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Grande Prairie is the main city in the northwestern part of the province of Alberta in Western Canada. It is located on the southern edge of the Peace River Country (part of the Peace Region or simply "The Peace", as is often locally known, which encompasses much of northwestern Alberta and northeastern British Columbia). The city is surrounded by Grande Prairie County. The city of Grande Prairie is one of Canada's fastest growing cities and as of its 2007 civic census, its population was 50,227, up 6.9% from the Canada 2006 Census figure of 47,076. As of 2006, the population of the Grande Prairie Census Agglomeration was at 71,868^[3] (The census agglomeration has now been expanded to cover the entire County of Grande Prairie). It is currently Alberta's 7th largest incorporated city by population. Grande Prairie is the largest city between Edmonton and Fairbanks, Alaska along the Highway 43, Alaska and a portion of the Richardson Highway (Alaska) routes. 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Highway 43 westbound, west of Whitecourt Highway 43 eastbound, west of Whitecourt Highway 43 is the main Alberta highway stretching from the Yellowhead just directly west of Edmonton to the Alberta/British Columbia provincial border via Grande Prairie. ... Highway 40 crossing Wapiti River south of Grande Prairie Highway 734 through the Foothills, north of Nordegg Kananaskis Trail through the Canadian Rockies in Kananaskis Country Highway 40 (also called Bighorn Highway) is a north-south highway located in western Alberta extending from the city of Grande Prairie southward to... Wapiti River in western Canada Wapiti River is a river in eastern British Columbia and western Alberta, Canada. ... For other uses, see Alberta (disambiguation). ... The Peace River Country (or Peace Country) is prairie land around the Peace River. ... For other uses, see Alberta (disambiguation). ... 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The city has adopted the endangered Trumpeter swan as an official symbol because it is near the migration route and summer nesting grounds of this large and graceful swan. For that reason, Grande Prairie is sometimes nicknamed the "Swan City". Binomial name Cygnus buccinator Richardson, 1832 The Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator) is the largest native North American swan. ...

History

European fur traders entered the Peace River Country as early as 1770 and in 1881, Grande Prairie began as a Hudson's Bay Company trading post. The city was so named because in the late 19th Century, Father Grouard, a French-Canadian Roman Catholic missionary, was said to have described the rolling plains and the large open prairies of the aspen parkland as "la grande prairie". The Peace River Country (or Peace Country) is prairie land around the Peace River. ... Hudsons Bay Company (HBC; Compagnie de la Baie dHudson in French) is the oldest commercial corporation in North America and is one of the oldest in the world. ... The Aspen Parklands Ecoregion // Overview Subsections Central Foothills Peace River Special Features Sand dunes Sand plains Badlands Kame fields Topography Variables Level glacial lakebeds Rolling areas Hummocky Moraine Climate Central Moderate precipitation Moderate temperature Foothills Chinooks Strong winds Peace River Higher precipitation Short summer/Long winter Moderate winds Vegetation There...

The Edson Trail from Edson to Grande Prairie was opened in 1911 as a means for settlers to reach the Grande Prairie area. It was basically nothing more than a tract of clear cut bush and forest, and thus was a very difficult route for many settlers, especially during wet weather. Because of this, large scale settlement came late compared to other major farming regions further south in Canada. Grande Prairie was incorporated as a town by the Province of Alberta in 1914. It was not until the arrival of the railway in 1916 that farmland quickly expanded as waves of settlers came into the Peace region. A local recession in the 1920s caused a temporary depopulation of Grande Prairie. But the population rebounded afterwards by the 1930s, by which time the population had reached 1,464. Settlement continued unabated even into the 1930s during the Dust Bowl era because the Peace Region was able to escape the severe drought conditions that plagued the Canadian Prairies further south at the time.^[4] Edson is a town in west-central Alberta, Canada. ... Map of the Canadian Prairie provinces, which include boreal forests, taiga, and mountains as well as the prairies (proper). ...

The Second World War saw the US and Canadian military establish Grande Prairie as a part of the Northwest Staging Route for the construction of the Alaska Highway from Dawson Creek to Alaska. Although Dawson Creek was chosen as the major starting point of the construction of the Alaska highway, Grande Prairie was a major stopover point for military aircraft during the war, and benefited economically from this. Dawson Creek is a small city and seat of the Peace River Regional District of British Columbia, Canada. ... For other uses, see Alaska (disambiguation). ... Dawson Creek is a small city and seat of the Peace River Regional District of British Columbia, Canada. ... Map of Alaska Highway (in red) The Alaska Highway, also the Alaskan Highway, Alaska-Canadian Highway, and the Alcan Highway, runs from Dawson Creek, British Columbia to Fairbanks, Alaska, via Whitehorse, Yukon. ...

