Yorkton, Saskatchewan
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Yorkton is a city in the south-east of Saskatchewan, Canada, near the Manitoba border. Attractions include the Western Development Museum: The Story of People, the Yorkton Short Film and Video Festival held annually since 1947, the Painted Hand Casino, and Yorkton Terriers of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League.
The story of Yorkton goes back to 1882, when a group of settlers from York County, Ontario, established a settlement. They had been recruited by the York Farmers Colonization Company, and originally founded York Colony about two miles north of the present-day city, on the banks of a small river.
During the Second World War, an airport was built north of the city for the RCAF's No. 11 Service Flying Training School, now operated as the Yorkton Municipal Airport.
Yorkton was represented in the Canadian House of Commons by Lorne Nystrom of the New Democratic Party 1968-1993 and since 1993 by Garry Breitkreuz of the Conservative Party of Canada.
According to the Canada 2001 Census:
| Population: | 15,107 (-0.3% from 1996) |
| Land area: | 24.02 km² |
| Population density: | 628.8 people/km² |
| Median age: | 40.3 (males: 38.7, females: 41.7) |
| Total private dwellings: | 6,773 |
| Mean household income: | $35,322 |
History
The York Farmers Colonization Company, with Ontario Member of Parliament N. Clark Wallace as President, and a capital shareholders’ investment of $300,000.00 was incorporated May 12, 1882. Earlier in the year, a group of Toronto businessmen had met to discuss a plan to invest in the opening of lands for homesteading in Western Canada, specifically in the newly created Provisional Assiniboia, North West Territories.Education
Yorkton is servied by the public Yorkton Regional High School and the private Sacred Heart High School.Famous Residents
Notable persons who were born, grew up or lived in Yorkton:
- Brian Dickson - Former Supreme Court judge
- Brent Fedyk- Former NHL player
- Alvin Law- Motivational speaker
- Dave Rodney- Alberta MP who has twice scaled Mount Everest
External links
| North: Canora | ||
| West: Foam Lake | Yorkton | East: Roblin |
| South: Melville |
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| Saskatchewan |
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| Census Divisions: | 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 13 - 14 - 15 - 16 - 17 - 18 |
| Cities: | Estevan - Flin Flon (part) - Humboldt - Lloydminster (part) - Melfort - Melville - Moose Jaw - North Battleford - Prince Albert - Regina - Saskatoon - Swift Current - Weyburn - Yorkton |
| See also: | List of rural municipalities in Saskatchewan |
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