Dance** ), Season 3 had a Christmas episode ( **Merry Gasmas** ). So, no, it isn’t always Summer in Saskatchewan. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2008, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-always-summer-on-corner-gas/457010/3 "2008-07-19T02:03:50Z")
[QUOTE=alphaboi867] I’ve noticed that in every episode of **Corner Gas** it seems to summer. The show is set and filmed in Saskatchewan, thousands of kilometres from the nearest ocean. So why don’t the seasons ever change? Is it filmed only during summer or spring? Has any episdoe been set during the winder (I don’t recall an Xmas episode)? [/QUOTE] It always _is_ summer in Saskatchewan. That’s why we don’t have Daylight Savings Time here - there are no seasons. ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2008, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-always-summer-on-corner-gas/457010/4 "2008-07-19T02:44:14Z")
Probably because nobody wants to watch a show set in Saskatchewan in the winter. Staying inside and in front of a fire when it’s -40 outside isn’t all that interesting. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2008, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-always-summer-on-corner-gas/457010/5 "2008-07-19T03:13:14Z")
[QUOTE=Gorsnak] It always _is_ summer in Saskatchewan. That’s why we don’t have Daylight Savings Time here - there are no seasons. [/QUOTE] Sure there are. Winter and construction. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2008, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-always-summer-on-corner-gas/457010/6 "2008-07-19T03:14:03Z")
It was even summer when somebody won tickets to the Grey Cup. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2008, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-always-summer-on-corner-gas/457010/7 "2008-07-19T03:19:22Z")
Well, the original title was “Greenhouse Gas”. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2008, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-always-summer-on-corner-gas/457010/8 "2008-07-19T04:52:37Z")
[QUOTE=Kid\_A] Probably because nobody wants to watch a show set in Saskatchewan in the winter. Staying inside and in front of a fire when it’s -40 outside isn’t all that interesting. [/QUOTE] Then you’re doing it wrong. However, that _would_ be a rather different genre of video. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2008, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-always-summer-on-corner-gas/457010/9 "2008-07-19T05:13:50Z")
I coulda swore they joked about this in one season opener. Something about how they’d all been gone for 6 months (thus acknowledging the fact that it was once again summer). Ring any bells? ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2008, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-always-summer-on-corner-gas/457010/10 "2008-07-19T05:49:18Z")
It’s because they always film in the summer - they’re filming the last season right now. Usually runs for about four months - June to September at Rouleau, Saskatchewan. The Grey Cup episode in the first season was the most jarring. I went to that Grey Cup - it was grey and overcast and cold. Nothing like that bright blue, early fall day that Brent and Lacey spent hiking around in the country side. ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2008, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-always-summer-on-corner-gas/457010/11 "2008-07-19T06:01:57Z")
[QUOTE=Northern Piper] It’s because they always film in the summer - they’re filming the last season right now. Usually runs for about four months - June to September at Rouleau, Saskatchewan. [/QUOTE] Any clue why this is the last season? It’s a great show, is it not getting the ratings that it needs up there? ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2008, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-always-summer-on-corner-gas/457010/12 "2008-07-19T10:36:43Z")
From the [Corner Gas website](http://www.cornergas.com/home/#1) > [@](#): > > “It’s a very difficult decision, but the right decision, and one I felt I had to make,” said Brent Butt, who is also a writer, director and executive producer of the series. “When I told CTV about my decision, they made it clear that they were keen to do more seasons. They didn’t want it to end yet. But for the good of the show, I wanted to exit gracefully, on top of our game, when we’re at our prime – because that’s how I want viewers to remember Corner Gas: at its very best.”