Although Grande Prairie was well located in the southern edge of the Peace Region, it was competing with the towns of Peace River and Dawson Creek for the title of the most important centre of commerce and agriculture in the region until the late 1950s, when its population growth began to outstrip these towns as oil and natural gas exploration was underway in the Peace Region, especially since the first major discovery of oil further south in Leduc near Edmonton in 1947 and the construction of a large pulp mill in the early 1970s. Peace River is a town in southwestern Alberta, Canada, on the Peace River, at its confluence with the Smoky and Heart Rivers. ... Dawson Creek is a small city and seat of the Peace River Regional District of British Columbia, Canada. ... Location of Leduc in Alberta Coordinates: , Country Province Region Edmonton Capital Region Census division 11 Established Village: 15 Dec 1899 Incorporated Town: 15 Dec 1906 City: 01 Sep 1983 Government [1] - Mayor Greg Krishke - Governing body Leduc City Council - MP James Rajotte - MLA George Rogers Area - City 36. ... This article is about the city in Alberta, Canada. ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The construction and paving of Highway 43 (originally sections of Highways 2, 34 and 43 from the BC border to the Yellowhead Highway just west of Edmonton) in 1956 cut down on the travel time by road significantly, further enhancing Grande Prairie's accessibility and economic status. The town was incorporated as a City in 1958. At that time, its population was approximately 7,600. Highway 43 westbound, west of Whitecourt Highway 43 eastbound, west of Whitecourt Highway 43 is the main Alberta highway stretching from the Yellowhead just directly west of Edmonton to the Alberta/British Columbia provincial border via Grande Prairie. ... Jan. ...

The opening of the Procter & Gamble kraft pulp mill in 1972 and the discovery of the Elmworth deep basin gas field spurred an economic boom. Grande Prairie's population went from just over 12,000 in the early 1970s to over 24,000 by the time the oil boom went bust in 1981. Procter & Gamble Co. ...

A tornado struck the downtown area and east side of Grande Prairie on July 8, 2004. Although the tornado was considered a very weak one (F0-F1 on the Fujita scale) and the weather was not severe at the time, it was still strong enough to incur damage to houses and flip vehicles over. Fortunately, there were no casualties or fatalities. F-scale redirects here. ...

Geography

Grande Prairie is located just north of the 55th Parallel, and is 465 km (289 miles) northwest of Edmonton. The city of Grande Prairie lies at an elevation of 669 m (2195 ft) above sea level. The city is surrounded by farmland to the north, east and west. To the south, it is mostly a vast boreal forest with aspen, tamarack, lodgepole pine, jack pine, and black spruce extending well into the foothills of the Canadian Rockies south and southwest of the city. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 Ã— 307 pixel Image in higher resolution (2568 Ã— 984 pixel, file size: 2. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 Ã— 307 pixel Image in higher resolution (2568 Ã— 984 pixel, file size: 2. ... This article is about the city in Alberta, Canada. ... Taiga (SAMPA /taIg@/, from Russian тайга́) is a biome characterized by its coniferous forests. ... The Canadian Rockies comprise the Canadian segment of the North American Rocky Mountains range. ...

Bear Creek goes through the city from the northwest to the south end and is a tributary of the Wapiti River to the south. The Bear Creek Reservoir is the small body of water by Grande Prairie Regional College in the northwest part of the city, and is ringed by marshy wetland. The terrain immediately surrounding Grande Prairie is largely flat to gently rolling, but rises gradually to hilly terrain closer to the foothills to the south and southwest. On clear days, some peaks in the Rockies are visible to the southwest from Grande Prairie. Wapiti River in western Canada Wapiti River is a river in eastern British Columbia and western Alberta, Canada. ... Grande Prairie Regional College, often abbreviated GPRC, is a community college in Grande Prairie, Alberta. ...

