Yorkton

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Yorkton
Downtown Yorkton
Downtown Yorkton
Motto : "Where Good Things Happen"
Location in Saskatchewan
Yorkton (Saskatchewan)
Yorkton
Yorkton
State : CanadaCanada Canada
Province : Saskatchewan
Coordinates : 51 ° 13 ′  N , 102 ° 28 ′  W Coordinates: 51 ° 13 ′  N , 102 ° 28 ′  W
Height : 498  m
Area : 24.57 km²
Residents : 15,669 (as of 2011)
Population density : 637.7 inhabitants / km²
Time zone : Central Time ( UTC − 6 )
Postal code : S3N
Website : www.yorkton.ca

Yorkton ( City of Yorkton ) is a city in the southeast of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan near the border with Manitoba .

The population was around 15,669 in 2011. The population of the metropolitan area was 18,282.

history

The first pioneers from York County , Ontario settled in 1882 . They had been recruited by the York Farmers Colonization Company and first founded the York Colony settlement three kilometers north of today's city on the bank of a small river . The area was still part of Assiniboia at the time and was part of the Northwest Territories , which were co-administered from Upper Fort Garry , today's Winnipeg .

During the Second World War , an airport for the No. 11 Service Flying Training School built by the RCAF , now Yorkton Municipal Airport .

location

Yorkton is located approximately 170 km northeast of Regina and approximately 300 km southeast of Saskatoon and is thus situated between these cities and Winnipeg .

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