Guelph | |||||
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City (single-tier) | |||||
City of Guelph | |||||
View of Guelph downtown with Norfolk St. and Basilica of Our Lady Immaculate pictured
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Nickname(s): "The Royal City" | |||||
Motto: Faith, Fidelity and Progress | |||||
Location of Guelph in Ontario | |||||
Coordinates: 43°33′N 80°15′W / 43.550°N 80.250°WCoordinates: 43°33′N 80°15′W / 43.550°N 80.250°W | |||||
Country | Canada | ||||
Province | Ontario | ||||
County | Wellington County (independent) | ||||
City Wards | 6 | ||||
Founded | April 23, 1827 | ||||
Incorporated | April 23, 1879 | ||||
Government | |||||
• Mayor |
Cam Guthrie 2014–Present |
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• Governing Body | Guelph City Council | ||||
• MPs |
Lloyd Longfield (LPC) 2015–Present |
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• MPPs |
Liz Sandals (OLP) 2003–Present |
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Area | |||||
• Land | 86.72 km2 (33.48 sq mi) | ||||
• Urban | 78.39 km2 (30.27 sq mi) | ||||
• Metro | 378.45 km2 (146.12 sq mi) | ||||
Elevation | 334 m (1,096 ft) | ||||
Population (2016) | |||||
• City (single-tier) | 131,794 | ||||
• Density | 1,325.5/km2 (3,433/sq mi) | ||||
• Urban | 131,794 | ||||
• Urban density | 1,475.1/km2 (3,820/sq mi) | ||||
• Metro | 141,097 | ||||
• Metro density | 335.6/km2 (869/sq mi) | ||||
Demonym(s) | Guelphite | ||||
Time zone | EST (UTC−5) | ||||
• Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) | ||||
Postal code span | N: N1C, N1E, N1G, N1H, N1K, N1L | ||||
Area code(s) | 519, 226 and 548 | ||||
Website | www |
Guelph (i/ɡwɛlf/; Canada 2016 Census population 131,794) is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada. Known as "The Royal City", Guelph is roughly 28 kilometres (17 mi) east of Waterloo and 100 kilometres (62 mi) west of Downtown Toronto at the intersection of Highway 6 and Highway 7. It is the seat of Wellington County, but is politically independent of it.
Because of its low crime rates, clean environment and generally high standard of living, Guelph is consistently rated as one of Canada's best places to live. Guelph has been noted as having one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country throughout the Great Recession. In February 2016, it had the lowest rate in the country, at 3.9 per cent, compared to the national rate of 7.3 per cent; in large part, this is because of the great number of manufacturing facilities, including Linamar.
For many years, the ranked at the bottom of Canada's crime severity list. Even after a slight increase, it had the second lowest crime rate in Canada in 2014, at 43 (per 100,000 population); by comparison the national rate was 68.7.