The city lies on the southern edge of aspen parkland, which is a transitional biome between boreal forest and prairie. The Peace Country contains the northernmost area of aspen parkland in North America. However, much of the aspen parkland in the region has long since been altered by extensive farming and oil/gas drilling activity. The Aspen Parklands Ecoregion // Overview Subsections Central Foothills Peace River Special Features Sand dunes Sand plains Badlands Kame fields Topography Variables Level glacial lakebeds Rolling areas Hummocky Moraine Climate Central Moderate precipitation Moderate temperature Foothills Chinooks Strong winds Peace River Higher precipitation Short summer/Long winter Moderate winds Vegetation There... A biome is a climate and geographical area of ecologically similar communities of plants, animals, and soil organisms, often referred to as ecosystems. ... Taiga (SAMPA /taIg@/, from Russian тайга́) is a biome characterized by its coniferous forests. ... For other uses, see Prairie (disambiguation). ... The Peace River Country (or Peace Country) is prairie land around the Peace River. ... The Aspen Parklands Ecoregion // Overview Subsections Central Foothills Peace River Special Features Sand dunes Sand plains Badlands Kame fields Topography Variables Level glacial lakebeds Rolling areas Hummocky Moraine Climate Central Moderate precipitation Moderate temperature Foothills Chinooks Strong winds Peace River Higher precipitation Short summer/Long winter Moderate winds Vegetation There... North American redirects here. ...

Climate

Grande Prairie has a northern continental climate typical of Alberta and northeastern BC. Winters are generally cold with some mild spells. Summers are often fairly cool to pleasantly warm in the daytime, but nights can be cool despite the long summer days typical for its latitude. Hot days over 30°C (86°F) are rare, occurring on average only one to two days a year, which is not unexpected this far north. Winter conditions can vary tremendously from year to year. Winters have been known to be mild enough to produce "brown Christmas" conditions, where little or no snow may fall until after Christmas due to unusually mild early winter conditions. For other uses, see Alberta (disambiguation). ... Motto: Splendor sine occasu (Latin: Splendour without diminishment) Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Official languages English (de facto) Government Lieutenant-Governor Steven Point Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament House seats 36 Senate seats 6 Confederation July 20, 1871 (6th province) Area Ranked 5th Total 944...

The average January temperature is -15°C (-9°C average high and -19°C average low) and the average July temperature is 15.9°C (22°C average high and 10°C average low). However, temperatures as low as -52°C and as high as 36°C have been recorded. Grande Prairie gets 317.7 mm (12.5") of rain and 158.6 cm (5'2") of snow per year on average. The total annual precipitation is 446.6 mm (17.6")^[5] which includes both rain and snow. Snowfall amounts, however, vary greatly from year to year. Being fairly close to the foothills of the Canadian Rockies, it can get quite windy in Grande Prairie, especially in the spring and fall. Chinooks are not an unheard of occurrence in the Grande Prairie area. Grande Prairie has 314 sunshine days per year on average. The Canadian Rockies comprise the Canadian segment of the North American Rocky Mountains range. ... For other uses, see Chinook. ...

Summers can bring thunderstorms, although they are not as frequent nor as severe as those further south in Central Alberta. Rainfall can vary from year to year, but the Peace Region is noted for never having experienced truly severe drought conditions more typical of Southern Alberta and Saskatchewan. Although a tornado struck the city on July 9, 2004, which was weak but still powerful enough to flip vehicles and do minor damage, it should be noted that tornadoes are rare but not unknown in the Peace Region. Damage was done to a number of buildings, including the Park and York Hotels, and minor damage to construction sites in the eastern portion of the city. For other uses, see Alberta (disambiguation). ... This article is about the Canadian province. ...

October 28, 2006, heralded a new record for the city: nearly 40 centimetres (15 inches ) of snow fell in a mere twenty-four hours. It was the greatest single-day snow fall in nearly fifty years.

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Economy

Major industries include oil and gas, agriculture, forestry, and food services .

Agriculture was the first economic mainstay of Grande Prairie since settlement began in the early 20th Century, and is still an essential part of the local economy today. A variety of crops such as barley, wheat, canola and oats is widely grown in the Peace region, as well as livestock such as cattle, and even buffalo (bison). Despite the latitude (north of 55°N), the climate is mild enough to allow for farming on a large scale to prosper. Daylight hours also tend to be quite long during the summer at this latitude, aiding in crop production. The Peace Region is the northernmost major farming region in North America, and land there is still being cleared for new farmland. For other uses, see Barley (disambiguation). ... Species T. aestivum T. boeoticum T. dicoccoides T. dicoccon T. durum T. monococcum T. spelta T. sphaerococcum T. timopheevii References: ITIS 42236 2002-09-22 Wheat Wheat For the indie rock group, see Wheat (band). ... In agriculture, Canola is a trademarked cultivar of genetically engineered rapeseed variants from which rapeseed oil is obtained. ... Species References ITIS 41455 2002-09-22 Oats are the seeds of any of several cereal grains in the genus Avena. ... Sheep are commonly bred as livestock. ... For general information about the genus, including other species of cattle, see Bos. ... Species â€ B. antiquus B. bison B. bonasus â€ B. latifrons â€ B. occidentalis â€ B. priscus Bison in winter. ... North American redirects here. ...

