Yorkton
Yorkton | ||
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Downtown Yorkton |
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Motto : "Where Good Things Happen" | ||
Location in Saskatchewan | ||
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Province : | Saskatchewan | |
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 .
Personalities
- Brian Dickson (1916–1998), Supreme Court Justice of Canada
- Metro Prystai (1927–2013), ice hockey player and coach
- Brent Fedyk (born 1967), ice hockey player
- Jared Bednar (* 1972), ice hockey player and coach
- Matt Zaba (* 1983), ice hockey goalkeeper
- Joel Broda (* 1989), ice hockey player