Settlement in the Preeceville region dates back to fur traders who came to the upper Assiniboine region after explorer David Thompson mapped the area in 1796. Later, ranchers followed the trails left by fur traders and Indigenous peoples, leading to the earliest settlement of the area.
Preeceville was officially established as a village in 1912, the same year the Canadian National Railway arrived, further driving settlement in the region.[5]
The town is named for the Preece family, who set up a homestead where the town now stands in 1905.[6]
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Preeceville had a population of 1,062 living in 492 of its 570 total private dwellings, a change of -5.6% from its 2016 population of 1,125. With a land area of 2.86 square kilometres (1.10 sq mi), it had a population density of 371.3/km2 (961.7/sq mi) in 2021.[7]
^"History". Town of Preeceville. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
^Preeceville Historical Society, Corporate; et al. (Courtesy of Local Histories Collection, Libraries and Cultural Resources Digital Collections, University of Calgary) (1 January 1982). Lines of the Past.
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