The Town of Kerrobert is located at the junction of Highways #21, #31 and #51 in the West Central region of Saskatchewan. It is approximately 65 km east of the Saskatchewan/Alberta border and 180 km west of Saskatoon. The Town of Kerrobert started as the Village of Hartsberg about 1906. The following year a land rush into the district began in anticipation of the arrival of the Canadian Pacific railway line. In 1910 the Outlook-Macklin branch line appeared in Hartsberg and during September of that year the first sales of town lots began. The Village became a Town in 1911 and was re-named Kerrobert and like many towns along the railway, it’s name is derived from an early C.P. railroad executive, Robert Kerr .

The Town was on the “Tote Road” which followed the right-of-way marked out by the surveyors and was used by the freighters hauling supplies for the building of the new railway. Kerrobert became the railway centre of the West Central region of Saskatchewan until rail traffic was re-routed when terminal elevators were constructed in British Columbia, causing less prairie wheat to flow east.

Kerrobert became the seat of the Kerrobert Judicial District in 1913 which necessitated the construction of the Court House which remains a focal point of the Community to this day.

From its strong agricultural base which continues to be the backbone of the community, the Town has also evolved into being one of the centres in the booming oil and gas industry in the Province.

The Town logo is a caricature of the four historical buildings in the community, namely the Court House, Railway Station, Water Tower and the Library.

Town of Kerrobert Profile