Yorkton, Saskatchewan
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| Yorkton, Saskatchewan | |||
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| Country | Canada | ||
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| Province | Saskatchewan | ||
| Area | |||
| - Total | 24.57 km² (9.5 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2006) | |||
| - Total | 15,038 | ||
| - Density | 612.2/km² (1,585.6/sq mi) | ||
| Website: City of Yorkton | |||
Yorkton is a city in the south-east of Saskatchewan, Canada, near the Manitoba border. The city is famous for its Yorkton Short Film and Video Festival, held annually since 1947.
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[edit] Statistics
According to the Canada 2006 Census[1]:
| • Population: | 15,038 (-0.5% from 2001) |
| • Land area: | 24.57 km² (9.49 sq mi) |
| • Population density: | 612.2 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,586 /sq mi) |
| • Median age: | 40.3 (males: 38.7, females: 41.7) |
| • Total private dwellings: | 6,773 |
| • Dwellings occupied by permanent residents: | 6,543 |
| • Mean household income: | $89,322 |
[edit] History
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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.
The York Farmers Colonization Company, with Ontario Member of Parliament N. Clark Wallace as president, and a capital shareholders’ investment of $300,000 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.
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 is the site of the Yorkton Western Development Museum, which houses a number of exhibits depicting pioneer life in the town and on the surrounding prairie. The museum includes an early pioneer log home and an extensive outdoor exhibit of agricultural machinery, including early tractors and steam engines.
[edit] Government
Yorkton is represented in the Canadian House of Commons by Garry Breitkreuz of the Conservative Party of Canada. From 1968 to 1993, it was represented by Lorne Nystrom of the New Democratic Party.
[edit] Education
High Schools:
Elementary Schools:
- Columbia Elementary School
- Dr. brass Elementary School
- M.C. Knoll Elementary School
- St. Alphonsus School
- St. Mary's School
- St. Michael's School
- St. Paul's School
- Yorkdale Central School
Post Secondary Institutions:
- Parkland Regional College
- Academy of Learning Career and Business College
[edit] Military
The 64th (Yorkton) Field Battery, Royal Canadian Artillery is garrisoned at the Yorkton Armouries.
[edit] Notable Yorktonites
- Brent Fedyk - Former NHL player
- Alvin Law - Motivational speaker
- Jarret Stoll - Current NHL player (Edmonton Oilers)
- Nolan Barnes - Former mlb player for st.louis cardinals, got kicked off the team for steroid abuse they also shrank his ding dong.
[edit] See also
List of communities in Saskatchewan
[edit] External links
- City of Yorkton
- Tourism Yorkton
- Yorkton Minor Hockey
- Loca Labour Market
- Google Map
- Google Satellite Photo
- Yorkton Western Development Museum
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