Preeceville is a town in
Saskatchewan
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, Canada. The town is west of
Sturgis and north of
Yorkton
Yorkton is a city located in south-eastern Saskatchewan, Canada. It is about north-west of Winnipeg and south-east of Saskatoon and is the sixth largest city in the province.
Yorkton was founded in 1882 and incorporated as a city in 1928. ...
at the junction of
Highway 49,
Highway 47,
Highway 9 and near
Highway 755.
History
Settlement in the Preeceville region dates back to
fur trade
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rs who came to the upper Assiniboine region after explorer
David Thompson mapped the area in 1796. Later, ranchers followed the trails left by fur traders and Indigenous peoples, leading to the earliest settlement of the area.
Preeceville was officially established as a village in 1912, the same year the
Canadian National Railway
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CN is Canada's largest railway, in terms of both revenue a ...
arrived, further driving settlement in the region.
The town is named for the Preece family, who set up a homestead where the town now stands in 1905.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
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conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, Preeceville 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.
Transportation
The community is served by
Preeceville Airport, which is located 1
nautical mile
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(1.9 km) southeast.
See also
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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 ...
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List of towns in Saskatchewan
A town is a type of incorporated urban municipality in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. A resort village or a village
A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a populati ...
References
Towns in Saskatchewan
Division No. 9, Saskatchewan
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