St. Catharines
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Summary
St. Catharines is a city[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,579 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Regional Municipality of Niagara[3]
- Country: Canada[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Lake Ontario[5]
- Instance of: lower-tier municipality of Ontario[6], big city[7]
- Shares border with: Lake Ontario[8], Niagara Falls[9], Thorold[10], Niagara-on-the-Lake[11], Pelham[12], Lincoln[13]
- Part of: Niagara Peninsula[14]
- Commons category: St. Catharines[15]
- Inception: 1783[16]
- Official website: http://www.stcatharines.ca[17]
- Topic's main category: Category:St. Catharines[18]
- Population: 133,113[19], 136,803[20], 129,170[21]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[22], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[23]
- Legal form: municipal corporation[24]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in St. Catharines, Ontario[25]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in St. Catharines[26]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from St. Catharines[27]
- Owner of: Gatorade Garden City Complex[28], Meridian Centre[29], FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre[30]
- Elevation above sea level: 98 m[31]
- Area: 97 km²[32]
- Maximum temperature record: 40 °C[33]
- Minimum temperature record: -25.7 °C[34]
Why It Matters
St. Catharines has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]