Veregin owes its existence to the
Doukhobors, in the middle of whose 1899
block settlement, known as the South Doukobor Colony its future site happened to be, and the
Canadian Northern Railway, whose new line (between Kamsack and
Canora) crossed the reserve in 1904. The site of the future village of Veregin — which also happened to be the closest point where the new rail line came to the village of Otradnoye (some 10 km north of Veregin) where the residence and headquarters of the Doukhobor leader,
Peter Verigin was at the time — was chosen as the place for the railway station to serve the Doukhobor reserve. on the letterhead of Peter Verigin-led
Christian Community of Universal Brotherhood in the 1920s, and, on occasions, in the report of BC Royal Commission of 1912.) A new village started to be growing near the Veregin train station. Peter Verigin moved his residence and the headquarters to Veregin from Otradnoye in 1904,. Veregin became the site of the annual meetings no later than January 1910. With the bankruptcy of CCUB in 1937–38, the facilities owned by the community were sold or destroyed. In 1980, the 1917-built Verigin's mansion was restored. In 2006, it and a few other Doukhobor buildings have been designated a
National Historic Site of Canada under the name "
Doukhobors at Veregin". Two major fires in the community on January 22 and 29, 2004, threatened the viability of the village.{{cite news == Demographics ==