Regina

Also known as Regina, Saskatchewan, Regina, SK

capital and second-largest city of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada

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Regina is the capital city and second-largest city in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. As the provincial capital, it serves as the seat of government and a major economic and cultural center for the province.

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Place details

Locality: Regina
Region: Saskatchewan
Country: Canada
Population: 226,404
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Travel guide

Understand

Regina is pronounced with a long "I" in the middle. It's home of the RCMP Training Academy and the Canadian Football League's Saskatchewan Roughriders. Before Alberta and Saskatchewan became provinces, Regina was the capital of the Northwest Territories. Louis Riel, founder of Manitoba and the leader of the Métis peoples, was executed in the city.

Residential neighbourhoods include precincts beyond the historic city centre are historically or socially noteworthy neighbourhoods – namely Lakeview and The Crescents, both of which lie directly south of downtown. Immediately to the north of the central business district is the old warehouse district, increasingly the focus of shopping, nightclubs and residential development; as in other western cities of North America, the periphery contains shopping malls and big box stores.

As demand has risen for Saskatchewan's agricultural and mineral resources, Regina has enjoyed a period of strong economic growth.

Get around

Regina is pretty navigable, especially its inner city area where roads are on a grid, like most other cities around the region. Regina also has a Ring Road, though it is only a half ring road and can take you around most of the city.

Buy

thumb|270px|Shops in Regina

Eclectic, locally-owned shops and boutiques can be found clustered in the pedestrian-friendly Cathedral Village or https://www.warehousedistrict.ca/ Old Warehouse District].

Visitors to Regina will also find all the indoor shopping malls and big box power centres endemic to most North American cities: North West commercial area anchored by Walmart, Superstore, Home Depot and Sobeys. Do not attempt if you are not driving. Vic East commercial area anchored by Walmart, Superstore, Best Buy, Costco, Home Depot and Victoria Square Shopping Centre on Victoria Avenue East. Do not attempt without a car.

Eat

Saskatchewan is known for having one of the largest per-capita ratio of restaurants to citizens, so there is a wide variety of places to choose from. Regina's downtown alone has approximately seventy eating establishments. Aside from the regular chains, here is a list of local favourites:

thumb|270px|The Saskatchewan Legislature

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Regina (/rɪˈdʒaɪnə/ rih-JY-nə) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The city is the second-largest in the province, after Saskatoon, and is a commercial centre for southern Saskatchewan. As of the 2021 census, Regina had a city population of 226,404 and a metropolitan area population of 249,217. It is governed by Regina City Council. The city is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Sherwood No. 159.

Regina was the seat of government of the North-West Territories, which contained the District of Assiniboia, where Regina was located, and the current provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta. The site was called Wascana (from Cree: ᐅᐢᑲᓇ, romanized: Oskana "Buffalo Bones"), but was renamed to Regina (Latin for "Queen") in 1882 in honour of Queen Victoria. The name was proposed by Queen Victoria's daughter, Princess Louise, who was the wife of the Governor General of Canada, the Marquess of Lorne.