Canora-Pelly
Provincial electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Canora-Pelly?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
Canora-Pelly is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada.
Saskatchewan electoral district | |||
---|---|---|---|
Current boundaries since 2016 election
New boundaries effective next election | |||
Provincial electoral district | |||
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan | ||
MLA |
Saskatchewan | ||
District created | 1994 | ||
First contested | 1995 | ||
Last contested | 2020 | ||
Demographics | |||
Electors | 9,906 | ||
Census subdivision(s) | Buchanan, Canora, Ebenezer, Endeavour, Kamsack, Norquay, Pelly, Preeceville, Springside, Sturgis, Theodore |
Located in east-central Saskatchewan, this constituency is made up of one of the province's most densely populated rural areas. The economy is based on mixed farming, primarily in the northern areas. The southern portion of the region relies mainly on straight grain farming. Duck Mountain Provincial Park and Good Spirit Lake Provincial Park are also located in this constituency.
In 1899, much of the territory now covered by the Canora-Pelly district fell within the block settlement land grant that became the first Canadian home of the Doukhobors. The village of Veregin, named after Doukhobor leader Peter Verigin, was the central hub of the settlement.
The largest communities are Canora and Kamsack, with populations of 2,013 and 1,713, respectively. Other centres in the riding include the towns of Preeceville, Norquay, Springside, and Sturgis; and the villages of Pelly, Theodore, Endeavour, Buchanan, and Ebenezer (formerly "Ebenezer Valley").