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Melville is a city located in east-central Saskatchewan, Canada, about 145 km (90 mi) northeast of Regina and 45 km (28 mi) southwest of Yorkton. It is bordered by the rural municipalities of Cana No. 214 and Stanley No. 215. As of the 2016 census, Melville had a population of 4,562, making it Saskatchewan's smallest city. The city is known for its hockey team, the Melville Millionaires, who play in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League, and its former baseball team of the same name, which competed in the Western Canadian Baseball League until 2019.
Melville was named after Charles Melville Hays, the president of the Grand Trunk Railway and Grand Trunk Pacific Railway at the time of its founding. Hays perished on the RMS Titanic. The area's first post office, Pearl Park, was established in 1905 near Pearl Creek, a tributary of the Qu'Appelle River. Melville gained city status in 1960. According to the 2021 Census, Melville's population was 4,493, a slight decrease from 2016, with a population density of 304.0/km² (787.3/sq mi) over a land area of 14.78 km² (5.71 sq mi).
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