Prelate, Saskatchewan

Prelate was first settled in 1908.{{Citation | publisher=Marian Press Ltd. | publication-place=Battleford, SK | title=Our Heritage Recalled, Prelate, Saskatchewan, 1908-1990 | url=http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=6044 | author=Prelate History Book Committee | publication-date=1990}} Prelate incorporated as a village on October 25, 1913.{{cite web | url=http://municipal.gov.sk.ca/Municipal-History/Urban-Incorporated-Dates | title=Urban Municipality Incorporations | publisher=Saskatchewan Ministry of Government Relations | access-date=June 1, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141015042810/http://municipal.gov.sk.ca/Municipal-History/Urban-Incorporated-Dates | archive-date=October 15, 2014}} 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.{{cite web

| title =Blumenfeld Church| url =http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=3589&pid=0

| access-date =2013-11-17}}

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{{Historical populations

| title = Population history
(1981–2016)

| type = Canada

| align = right

| footnote = Source: Statistics Canada via Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics{{cite web | url=http://www.stats.gov.sk.ca/stats/population/SaskCensusPopulation8106.pdf | title=Saskatchewan Census Population | publisher=Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics | access-date=May 31, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924105944/http://www.stats.gov.sk.ca/stats/population/SaskCensusPopulation8106.pdf | archive-date=September 24, 2015 | url-status=dead}}{{cite web | url=https://publications.saskatchewan.ca/api/v1/products/86690/formats/100724/download | title=Saskatchewan Census Population | publisher=Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics | access-date=May 31, 2020}}

|1981|317

|1986|254

|1991|191

|1996|189

|2001|164

|2006|126

|2011|124

|2016|154

}}

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In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Prelate had a population of {{val|116|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|52|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|60|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:116-154}}|154|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|154|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|0.82|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|116|0.82|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000203&geocode=A000247 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=April 1, 2022}}

In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Prelate recorded a population of {{nts|154}} living in {{nts|62}} of its {{nts|77}} total private dwellings, a {{percentage|{{#expr:154-124}}|154|1}} change from its 2011 population of {{nts|124}}. With a land area of {{convert|0.87|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|154|0.87|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2016.{{cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table.cfm?Lang=Eng&T=302&SR=1&S=86&O=A&RPP=9999&PR=47 | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Saskatchewan) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 8, 2017 | access-date=May 30, 2020}}

The Islamic Academy of Saskatchewan,{{Cite web

| title = Islamic Academy of Saskatchewan

| url =http://www.theislamicacademy.ca/index.html

| access-date = 4 September 2013}} an Islamic boarding school for boys, opened in 2011 in the former St. Angela's Convent and Academy building.{{Cite web

| last =The B. C. Catholic

| first =August 30, 2011

| title =Saskatchewan Catholic school to become Islamic boys' school

| url =http://bcc.rcav.org/canadian/983-kiply-lukan-yaworski

| access-date = 4 September 2013}}

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{{Geographic location

| Northwest = Laporte

| North = Eatonia

| Northeast = Glidden

| West = Leader

| Centre = Prelate

| East = Sceptre

| Southwest = Mendham

| South = Liebenthal

| Southeast = Hazlet

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Category:Special service areas in Saskatchewan

Category:Happyland No. 231, Saskatchewan

Category:Division No. 8, Saskatchewan

{{Coord|50.852|N|109.409|W|display=title|type:city_region:CA_source:GNS-enwiki}}