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Yorkton is a city in the south-east of Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan is a prairie provinces in Canada, which has an area of 588,276.09 square kilometres and a population of 1,015,895 , mostly living in the southern half of the province....
, Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
, near the Manitoba
Manitoba

Manitoba is a prairie provinces in Canada, which has an area of 647,797 square kilometres and a population of 1,207,959 , with more than half located within the Winnipeg Capital Region ....
 border. The Yorkton Short Film and Video Festival
Yorkton Short Film and Video Festival

Established in 1947, the Yorkton Short Film and Video Festival is Canada's longest running film festival. Located in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, it honours the best in Canadian short films in a wide variety of categories with its Golden Sheaf Awards....
 has been held there every year since 1947.

oup of settlers from York County, Ontario
Ontario

Ontario is a Provinces and territories of Canada located in the Central Canada part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest, after Quebec, in total area....
, established a settlement in 1882. They had been recruited by the York Farmers Colonization Company, and originally founded York Colony about two miles north of the site of the modern city, on the banks of a small river.

The York Farmers Colonization Company, with Ontario Member of Parliament N.






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Yorkton is a city in the south-east of Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan is a prairie provinces in Canada, which has an area of 588,276.09 square kilometres and a population of 1,015,895 , mostly living in the southern half of the province....
, Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
, near the Manitoba
Manitoba

Manitoba is a prairie provinces in Canada, which has an area of 647,797 square kilometres and a population of 1,207,959 , with more than half located within the Winnipeg Capital Region ....
 border. The Yorkton Short Film and Video Festival
Yorkton Short Film and Video Festival

Established in 1947, the Yorkton Short Film and Video Festival is Canada's longest running film festival. Located in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, it honours the best in Canadian short films in a wide variety of categories with its Golden Sheaf Awards....
 has been held there every year since 1947.

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History

A group of settlers from York County, Ontario
Ontario

Ontario is a Provinces and territories of Canada located in the Central Canada part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest, after Quebec, in total area....
, established a settlement in 1882. They had been recruited by the York Farmers Colonization Company, and originally founded York Colony about two miles north of the site of the modern 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 Municipal Airport

Yorkton Municipal Airport, , is located north of Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan, Canada.During World War II the Yorkton airport was home to No....
.

Yorkton is home to a branch of the Saskatchewan Western Development Museum
Saskatchewan Western Development Museum

The Saskatchewan Western Development Museum is a network of four museums in Saskatchewan, Canada preserving and recording the social and economic development of the Provinces and territories of Canada....
http://www.wdm.ca/, which houses a number of exhibits depicting pioneer life in the town and on the surrounding prairie
Prairie

Prairie refers to temperate grasslands of North America. These are areas of low topographic relief that historically supported grasses and herbs, with few or no trees, having a generally mesic habitat climate....
. The museum includes an early pioneer log home and an extensive outdoor exhibit of agricultural machinery
Agricultural machinery

Agricultural machinery is one of the most revolutionary and impactful applications of modern technology. The truly elemental human need for food has often driven the development of technology and machines....
, including early tractors and steam engines.

Government

Yorkton is represented in the Canadian House of Commons
Canadian House of Commons

The House of Commons is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Canadian monarchy and the Senate of Canada. The House of Commons is a democracy elected body, consisting of 40th Canadian Parliament known as Members of Parliament ....
 by Garry Breitkreuz
Garry Breitkreuz

Garry W. Breitkreuz is a Canadian politician. He is currently the Conservative Party of Canada member of the Canadian House of Commons from Yorkton?Melville....
 of the Conservative Party of Canada
Conservative Party of Canada

The Conservative Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Tories, is a major political party in Canada, formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada....
. From 1968 to 1993, it was represented by Lorne Nystrom
Lorne Nystrom

Lorne Edmund Nystrom, Queen's Privy Council for Canada a Canada politician, was a Member of Parliament of the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 2004, except for an interval from 1993, when he lost re-election, to 1997....
 of the New Democratic Party
New Democratic Party

The New Democratic Party is a political party in Canada with a progressivism social democracy philosophy that contests elections at both the federal and provincial levels....
.

