Saint Catharines, Ontario
| St. Catharines | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City (lower-tier) | |||||
| City of St. Catharines | |||||
.png)
From top left: The corner of St. Paul and Queen streets, the Silver Spire United Church on St. Paul, a ship traversing the Welland Canal with the Garden City Skyway in the background, the lighthouse of Port Dalhousie, the Arthur Schmon Tower of Brock University, and the gazebo in Montebello Park
|
|||||
|
|||||
| Nickname(s): The Garden City, St. Kitts | |||||
| Motto(s): Industry and Liberality | |||||
 Location of St. Catharines and its census metropolitan area in Ontario |
|||||
 St. Catharines
|
|||||
| Coordinates: 43°11′N 79°14′W / 43.183°N 79.233°WCoordinates: 43°11′N 79°14′W / 43.183°N 79.233°W | |||||
| Country |
 Canada |
||||
| Province |
 Ontario
|
||||
| Region | Niagara | ||||
| Settled | 1783 | ||||
| Incorporated | 1845 (town) | ||||
| 1876 (city) | |||||
| Government | |||||
| • Mayor | Walter Sendzik | ||||
| • Governing body | St. Catharines City Council | ||||
| • MPs | Chris Bittle, Vance Badawey, Dean Allison | ||||
| • MPPs | Jim Bradley, Cindy Forster | ||||
| Area | |||||
| • Land | 96.13 km2 (37.12 sq mi) | ||||
| • Urban | 378.68 km2 (146.21 sq mi) | ||||
| • Metro | 1,397.51 km2 (539.58 sq mi) | ||||
| Elevation | 97.80 m (320.87 ft) | ||||
| Population (2016) | |||||
| • City (lower-tier) | 133,113 (Ranked 38th) | ||||
| • Density | 1,384.8/km2 (3,587/sq mi) | ||||
| • Urban | 309,319 (Ranked 12th) | ||||
| • Urban density | 816.8/km2 (2,116/sq mi) | ||||
| • Metro | 392,184 (Ranked 12th) | ||||
| • Metro density | 280.6/km2 (727/sq mi) | ||||
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC−5) | ||||
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) | ||||
| Forward Sortation Area | L2M to L2W | ||||
| Area code(s) | 905, 289, 365 | ||||
| Highways |
 Queen Elizabeth Way Highway 406 Highway 58
|
||||
| Website | stcatharines |
||||
St. Catharines is the largest city in Canada's Niagara Region and the sixth largest urban area in Ontario, with 96.13 square kilometres (37.1 sq mi) of land and 133,113 residents in 2016. It lies in Southern Ontario, 51 kilometres (32 mi) south of Toronto across Lake Ontario, and is 19 kilometres (12 mi) inland from the international boundary with the United States along the Niagara River. It is the northern entrance of the Welland Canal. Residents of St. Catharines are known as St. Cathariners. St. Catharines carries the official nickname "The Garden City" due to its 1,000 acres (4 km2) of parks, gardens and trails.
St. Catharines is between the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) and the Fort Erie – US border. Manufacturing is the city's dominant industry, as noted by the heraldic motto, "Industry and Liberality". General Motors of Canada, Ltd., the Canadian subsidiary of General Motors, was the city's largest employer, a distinction now held by the District School Board of Niagara. THK Rhythm Automotive, formerly TRW, operates a plant in the city, though in recent years employment there has shifted from heavy industry and manufacturing to services.
St. Catharines lies on one of the main telecommunications backbones between Canada and the United States, and as a result a number of call centres operate in the city. It is designated an Urban Growth Centre by the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe, intended to achieve a minimum density target of 150 jobs and residents combined per hectare by 2031 or earlier.
...
Wikipedia