Although some oil and gas drilling has been ongoing in the South Peace since the 1950s, oil and gas exploration did not begin to occur on a large scale until the late 1970s. It was in the mid-1970s that the Elmworth gas field was discovered and exploited, causing the city to grow rapidly until the last oil boom ended in 1981.

Forestry is a major part of Grande Prairie's economy, for large tracts of forest lie to the south in the foothills and the Canadian Rockies. The Weyerhaeuser Canada kraft pulp mill is one of Grande Prairie's largest employers and was opened in 1972. It was originally owned by Procter & Gamble until it was sold to Weyerhaeuser Canada in 1992. Canfor runs a sawmill and lumber yard operation in the west side of the city. The Ainsworth OSB (Oriented Strand Board) plant opened in late 1995. The Canadian Rockies comprise the Canadian segment of the North American Rocky Mountains range. ... Weyerhaeuser is one of the largest pulp and paper companies in the world; the worlds largest private owner of softwood timberland; and the second largest owner in the United States, behind International Paper. ... Procter & Gamble Co. ... Weyerhaeuser is one of the largest pulp and paper companies in the world; the worlds largest private owner of softwood timberland; and the second largest owner in the United States, behind International Paper. ... Canfor Corporation (TSX:CFP) is an Canadian integrated forest products company based in Vancouver, British Columbia. ... OSB-production before the press Oriented strand board, or OSB, is an engineered wood product formed by layering strands (flakes) of wood in specific orientations. ...

Grande Prairie serves as the economic and transportation hub for a trading area of nearly 250,000 people. Grande Prairie is also on the CANAMEX trade route linking Canada, the United States and Mexico. The CANAMEX corridor is a proposed set of highways linking Canada to Mexico through the United States. ...

Due to the fact that Alberta has no provincial sales tax and that Grande Prairie is fairly close to the Alberta-BC border, there is a high number of shoppers from British Columbia. Hence, it is not unusual to see a large number of vehicles with BC license plates in retail and mall parking lots in Grande Prairie. For other uses, see Alberta (disambiguation). ... Motto: Splendor sine occasu (Latin: Splendour without diminishment) Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Official languages English (de facto) Government Lieutenant-Governor Steven Point Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament House seats 36 Senate seats 6 Confederation July 20, 1871 (6th province) Area Ranked 5th Total 944...

Transportation

Grande Prairie Airport (ICAO Code CYQU, IATA Code YQU) is located in the west end of the city and serves the region with regular flights to Calgary, Edmonton, Red Deer, Vancouver, and smaller communities. Three airlines offer service to Grande Prairie Regional Airport — Air Canada Jazz, WestJet, and Swanberg Air. The airport has seen extremely high growth in both passenger and aircraft traffic in recent years. The terminal, built in 1981, is currently being renovated with an expansion scheduled for as early as 2007. Grande Prairie Airport (ICAO CYQU, IATA YQU) is located 3 nautical miles (5. ... The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), an agency of the United Nations, develops the principles and techniques of international air navigation and fosters the planning and development of international air transport to ensure safe and orderly growth. ... The International Air Transport Association is an international trade organization of airlines headquarted in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... Calgary is a city in the province of Alberta, Canada. ... Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta, situated in the north central region of the province, an area with some of the most fertile farm land on the prairies. ... For other uses, see Red Deer. ... For other uses, see Vancouver (disambiguation). ... Jazz Air LP (Air Canada Jazz) is a Canadian regional airline based in the Halifax Regional Municipality, at the Halifax Stanfield International Airport in Enfield, Nova Scotia. ... A WestJet Boeing 737-700 WestJet Airlines Ltd. ...

The city operates a small public transit system with modern buses and an extensive and centralized route system throughout the city.

