Prelate, Saskatchewan
Prelate 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 east of Leader and 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 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 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.In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Prelate recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of. With a land area of, it had a population density of 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.. Youth in Prelate attend school at Leader Composite School in Leader, Saskatchewan.Notable people
- Ross Alger, politician
- Roxanne Goldade, country singer
- Mark Pederson, ice hockey left winger
- David Herle, Liberal political advisor