A licensed salesperson works under a supervising broker and can trade in real estate on behalf of clients, while a broker holds the additional licence needed to operate or manage a brokerage. Both are individually accountable to the Saskatchewan Real Estate Commission regardless of title.
REALTOR® sits alongside either licence, not above it. It signals that the licensee belongs to a real estate board and has agreed to CREA's code of ethics, which matters for professional standards but says nothing about whether that person is a salesperson or a broker.
Ask which licence category someone actually holds and whether they are a REALTOR® member, since the two questions answer different things, especially in a market the Saskatchewan REALTORS Association reports at 1.63 months of supply. Get your hand-reviewed valuation from Joel Dyck.