Castlegar, British Columbia

Castlegar
City
City of Castlegar
Motto(s):  "Haec Lumina Numquam Errantiae"  (Latin) "These Lights Never Wander"
Castlegar Location of Castlegar in British Columbia
Coordinates: 49°19′28″N 117°40′01″W / 49.32444°N 117.66694°W / 49.32444; -117.66694[1]
Country	Canada
Province	British Columbia
Region	West Kootenay
Regional district	Central Kootenay
Incorporated	1946
Government [2]
• Type	Elected city council
• Mayor	Maria McFaddin
• Governing body	Castlegar City Council
• MP	Richard Cannings (NDP)
• MLA	Katrine Conroy (BC NDP)
Area
• Total	19.58 km2 (7.56 sq mi)
Elevation At airport[3]	495.6 m (1,626.0 ft)
Population  (2016)
• Total	8,338
• Density	408.6/km2 (1,058/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−08:00 (PST)
Forward sortation area	V1N
Area code	250 / 778 / 236 / 672
Website	www.castlegar.ca

Castlegar is a community in the West Kootenay region of British Columbia, Canada. In the Selkirk Mountains, at the confluence of the Kootenay and Columbia Rivers, it is a regional trade and transportation centre, with a local economy based on forestry, mining and tourism.

Castlegar is home to Selkirk College, a regional airport, a pulp mill, and several sawmills. Its population of 8,338 includes many Doukhobors, who were largely responsible for much of the town's early development and growth.

The area which became Castlegar was an important centre for the Sinixt (Lakes) Peoples. Outside the city limits are the small surrounding communities of Ootischenia, Brilliant, Robson, Robson West, Raspberry, Tarrys, Thrums, Glade,^[4] Shoreacres, Fairview, Genelle, Pass Creek and Krestova, and the much smaller communities of Deer Park, Renata, and Syringa on Lower Arrow Lake. These outlying areas have a further population of about 8,000 people.