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Coordinates: 50°51′07″N 109°24′32″W / 50.852°N 109.409°W / 50.852; -109.409
Country	Canada
Province	Saskatchewan
Region	South-west Saskatchewan
Census division	8
Rural Municipality	Happyland
Settled	1908
Village (incorporated)	1913
Post office founded	1914
Special service area (dissolved)	July 1, 2024
Government
• Mayor	Rodney Bosch
• Administrator	Jennifer Baldwin
• Governing body	Prelate Village Council
Area
• Total	0.87 km (0.34 sq mi)
Population
• Total	116
• Density	144.5/km (374/sq mi)
Time zone	CST
Postal code	S0N 2B0
Area code	306
Highways	Highway 32

Prelate (2021 pop.: 116) is a special service area in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Happyland No. 231 and Census Division No. 8. Formerly an incorporated village, it is 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) east of Leader and 146 kilometres (91 mi) northwest of Swift Current just off Highway 32.

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 for girls was run by the Ursuline Sisters until it closed in 2007.
• Saints Peter and Paul Church (Blumenfeld Church) located 15 km south of Prelate is a Municipal Heritage Property. Built in 1915, the church served the Catholics of German descent of the Prelate area. The grounds feature a fieldstone shrine and wrought iron crosses mark some of the graves in the cemetery.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Prelate had a population of 116 living in 52 of its 60 total private dwellings, a change of -24.7% from its 2016 population of 154. With a land area of 0.82 km (0.32 sq mi), it had a population density of 141.5/km (366.4/sq mi) in 2021.

In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Prelate recorded a population of 154 living in 62 of its 77 total private dwellings, a 19.5% change from its 2011 population of 124. With a land area of 0.87 km (0.34 sq mi), it had a population density of 177.0/km (458.5/sq mi) in 2016.

Education

The Islamic Academy of Saskatchewan, an Islamic boarding school for boys, opened in 2011 in the former St. Angela's Convent and Academy building.

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
• List of villages in Saskatchewan

References

1. ^ "The Saskatchewan Gazette: Restructuring of the Village of Prelate". Government of Saskatchewan. June 21, 2024. p. 789. Retrieved December 7, 2024.
2. National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters, retrieved 2011-08-01
3. Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home. "Municipal Directory System". Retrieved 2003-11-16.
4. Canadian Textiles Institute. (2005), CTI Determine your provincial constituency, archived from the original on 2007-09-11
5. Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005), Elections Canada On-line
6. Prelate History Book Committee (1990), Our Heritage Recalled, Prelate, Saskatchewan, 1908-1990, Battleford, SK: Marian Press Ltd.
7. "Urban Municipality Incorporations". Saskatchewan Ministry of Government Relations. Archived from the original on October 15, 2014. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
8. ^ The B. C. Catholic, August 30, 2011. "Saskatchewan Catholic school to become Islamic boys' school". Retrieved 4 September 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
9. "Blumenfeld Church". Retrieved 2013-11-17.
10. "Saskatchewan Census Population" (PDF). Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 24, 2015. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
11. "Saskatchewan Census Population". Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
12. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
13. "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Saskatchewan)". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
14. "Islamic Academy of Saskatchewan". Retrieved 4 September 2013.

v t e Places adjacent to Prelate, Saskatchewan
Laporte Eatonia Glidden Leader Prelate Sceptre Mendham Liebenthal Hazlet

v t e Division No. 8, Saskatchewan
Cities	Swift Current
Towns	Burstall Cabri Eatonia Elrose Eston Gull Lake Kyle Leader
Villages	Abbey Fox Valley Golden Prairie Hazlet Lancer Mendham Pennant Prelate Richmound Sceptre Stewart Valley Success Tompkins Webb
Rural municipalities	Big Stick 141 Chesterfield 261 Clinworth 230 Deer Forks 232 Enterprise 142 Fox Valley 171 Gull Lake 139 Happyland 231 Lacadena 228 Miry Creek 229 Monet 257 Newcombe 260 Pittville 169 Riverside 168 Saskatchewan Landing 167 Snipe Lake 259 Swift Current 137 Webb 138
Unincorporated communities	Organized hamlets Wymark Special service areas Mantario Hamlets Laporte Abbey Colony Aikins Beverley Cantuar Chipperfield Cuthbert Duncairn Dunelm Estuary Eyre Forgan Gascoigne Glidden Greenan Gunnworth Hak High Point Horsham Hughton Inglebright Isham Java Lacadena Leinan Lemsford Lille Linacre Madison Matador Mondou Nadeauville Penkill Plato Player Portreeve Rhineland Richlea Roadene Rosengart Roseray Saltburn Sanctuary Schantzenfeld Schoenfeld Schoenwiese Shackleton Snipe Lake Springfeld Surprise Tuberose Tunstall Tyner Verlo Wartime Wheatland Colony White Bear Witley Wyatt
See also: Municipalities in Saskatchewan Census divisions of Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities

50°51′07″N 109°24′32″W / 50.852°N 109.409°W / 50.852; -109.409

• Special service areas in Saskatchewan
• Happyland No. 231, Saskatchewan
• Division No. 8, Saskatchewan