City Statistics

City of Yorkton Statistics

• Population 19,859 [Statistics Canada, 2021]
• Largest City on the Trans-Canada Yellowhead Highway [Hwy 16] between Winnipeg, MB and Saskatoon, SK.
• Largest city in east-central Saskatchewan, an area of approximately 14,000 square miles
• Annual wholesale and retail sales have tripled in the past ten years to more than $600 million
• Other main regional industries include agriculture, potash mining,manufacturing, tourism and health services
• With more than 500 modern hotel rooms, Yorkton has the ability to host major events and conferences including North America’s longest-running film festival – Yorkton Film Festival (75 years and counting); as well as Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling, the Royal Bank Cup, the Saskatchewan Summer Games, the CJHL World Junior A Challenge.
• Yorkton’s Deer Park Municipal Golf Course, regarded as one of Saskatchewan’s top-ranked 18-hole golf courses, continues to host a number of provincial and national golf tournaments featuring many of the top junior golfers in Saskatchewan and Canada.
• City-owned Gallagher Centre, equipped with a hockey arena with seating for over 3,000 people, an eight sheet curling rink, a 13,700 sqft agri-pavilion, a 12,000 sqft ag arena and a convention centre, is considered one of the finest leisure centres in the province

For additional statistics and information on Yorkton and area, please view the Yorkton Community Profile (PDF).