The city is bordered by the rural municipalities of Orkney to the north, west, and south, and Wallace on the east.

Authorized to issue up to $300,000 in debentures and lenient government credit terms on land purchases encouraged company representatives to visit the District of Assiniboia of the North-West Territories with the intent to view some crown land available near the Manitoba border.

They were impressed with what they saw and the group purchased portions of six townships near the Little Whitesand River (now Yorkton Creek) for the purpose of settlement and to establish a centre for trade there.

[13] The quaternary geology has left the area as a moraine plain consisting of glacial deposits.

It has warm summers and cold winters, with the average daily temperatures ranging from −17.9 °C (−0.2 °F) in January to 17.8 °C (64.0 °F) in July.

The centre includes an arena, curling rink, conference rooms and an indoor swimming pool.

In the early 1900s an older Agriplex building was located on the fair grounds adjacent to the Gallagher Centre.

[35] Yorkton is home to a branch of the Saskatchewan Western Development Museum, which houses a number of exhibits depicting pioneer life in the town and on the surrounding prairie.

The Yorkton Rawtec Maulers are a Midget AAA ice hockey team and they are a member of the SMAAAHL.

He is serving with councillors Dustin Brears, Stephanie Ortynsky, Quinn Haider, Randy Goulden, Greg Litvanyi, and Darcy Zaharia.

Yorkton established its first hospital in 1902, and this was followed by a maternity care home which lasted a couple of decades.

[12] The original hospital was converted into a residential apartment, which in 2014 suffered a large fire which engulfed the entire building.

During the Second World War an airport was built 2.8 nautical miles (5.2 km; 3.2 mi) north of Yorkton for the Royal Canadian Air Force's No.

(CN)) branch line and Canadian Pacific Railway (Yorkton IMS, Sk (CPRS)) mainline track.

[52] Dream Builders is an alternative education program offering grades 6 through 12 with a work experience component.

[52] St. Michael's Elementary School offers both English and French immersion from Kindergarten to grade 8.

Among the present users is a Gliding Centre, operated for the Royal Canadian Air Cadets.

The facility which was in use during the Cold War was renamed CFS Yorkton (Canadian Forces Station) in 1967.

SaskTel is a Crown Corporation owned by the provincial government to serve the people of Saskatchewan with telephone, Internet, and TV services.