Prelate (2021 population: ) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Happyland No. 231 and Census Division No. 8. Located just off Highway 32, it is 12 km east of Leader and 146 km northwest of Swift Current.

History

Prelate was first settled in 1908. Prelate incorporated as a village on October 25, 1913.

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 NaN% from its 2016 population of 154. With a land area of 0.82 km2, 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 NaN% change from its 2011 population of. With a land area of 0.87 km2, 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.

Notable people