56°09′32.3″N 120°41′16.0″W / 56.158972°N 120.687778°W
Taylor | |
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| District of Taylor[1] | |
 District of Taylor Municipal Hall | |
 Flag | |
  Taylor Location of Taylor in British Columbia | |
| Coordinates: 56°09′32″N 120°41′16″W / 56.15889°N 120.68778°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | British Columbia |
| Regional District | Peace River District |
| Incorporated | 23 Aug 1958 (Village) |
| 21 Apr 1989 (District) | |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Brent Taillefer |
| • Governing Body | Mayor and Council |
| • MP | Bob Zimmer |
| • MLA | Dan Davies |
| Area | |
| • Total | 17.09 km2 (6.60 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 500 m (1,600 ft) |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 1,317 |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain Time Zone) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (not observed) |
| Postal code span | |
| Area code | +1-250 |
| Website | District of Taylor |
The District of Taylor is a district municipality in northeastern British Columbia, Canada, located at mile 36 of the Alaska Highway. Taylor, a member municipality of the Peace River Regional District, covers an area of about 17 km2 with 1,317 residents as of 2021.[2]
The town sits on a terrace 60 m above the north bank of the Peace River. The first settler on the flat was a trapper named Herbert Taylor in 1911. The town incorporated in 1958 with industrial business beginning to locate there. Since then, Taylor has remained a small town, even though it has developed a large industrial base. It has become home to the annual World's Invitational Class 'A' Gold Panning Championships and was featured on the CBC Television program Village on a Diet.
- ^ "British Columbia Regional Districts, Municipalities, Corporate Name, Date of Incorporation and Postal Address" (XLS). British Columbia Ministry of Communities, Sport and Cultural Development. Retrieved November 2, 2014.
- ^ Statistics Canada. 2022. (table). Census Profile. 2021 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-316-X2021001. Ottawa. Released February 9, 2022. https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E (accessed February 15, 2022).