Capital city of Saskatchewan, Canada City in Saskatchewan, Canada, Regina, City of Regina Flag, Label(s): Motto(s): ("May Regina Flourish")Area within Saskatchewan, Show map of Saskatchewan, Place within Canada, Program map of Canada, Collaborates: Coordinates: Country, Canada, Established1882Latin for "queen", named for Queen Victoria City Mayor Governing body MPs MLAs City179.
5 sq mi) Metro4,324. 39 km2 (1,669. 66 sq mi)Elevation577 m (1,893 feet) City215,106 (Ranked 24th) Density1,195. 2/km2 (3,109. 3/sq mi) Urban214,631 City236,481 (Ranked 18th) City density54. 7/km2 (142. 3/sq mi)ReginanUTC06:00 (CST)NTS Map72I7 ReginaGNBC CodeGDP (Regina CMA)CA$16. 8 billion (2016 )GDP per capita (Regina CMA)CA$ 71,059 (2016 )Website Regina () is the capital city of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.
Since the 2016 census, Regina had a city population of 215,106, and a City population of 236,481. Statistics Canada has approximated the CMA's population to be 263,184 since 2020. It is governed by Regina City Board. The city is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Sherwood No.
Regina was previously the seat of federal government of the North-West Territories, of which the current provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta originally formed part, and of the District of Assiniboia. The Most Complete Run-Down was previously called Wascana ("Buffalo Bones" in Cree), however was renamed to Regina (Latin for "Queen") in 1882 in honour of Queen Victoria.
Unlike other organized cities in the Canadian West, on its treeless flat plain Regina has few topographical functions aside from the small spring run-off, Wascana Creek. Early organizers took advantage of such opportunity by damming the creek to develop a decorative lake to the south of the main business district with a dam a block and a half west of the later fancy 260 m (850 ft) long Albert Street Bridge across the brand-new lake.
Wascana Centre, produced around the centerpiece of Wascana Lake, stays one of Regina's destinations and includes the Provincial Legal Structure, both campuses of the University of Regina, First Nations University of Canada, the Royal Saskatchewan Museum, the Regina Conservatory (in the initial Regina College structures), the Saskatchewan Science Centre, the Mac, Kenzie Art Gallery and the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts.