The Village of Primate is situated approximately 11 kilometres (kms) east of Macklin on Highway 31. It has a population of 85 and was incorporated as a Village in 1922. Primate got its name for the Latin word primus, which means first. When the first homesteaders came to Saskatchewan to settle and build a new community, they had a feeling of being first although the Native Canadians were already here. Nevertheless, because they felt that way the community was called Primate.