Greyhound Canada offers scheduled bus service to Grande Prairie from Edmonton and other communities in northwestern Alberta and northeastern British Columbia and Yukon Territory. Calgary-based Greyhound Canada is a subsidiary of Naperville, Illinois-based Laidlaw International, Incorporated (formerly Laidlaw, Inc. ... For other uses, see Alberta (disambiguation). ... Motto: Splendor sine occasu (Latin: Splendour without diminishment) Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Official languages English (de facto) Government Lieutenant-Governor Steven Point Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament House seats 36 Senate seats 6 Confederation July 20, 1871 (6th province) Area Ranked 5th Total 944... Motto: none Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Whitehorse Largest city Whitehorse Commissioner Jack Cable Premier Dennis Fentie (Yukon Party) Area 482,443 km² (9th) - Land 474,391 km² - Water 8,052 km² (1. ...

Highway 43 is the primary highway into the city from the north and from Edmonton. Highway 43 meets Highway 2 a few kilometers north of the city at an intersection known locally as Four Mile Corner, then continues south into the city via a northwest bypass and west to the Alberta/BC border. Image File history File links GrandePrairieAerial. ... Image File history File links GrandePrairieAerial. ... Highway 43 westbound, west of Whitecourt Highway 43 eastbound, west of Whitecourt Highway 43 is the main Alberta highway stretching from the Yellowhead just directly west of Edmonton to the Alberta/British Columbia provincial border via Grande Prairie. ... Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta, situated in the north central region of the province, an area with some of the most fertile farm land on the prairies. ... Highway 43 westbound, west of Whitecourt Highway 43 eastbound, west of Whitecourt Highway 43 is the main Alberta highway stretching from the Yellowhead just directly west of Edmonton to the Alberta/British Columbia provincial border via Grande Prairie. ... Deerfoot Trail in Calgary, Alberta. ...

The stretch of Highway 2 extending north from Grande Prairie to Four Mile Corner and west to the Alberta/BC border was renumbered to Highway 43 in the late 1990s to link with the rest of Highway 43 from Four Mile Corner to the Yellowhead Highway just west of Edmonton. (This explains why newer maps no longer show that stretch west and a few km north of the city as Highway 2) The renumbering was also partly due to Highway 43 now being a part of the CANAMEX trade route and also that it is being widened to a four-lane divided highway along its entire length. Highway 40 is the primary access road into Grande Prairie from the south. Deerfoot Trail in Calgary, Alberta. ... The Yellowhead Highway is a major east-west highway connecting the four western Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. ... Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta, situated in the north central region of the province, an area with some of the most fertile farm land on the prairies. ... Deerfoot Trail in Calgary, Alberta. ... The CANAMEX corridor is a proposed set of highways linking Canada to Mexico through the United States. ... Highway 40 crossing Wapiti River south of Grande Prairie Highway 734 through the Foothills, north of Nordegg Kananaskis Trail through the Canadian Rockies in Kananaskis Country Highway 40 (also called Bighorn Highway) is a north-south highway located in western Alberta extending from the city of Grande Prairie southward to...

Construction of a new Highway 43X bypass to go around the northwest side of the city from Four Mile Corner to Highway 43 just west of the airport has begun as of August, 2007^[7] ("Four Mile Corner" is not an actual settlement - it is an intersection so-named because it is four miles north of the intersection of Clairmont Road (100th Street) and Richmond Avenue (100th Avenue)). The construction is in two phases, with the first phase under construction and the second currently in the design stage. The first phase extends west to Range Road 63 (116 Street within city limits), while the second phase runs west from Range Road 63 south to Highway 43 west of the airport. The future bypass is intended to replace the current one. The current bypass, which was built in the late 1960s, is no longer functioning well as one due to high traffic volumes and new intersections. The rapid population growth of Grande Prairie is contributing to such a high increase in vehicle traffic that traffic jams are now common during peak hours. Highway 43 westbound, west of Whitecourt Highway 43 eastbound, west of Whitecourt Highway 43 is the main Alberta highway stretching from the Yellowhead just directly west of Edmonton to the Alberta/British Columbia provincial border via Grande Prairie. ...

