Cranbrook, British Columbia

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Cranbrook
The main street (10th Ave) of Cranbrook
The main street (10th Ave) of Cranbrook
Motto : Mountains of Opportunity
Location in British Columbia
Cranbrook, British Columbia
Cranbrook
Cranbrook
State : CanadaCanada Canada
Province : British Columbia
Regional District : East Kootenay
Coordinates : 49 ° 31 ′  N , 115 ° 46 ′  W Coordinates: 49 ° 31 ′  N , 115 ° 46 ′  W
Height : 921  m
Area : 32 km²
Residents : 20,047 (as of 2016)
Population density : 626.5 inhabitants / km²
Time zone : Mountain Time ( UTC − 7 )
Postal code : V1C
Foundation : 1905 (incorporated)
Mayor : Lee Pratt (as of 2018)
Website : www.cranbrook.ca
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Source: Meteorological Service of Canada
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Max. Temperature ( ° C ) −3.2 1.5 7.1 12.8 17.7 21.6 25.6 25.4 19.6 11.7 2.3 −3.1 O 11.6
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Precipitation ( mm ) 30.2 21.2 21.3 26.8 43.2 52.8 38.2 31.6 28.4 18.4 37.5 33.9 Σ 383.5
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Cranbrook is a city in southeastern British Columbia , Canada . It is the seat of the Regional District of East Kootenay .

history

Originally the country was settled by the First Nation . The Kutenai lived and still live in the area around what is now Cranbrook . In their language, today's city is called ʔakis`akǂiʔit . The city received its current name during the settlement by Europeans at the end of the 19th century. Colonel James Baker had landed here and named the emerging settlement after his home in Cranbrook in England.
In 1898 he achieved that the Canadian Pacific Railway did not build its route over the Crowsnest Pass through the nearby gold mining town of Fort Steele , but through Cranbrook.
The granting of local self-government for the municipality took place on November 1, 1905 ( incorporated as City municipality ).

Demographics

The last official census , the 2016 Census , showed a population of 20,047 inhabitants for the settlement, after the 2011 census for the municipality still showed a population of 19,319 inhabitants. The population increased by 3.8% compared to the last census in 2011 and developed less than the provincial average, there with a population increase of 5.6%. In the census period 2006 to 2011, the number of inhabitants in the municipality had decreased by 5.4%, while the provincial average increased by 7.0%.

At the 2016 census, the average age of the residents was 43.1 years, well above the provincial average of 42.3 years. The median age of the residents was determined to be 44.5 years. The median age of all residents in the province in 2016 was 43.0 years. For the 2011 census, a median age of 43.1 years was determined for the residents of the municipality and 41.9 years for the residents of the province.

traffic

Cranbrook is on the Crowsnest Highway ( Highway 3 ) which is an important east-west connection. Highway 95 passes the city in a north-south direction .

Furthermore, Cranbrook is connected to the metropolises of Canada through the Cranbrook / Canadian Rockies International Airport . Among other things, Pacific Coastal Airlines offers a daily scheduled service from here to Vancouver .

Town twinning

Coeur d'Alene in the US state of Idaho has been twin town of Cranbrook since 1987 .

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Cranbrook Community Profile. Census 2016. In: Statistics Canada . August 9, 2019, accessed September 4, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Ktunaxa words. In: FirstVoices. Retrieved October 2, 2012 .
  3. ^ Origin Notes and History. Cranbrook. GeoBC , accessed September 4, 2019 .
  4. ^ Cranbrook Community Profile. Census 2011. In: Statistics Canada . May 31, 2016, accessed September 4, 2019 .