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St. Catharines
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city in Ontario, Canada
OverviewAI-generated
St. Catharines is a city in the Regional Municipality of Niagara, Ontario, Canada. Established in 1783, it operates as a municipal corporation and is part of the Niagara Peninsula. The city has a population of 136,803 and covers an area of 97 square kilometers. It is situated at an elevation of 98 meters above sea level.
The city shares borders with Lake Ontario, Niagara Falls, Thorold, and Niagara-on-the-Lake. It is located next to Lake Ontario. Recorded temperature extremes for the area include a maximum of 40 degrees and a minimum of -25.7 degrees.
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Place details
- Locality
- St. Catharines
- Region
- Ontario
- Country
- Canada
- Population
- 136,803
- Timezone
- America/Toronto
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Travel guide
Understand
right|thumb|200px|Montebello Park It is a shame that St. Catharines is overlooked by most tourists visiting Niagara Falls and Niagara-on-the-Lake as it has a lot to offer. St. Catharines offers better value and quality for food and accommodation than the nearby tourist destinations which are only 10-20 minutes away.
Manufacturing is the city's dominant industry, as noted by the motto, "Industry and Liberality". General Motors of Canada, the Canadian subsidiary of General Motors, used to be the city's largest employer, a distinction now held by the District School Board of Niagara. 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.
See
thumb|Rodman Hall thumb|right|upright|The Old Courthouse, at the corner of James and King streets
Eat
Typical Canadian chain restaurants can be found around town. McDonald's, and Tim Hortons are probably the most common. St Pauls Street near the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre has an ever-changing variety of restaurants.
Drink
There are two primary bar areas in the city: Port Dalhousie and downtown. Generally, Port Dalhousie is the active bar scene during the warm summer months, and downtown is the prime location for nightlife in the winter. The downtown area also has its fill of bars, likely more than twenty. Everything from small pubs to large dance clubs fill the area, although almost every bar has a laid-back feel (with matching laid-back clothing requirements.) There has been a bit of an upscale trend lately, with the addition of a few martini bars. It's a bigger area to cover than up in Port, but even still it's quite easy to walk from a bar at one end of downtown to another at the opposite end.
Go next
Interesting places nearby include:
Niagara Falls (Ontario) - for the Falls, of course. Niagara-on-the-Lake - quaint, historic town with great little shops, restaurants, and (in the summer) the Shaw theatre festival. Thorold — The next city along the Welland Canal.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Encyclopedic overview
St. Catharines is the most populous city in Canada's Niagara Region and the eighth largest urban area in the province of Ontario. As of 2021, St. Catharines has an area of 96.2 square kilometres (37.1 mi) and 136,803 residents. It lies in Southern Ontario, 51 kilometres (32 mi) south of Toronto across Lake Ontario, and 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. St. Catharines carries the official nickname "The Garden City" due to its 1,000 acres (4 km) of parks, gardens, and trails.
St. Catharines is between the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) and the Canada–U.S. border at Fort Erie. Manufacturing was 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, although in recent years, employment there has shifted from heavy industry and manufacturing to services.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “St. Catharines” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.