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Downtown Welland is 390 kilometres from Parliament Hill, as the crow flies.
As part of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway, ships use the Welland Canal to bypass Niagara Falls and the Niagara River’s rapids.
Niagara Region Transit, Welland Transit, and the St. Catharines Transit Commission provide public transportation.
The Wainfleet Bog is at least 5,000 years old and provides a unique habitat for bog plants -- and plant pollen -- dating back thousands of years.
Created by the last ice age, Short Hills Provincial Park consists of small but steep hills and valleys on the Niagara Escarpment.
The Welland Canal runs through the riding, connecting Lake Ontario with Lake Erie. It is almost 45 kilometres in length.
Welland has one of the largest Franco-Ontarian populations in southern Ontario.
About 12% of the riding’s population are immigrants, with some of the largest populations born in Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Italian is the most common non-official mother tongue in the riding.
Approximately 4% of the riding’s population identify as Aboriginal.
Average individual income is $38,460.
Welland’s nickname is the Rose City, with the Welland Rose Festival one of the Niagara Region’s longest-running annual events.
Thorold has a rich Italian history, and thus the Italia-in-Festa is a popular summer celebration that showcases food, drink, dance, and entertainment.
Kim Campbell, Canada’s first and only female prime minister, has received an honorary law degree from Brock University.
Dain City, part of the City of Welland, once revolved around its large John Deere plant, which closed in 2008 to relocate to Mexico and Wisconsin.
Port Colborne has been known by a few different names throughout history, including Sugarloaf and Gravelly Bay.
Welland’s proximity to the hydroelectric centres of Niagara Falls allows for manufacturing to be its top industrial sector, though Port Colborne has a thriving marine tourism industry.
The industries that employ the highest number of citizens in this riding are retail trade, manufacturing, and health care and social assistance.
The Wainfleet Wetlands Conservation Area has undergone an award-winning rehabilitation through the Management of Abandoned Aggregate Properties Program.
Short Hills Park is home to plants that are rare in other parts of Canada, including the tulip tree, pawpaw, and chestnut.
Laura Secord’s famed walk during the War of 1812 was to warn the British at DeCew House (near modern-day Lake Gibson) of a looming American attack.
Port Colborne is home to one of the first Dairy Queens built in Canada. The franchise contract was signed in 1952, with the store opening in 1954.
Indigenous communities in this riding include:
MNO Niagara Region Métis Council