Grande Prairie sees many vacationers heading to the Alaska Highway by road during the summer because Highway 43 leads towards Dawson Creek, BC, which is the "Mile 0" of the Alaska Highway. Map of Alaska Highway (in red) The Alaska Highway, also the Alaskan Highway, Alaska-Canadian Highway, and the Alcan Highway, runs from Dawson Creek, British Columbia to Fairbanks, Alaska, via Whitehorse, Yukon. ... Highway 43 westbound, west of Whitecourt Highway 43 eastbound, west of Whitecourt Highway 43 is the main Alberta highway stretching from the Yellowhead just directly west of Edmonton to the Alberta/British Columbia provincial border via Grande Prairie. ... Dawson Creek is a small city and seat of the Peace River Regional District of British Columbia, Canada. ... Map of Alaska Highway (in red) The Alaska Highway, also the Alaskan Highway, Alaska-Canadian Highway, and the Alcan Highway, runs from Dawson Creek, British Columbia to Fairbanks, Alaska, via Whitehorse, Yukon. ...

Grande Prairie's streets are usually numbered rather than named, with the exception of some major roadways. In fact, the street numbering system is modeled after that of Edmonton's. Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta, situated in the north central region of the province, an area with some of the most fertile farm land on the prairies. ...

The downtown core is centred at 100 Street (Clairmont Road) and 100 Avenue (Richmond Avenue). Streets run north-south, while avenues run east-west. The letter "A" is sometimes used if a street lies between two streets but doesn't correspond to the street numbering grid. For example, 100A Avenue would lie between 100 and 101 Avenues.

Houses and buildings with odd numbers are on the east side of a street or the south side of an avenue. Dropping the last two digits of a house number tells you what two streets or avenues the house lies between, for example 9835 101 Avenue is between 98 Street and 99 Street, and 11610 91 Street is between 116 Avenue and 117 Avenue.

Demographics

In 2006, according to the Canada 2006 Census, Grande Prairie had a population of 47,076 living in 17,941 dwellings, a 27.3% increase from 2001. The city has a land area of 61.08 km² (23.6 sq mi) and a population density of 770.7/km² (1,996.1/sq mi).^[8] The Canada 2006 Census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population. ... House at CÃºcuta, Colombia A house is a building typically lived in by one or more people. ... Square kilometre (U.S. spelling: square kilometer), symbol kmÂ², is a decimal multiple of SI unit of surface area square metre, one of the SI derived units. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (â‰ˆ1,609 m) in length. ...

As recorded in the Canada 2001 Census, the median age was 29.7 (Alberta median age was 35.0), and the Median Total Income for age 15 and up was $25,414.^[9] The Canada 2001 Census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population. ...

About 9 percent of residents identified themselves as aboriginal at the time of the 2006 census.^[10] Almost 90 percent of residents identified English as their first language at the time of the 2006 census, while almost three percent identified French and two percent identified German as their first language learned. The next most common languages were Polish, Tagalog, Cree, and Ukrainian.^[11] More than 70 percent of residents identified themselves as Christian at the time of the 2001 census while almost 28 percent indicated they had no religious affiliation. For specific denominations Statistics Canada counted 9,255 Roman Catholics (about 25 percent of the population) and 3,955 members of the United Church of Canada (about 10 percent), as well as 2,165 Anglicans and 2,020 Lutherans (about 5 percent each).^[12] Less numerous denominations included 880 Baptists and 790 residents identifying as Pentecostal (about 2 percent each). The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... â€œNative Languageâ€ redirects here. ... Tagalog can mean: The Tagalog language, the most widely-spoken of the Philippine languages. ... Cree is the name for a group of closely-related Algonquian languages spoken by approximately 50,000 speakers across Canada, from Alberta to Labrador. ... For other uses, see Christian (disambiguation). ... Statistics Canada (French: Statistique Canada) is the Canadian federal government department commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and culture. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... The United Church of Canada (French: lÃ‰glise Unie du Canada) is Canadas second largest church (after the Roman Catholic Church), and its largest Protestant denomination. ... Anglican Church of Canada The Anglican Church of Canada (the ACC) is the Canadian branch of the Anglican Communion. ... The Lutheran movement is a group of denominations of Protestant Christianity by the original definition. ... Baptist churches are part of a Christian movement often regarded as an Evangelical, Protestant denomination. ... The Pentecostal movement within Protestant Christianity places special emphasis on the gifts of the Holy Spirit. ...

Education

Grande Prairie Regional College (GPRC), established in 1966, is the primary post-secondary institution in the city and offers degrees in a few programs. The present college campus was built in 1974 and expanded later in the early 1990s. Its unique architecture was originally designed by the renowned Canadian architect Douglas Cardinal. Grande Prairie Regional College, often abbreviated GPRC, is a community college in Grande Prairie, Alberta. ... National Museum of the American Indian in Washington D.C. - Cardinal was forced off of the project before completion and appears not to be content with the finished design. ...

The Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) has plans to build a new campus in Grande Prairie on the southeast corner of 68 Avenue and Wapiti Road (Highway 40) in the near future. NAIT currently offers some programs through GPRC. -NAIT no longer plans on building a new campus. The Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) is located in Edmonton, Alberta. ...

Grande Prairie Regional College recently adopted the Dean-system of administration. It's largest faculty, Arts and Education, is currently headed by Dr. Scott McAlpine. As of Jan. 2007, the college is administered by Doug Hart, following the resignation of former institution President Jim Henderson.

Grande Prairie has three public high schools. The Catholic system is publicly funded in Alberta. Grande Prairie Composite High School serves City of Grande Prairie high school students, and Peace Wapiti Academy serves high school students of the surrounding County of Grande Prairie.^[13] It also has ten elementary/junior high public schools for Grades K-9, some of which have programs for special needs students. There is also the Bridge Network, a school specially geared for students who cannot or will not attend the traditional high school education system due to various problems. Grande Prairie has 11 Catholic schools, one of which is St. Joseph's High School. Grande Prairie also has 3 Christian Schools including Grande Prairie Christian School located on the south west corner of the city.

Recreation and culture

The city boasts a number of parks and golf courses including the large Muskoseepi Park in the Bear Creek Valley and the Dunes Golf Course south of the city. Muskoseepi Park has excellent bike trails extending nearly the entire length of Bear Creek within the city. Muskoseepi Park also has an outdoor swimming pool and a pavilion with a cafeteria and an outdoor pond which converts into a skating rink in the winter. Crystal Lake in the northeast part of the city also has parkland, preserved wetlands (great for birdwatching) and walking/bike paths around its entire circumference.

Recently there has been a huge upswing in the local music scene in Grande Prairie. This is attributed to the large number of younger citizens due to the economic growth in the last five years. The underground music scene is rather strong. Bands such as This Conviction, Calculating Collapse, Halide,Phaedrus, The Psychic Knife Fight,The Dharma Bums, Stacy Lloyd Brown / The Goodbye Generation and Emerson Drive are some of the more popular.^[14], Emerson Drive Emerson Drive, is a Canadian country music band which started out in Grande Prairie, Alberta in 1995 as 12 Gauge. ...

Cultural venues include the Bowes Family Crystal Centre (a concert hall and hockey rink — the local AJHL team, the Grande Prairie Storm, plays there), the Grande Prairie Museum, the Prairie Art Gallery (closed due to a structural disaster^[15]), Second Street Theatre and Studio "Y?".^[16] AJHL Emblem The AJHL (Alberta Junior Hockey League) is an Alberta-based Tier II Junior A hockey league that belongs to the Canadian Junior A Hockey League (CJAHL). ... The Grande Prairie Storm are an ice hockey team in the Alberta Junior Hockey League. ...

Golfing is possible as late as after 11 o'clock in the evening in early summer due to the northern latitude. Grande Prairie has three 18-hole golf courses nearby (Dunes, Bear Creek, and Grande Prairie Golf & Country Club) and also a couple of 9-hole courses as well.

Cross-country skiing and snowmobiling are popular activities during the winter in the Grande Prairie area. There is a local ski hill called Nitehawk located south of the city on the south bank of the Wapiti River. Aside from skiing, Nitehawk also has the only North American natural luge track certified for international events and over the summer months freestyle ski jumpers can practice using the Northern Extreme water ramp facility. It is also active in luge as a naturally refrigerated venue, hosting the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships in 2007. A luge is small one- or two-person sled on which one sleds supine and feet-first. ... Refrigeration is the process of removing heat from an enclosed space, or from a substance, and rejecting it elsewhere for the primary purpose of lowering the temperature of the enclosed space or substance and then maintaining that lower temperature. ...

The foothills south of Grande Prairie and around Grande Cache are popular year-round for hiking in the summer and for snowmobiling and other winter sports in the winter. Kakwa Wildland Park on the Alberta-BC border, about 180 km south of the city, is a beautiful and mountainous natural area and is known for a beautiful waterfall called Kakwa Falls. Grande Cache is a town in western Alberta located on Highway 40 south of Grande Prairie. ...

