Prince George, British Columbia

Prince George
Prince George
City
	City of Prince George
	An aerial view of Prince George
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	Motto: "Shaping a Northern Destiny"
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	Coordinates: 53°45′47″N 122°44′43″W / 53.76306°N 122.74528°W
Country	Canada
Province	British Columbia
Regional district	Fraser–Fort George
Established	1807
Incorporated	March 6, 1915
Government
• Mayor	Simon Yu
• Governing body	Prince George City Council
• MPs	Todd Doherty (CPC); Bob Zimmer (CPC)
• MLAs	Shirley Bond (BCU); Mike Morris (BCU)
Area
• City	318.26 km2 (122.88 sq mi)
• Urban	73.9 km2 (28.5 sq mi)
Elevation	575 m (1,886 ft)
Population (2021)
• City	76,708
• Density	242.2/km2 (627/sq mi)
• Urban	67,339
• Metro	89,490
Time zone	UTC−08:00 (PST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−07:00 (PDT)
Forward sortation area	V2K – V2N
Area code(s)	250, 778, 236, 672
Website	princegeorge.ca

Prince George is a city in British Columbia, Canada, situated at the confluence of the Fraser and Nechako rivers. The city itself has a population of 76,708;^[3] the metro census agglomeration has a population of 89,490.^[4] It is often called the province's "northern capital".^[5] because it serves as a centre for higher education, health care, government services, arts and entertainment, sports, and support for major industries such as forest products and mining.

Prince George is roughly a 9 hour drive west of Edmonton, Alberta, east of Prince Rupert, British Columbia, and north of Vancouver, British Columbia.

^ "Prince George". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
^ ^a ^b Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (February 9, 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Prince George [Population centre], British Columbia". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference 2021censusB was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population, 2021 Census". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
^ "City of Prince George – Our City!". Archived from the original on October 26, 2015. Retrieved November 8, 2015.

[1] "Prince George". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.

[2021censusC-2] Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (February 9, 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Prince George [Population centre], British Columbia". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved March 11, 2023.

[2021censusB-3] Cite error: The named reference 2021censusB was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[4] "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population, 2021 Census". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved January 4, 2023.

[5] "City of Prince George – Our City!". Archived from the original on October 26, 2015. Retrieved November 8, 2015.

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