St. Catharines

City (lower-tier)
	City of St. Catharines
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	Location of St. Catharines and its census metropolitan area in Ontario
	Coordinates: 43°09′30″N 79°14′45″W / 43.15833°N 79.24583°WCoordinates: 43°09′30″N 79°14′45″W / 43.15833°N 79.24583°W
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Region	Niagara
Settled	1779; 247 years ago
Incorporated (town)	1845; 181 years ago
Incorporated (city)	1876; 150 years ago
Government
• Mayor	Mat Siscoe
• Governing body	St. Catharines City Council
• MPs	Chris Bittle, Vance Badawey, Dean Allison
• MPPs	Jennie Stevens, Jeff Burch, Sam Oosterhoff
Area
• Land	96.20 km2 (37.14 sq mi)
Elevation	97.80 m (320.87 ft)
Population (2021)
• City (lower-tier)	136,803 (42nd)
• Metro	433,604 (13th)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Forward Sortation Area	L2M to L2W
Website	stcatharines.ca

St. Catharines is the biggest city in the Niagara Region of Canada. Around 137,000 people live in St. Catharines as of 2021.

Sister cities

British Methodist Episcopal Church, Salem Chapel; Harriet Tubman attended this church while she lived in St. Catharines.
Aerial view of downtown St. Catharines
The Grape and Wine Festival Parade in 2024
The Pen Centre, a regional shopping centre
Walker's Creek, one of the paths and parks for which St. Catharines is known
Martindale Pond next to Martindale Road in St. Catharines, Ontario
The six municipal wards of St. Catharines
Map depicting the St. Catharines electoral district in 2005
The Garden City Tower is the Ministry of Transportation headquarters, with the downtown transit terminal at ground level.