The Leisure Centre — formerly, the "Rec-Plex" — is located in the northwest side near the Bear Creek Reservoir, features a pool, an ice rink, fitness equipment, and aerobics facilities.

There is a lot for families to do in Grande Prairie for little to no cost. Many families enjoy the free entertainment offered at Muskoseepi Park, Studio Y?, The Public Library, and at other city-run organizations.

Media

Global Edmonton (CITV-TV) is also available on cable and satellite in Grande Prairie. FM radio is a broadcast technology invented by Edwin Howard Armstrong that uses frequency modulation to provide high-fidelity sound over broadcast radio. ... CHFA is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts the programming of Radio-Canadas La PremiÃ¨re ChaÃ®ne network in Edmonton, Alberta. ... La PremiÃ¨re ChaÃ®ne is the news and information service of la SociÃ©tÃ© Radio-Canada, the French-language public broadcaster in Canada. ... For other uses, see Country (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Christian (disambiguation). ... CFGP is a Canadian radio station. ... For the magazine, see Classic Rock (magazine). ... This article is about the genre. ... CKUA is a Canadian radio station. ... CBX is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 740 AM in Edmonton, Alberta. ... CBC Radio One is the English language news and information radio network of the publicly-owned Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. ... This article is about the Broadcast Television Network CTV, for the broadcasting television company see CTVglobemedia. ... CFRN-TV (also known as CTV Edmonton) is a Canadian television station, broadcasting in Edmonton, Alberta. ... CBC Television is a Canadian English language television network. ... CBXT is the television call sign for the CBCs television station in Edmonton, Alberta. ... CBC redirects here, as this is the most common use of the abbreviation. ... CBXFT is the SocietÃ© Radio-Canada station serving Franco-Albertans in Edmonton and Alberta. ... This article is about CITV, the Canadian television station. ...

Grande Prairie's main daily newspaper is the Daily Herald-Tribune. The paper also publishes a regional agricultural supplement The Peace Country Sun.^[17] A new Saturday paper covering the city's issues and alternative content, Grande Prairie Ink!,^[18] has recently been introduced.

Grande Prairie is host to one of the few videogame development studios in Alberta, HermitWorks Entertainment. HermitWorks Entertainment was founded in 2004 and has gone on to release one title, Space Trader. Space Trader is a strategy game for Palm OS and Windows Mobile PDAs. ...

References

^ City of Grande Prairie. City Council. Retrieved on 2007-06-23.
^ City of Grande Prairie. Grande Prairie Eclipses 50,000 Population Mark. Retrieved on 2007-09-01.
^ Grande Prairie (Census Agglomeration) 2006 Community Profile - Statistics Canada. 2006 Community Profiles. Released March 13, 2007. Last modified: 2007-03-13. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 92-591-XWE.
^ David W. Leonard, Chronology of Grande Prairie to 1951
^ WeatherOffice - Grande Prairie annual precipitation
^ Environment Canada - Canadian Climate Normals 1971-2000, accessed 29 January 2007
^ Alberta Infrastructure and Transportation. Construction starts on long-awaited Grande Prairie bypass. Retrieved on 2007-09-04.
^ Statistics Canada (Census 2006). Grande Prairie - Community Profile. Retrieved on 2007-06-14.
^ Grande Prairie (City) 2006 community profile - Statistics Canada. 2006 Community Profiles. Released March 13, 2007. Last modified: 2007-03-13. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 92-591-XWE.
^ Grande Prairie. Aboriginal Identity (8), Sex (3) and Age Groups (12) for the Population of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data. Statistics Canada (2008-01-15). Retrieved on 2008-02-06.
^ Grande Prairie. Detailed Mother Tongue (186), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) for the Population of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2001 and 2006 Censuses - 20% Sample Data. Statistics Canada (2007-11-20). Retrieved on 2008-02-06.
^ Grande Prairie. Religion (95A), Age Groups (7A) and Sex (3) for Population, for Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 1991 and 2001 Censuses - 20% Sample Data. Statistics Canada (2007-03-01). Retrieved on 2008-02-06.
^ GPRC - Grande Prairie Regional College
^ Grande Prairie Music Bands: No One's AloneHalide, This Conviction
^ Prairie Art Gallery » Home
^ Studio Y? The home site for Family Theatre in Grande Prairie
^ Newspapers in Grande Prairie: Daily Herald-Tribune, The Peace Country Sun
^ Grande Prairie Ink!

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