Yorkton, Saskatchewan
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Image:Yorkton, Saskatchewan Location.png 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.
Yorkton was represented in the House of Commons by Lorne Nystrom of the New Democratic Party 1968-1993 and since 1993 by Garry Breitkreuz of the Conservative Party.
Former Supreme Court judge Brian Dickson, Former NHL player Brent Fedyk, famous motivational speaker Alvin Law, and Dave Rodney, an Alberta MP who twice has scaled Mount Everest, hail from Yorkton.
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 |
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| North: Canora | ||
| West: Foam Lake | Yorkton | East: Roblin |
| South: Melville |