St. Peter's was founded in 1940 as a municipal hospital by the Sisters of St. Martha, based in Antigonish, Nova Scotia.

[19] The Melville Railway Museum[20] (c. 1911) is a Municipal Heritage Property on the Canadian Register of Historic Places.

After a stint as St. Paul's Home for the Aged and Orphans, the building was declared a heritage site, opening as a museum in the early 1980s.

The closest major centre to Melville is the city of Yorkton, 43 kilometres (27 mi) to the northeast.

Melville Municipal Airport (TC LID: CJV9) is located 1.5 NM (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) east of the city.

[25][26] Parkland Regional College provides post secondary technical training and operates a campus out of the Melville Comprehensive High School building.

[27] Parkland College operates its NFPA fire training field near the Melville Municipal Airport.

The Communiplex has an NHL size ice surface and seating capacity for 1,500 people, a walking track, fitness and cardio care facilities, and a convention centre.

[31] The campground has 126 campsites, free firewood, electrical and water hookups, sewer disposal, and modern washrooms and showers.

The course is on the north side of Melville and is set on rolling hills with Crescent Creek running through it.