Prelate (2021 pop.: ) is a
special service area
Communities in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, include Incorporation (municipal government), incorporated municipalities, Unincorporated area#Canada, unincorporated communities and First Nations in Canada, First Nations communities.
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in the
Canadian province
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of
Saskatchewan
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within the
Rural Municipality of Happyland No. 231 and
Census Division No. 8. Formerly an incorporated village, it is east of
Leader
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and northwest of
Swift Current
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just off
Highway 32
The following highways are numbered 32:
International
* Asian Highway 32
* European route E32
Australia
* Great Western Highway
* Barrier Highway
* East Derwent Highway
* Mitchell Highway
Canada
* Alberta Highway 32
* Manitoba Highway 3 ...
.
History
Prelate was first settled in 1908. Prelate incorporated as a village on October 25, 1913.
It dissolved on July 1, 2024 becoming a special service area under the jurisdiction of the Rural Municipality of Happyland No. 231.
[
;Historical sites
*St. Angela's Convent and St. Angela's Academy of Prelate was founded in 1919. The ]boarding school
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for girls was run by the Ursuline Sisters until it closed in 2007.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada
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, Prelate had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
Education
The Islamic Academy of Saskatchewan,
Notable people
* Ross Alger, politician
* Roxanne Goldade, country singer
* Mark Pederson, ice hockey left winger
* David Herle, Liberal political advisor
See also
* List of communities in Saskatchewan
Communities in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, include Incorporation (municipal government), incorporated municipalities, Unincorporated area#Canada, unincorporated communities and First Nations in Canada, First Nations communities.
Types ...
* List of villages in Saskatchewan
A village is a type of incorporated urban municipality in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. A village is created from an organized hamlet by the Minister of Municipal Affairs by ministerial order via section 51 of ''The Municipalities Act'' i ...
References
Special service areas in Saskatchewan
Happyland No. 231, Saskatchewan
Division No. 8, Saskatchewan
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