NO RAIN, NO RAINBOW
NO RAIN, NO RAINBOW
NO RAIN, NO RAINBOW
Prince Rupert is the #1 City in Canada for annual rainfall, the greatest number of days with rain, and the most days of more than 25mm rain in a single day. With 259.4 cm of rainfall annually, we receive twice as much as Vancouver, Seattle or London!
RELIABLY CLOUDY
NO RAIN, NO RAINBOW
NO RAIN, NO RAINBOW
Prince Rupert is the #1 City in Canada for the number of hours of cloud cover and least amount of sunlight (100 days a year). Clouds + rain = the best environment for seeing rainbows!
NATURAL PHENOMENON
NO RAIN, NO RAINBOW
NATURAL PHENOMENON
Comparable to the raw natural splendour of the rainbow, Prince Rupert is the only City in the Great Bear Rainforest, located between the Coastal Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Ocean.
INCLUSIVITY
DIVERSE CITY
DIVERSE CITY
As the first city to adopt the RCMP’s Safe Spaces program, with an active high school gay-straight alliance, and a rainbow walkway that even the Prime Minister has been on, Prince Rupert’s close-knit small town culture is open-minded and welcoming.
DIVERSE CITY
DIVERSE CITY
DIVERSE CITY
Prince Rupert is a microcosm of Canadian diversity: Indigenous peoples make up nearly 40% of the population on the traditional territory of the Coast Tsimshian. In addition, there are also active ethnic community groups representing Vietnamese, Chinese, East Indian, Filipino, and Portuguese.
BIODIVERSITY
DIVERSE CITY
BIODIVERSITY
It's more than our people that are diverse. Formerly the halibut and salmon capital of the world, Prince Rupert is also home to grizzly and black bears, eagles, ravens, wolves, orcas, dolphins, humpbacks, and so much more.
GATEWAY BETWEEN 2 PLACES
GATEWAY BETWEEN 2 PLACES
GATEWAY BETWEEN 2 PLACES
Prince Rupert has emerged as a strategic Asian-Pacific gateway between two continents with a diverse array of cargoes. We are also the transportation gateway to Haida Gwaii, Vancouver Island, and Southeast Alaska.
CALM AFTER THE STORM
GATEWAY BETWEEN 2 PLACES
GATEWAY BETWEEN 2 PLACES
After decades of decline associated with the closure of the local pulp mill and collapse of the commercial fishing industry, the City is finally seeing the start of a major resurgence.
BRIDGING PAST & PRESENT
GATEWAY BETWEEN 2 PLACES
BRIDGING PAST & PRESENT
Originally a traditional gathering and trading place amongst area First Nations, Prince Rupert is the terminus to the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, has been an American World War Two outpost, a fishing town, and now a growing international port.