Education


Tertiary institutions

  • Parkland Regional College
  • Academy of Learning Career and Business College


High schools

  • Sacred Heart High School, Yorkton
    Sacred Heart High School, Yorkton

    Sacred Heart High School is a high school located in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada....
  • Dream Builders
    Dream Builders

    Dream Builders is an alternative education program in the city of Yorkton, Saskatchewan Canada. Dream Builders is an accredited school that allows students to enroll and work around their lives while maintaining an education....
  • Yorkton Regional High School
    Yorkton Regional High School

    Yorkton Regional High School is located in Yorkton, Saskatchewan.The Regional opened its doors on November 10, 1967. 2007 was the 40th anniversary of the YRHS....


Elementary schools

  • St. Alphonsus School
  • St. Mary's School
  • St. Michael's School
  • St. Paul's School
  • Dr. Brass Elementary School
  • M.C. Knoll Elementary School
  • Yorkdale Central School


Sports teams

  • Yorkton Terriers
    Yorkton Terriers

    The Yorkton Terriers are a team in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League based out of Yorkton, Saskatchewan. The team plays their home games in the Farrell Agencies Arena which has a seating capacity of 2,300....
  • Yorkton Harvest
    Yorkton Harvest

    The Yorkton Harvest are a Midget AAA ice hockey team from Yorkton, Saskatchewan. They are a member of the SMAAAHL. They play their home games at the Farrell Agencies Arena....
  • Yorkton Cardinals
    Yorkton Cardinals

    The Yorkton Cardinals are a baseball team based in Yorkton, Saskatchewan playing in the Western Major Baseball League. The Cardinals joined the WMBL in 2002, but there had been franchises under that name playing out of Yorkton since 1950 in various leagues....
  • Yorkton Bulldogs
    Yorkton Bulldogs

    The Yorkton Bulldogs are a box lacrosse team based out of Yorkton, Saskatchewan. They are a part of the Prairie Gold Lacrosse League.They were founded in 2003....
  • Yorkton Regional Raiders
  • Sacred Heart Saints
  • Saskatchewan Roughriders
    Saskatchewan Roughriders

    The Saskatchewan Roughriders are a Canadian Football League team based in Regina, Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan, founded in 1910 in sports. They play their home games at Mosaic Stadium at Taylor Field....


Military

The 64th (Yorkton) Field Battery
64th (Yorkton) Field Battery

The 64th Field Battery is a sub-unit of the Canadian Forces Land Force Command. It is a reserve artillery battery, currently under command of the 38 Canadian Brigade Group Artillery Tactical Group, and a component of 10 Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery....
, Royal Canadian Artillery is garrisoned at the Yorkton Armouries.

Notable Yorktonites

  • Brent Fedyk
    Brent Fedyk

    Brent Fedyk is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey Winger . He was drafted in the first round, 8th overall, by the Detroit Red Wings in the 1985 NHL Entry Draft....
     - Former NHL player
  • Alvin Law
    Alvin Law

    Alvin Law is a motivational speaker and former radio Presenter.Law was born without arms as a consequence of his mother's use of thalidomide while pregnant....
     - Armless motivational speaker
  • Jarret Stoll
    Jarret Stoll

    Jarret Stoll is a professional ice hockey player currently playing for the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League. Prior to joining the Kings, Stoll also played for the Edmonton Oilers, and the American Hockey League's Hamilton Bulldogs, as well as the Kootenay Ice in the Western Hockey League....
     - Current NHL player (Los Angeles Kings)
  • Anthony Merchant
    Anthony Merchant

    E.F. Anthony "Tony" Merchant, Q.C. is a Saskatchewan lawyer and former politician. He represented Regina Wascana Plains in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Liberal Party of Saskatchewan member....
     - Lawyer and political figure
  • Nick Stoubis - Professor/Musician at the University of Southern California (Music Faculty)


Tourism

  • Yorkton Gallagher centre
  • Yorkton Tower Theatre
  • Western Development Museum


See also

List of communities in Saskatchewan
List of communities in Saskatchewan

Communities of the Province of Saskatchewan, Canada are Incorporation towns, city, villages, and resort villages and unincorporated organized hamlet ....


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