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Canadian is a city in, and the county seat of, Hemphill County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,649 at the 2010 census, up from 2,233 in 2000. It is named for the nearby Canadian River, a tributary of the Arkansas River. Incorporated in 1908, Canadian is sometimes called “the oasis of the High Plains”. Canadian is on the eastern side of the Texas Panhandle, close to the border with Oklahoma.

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History

In 1887 the city government began.

A portion of the Tom Hanks movie Cast Away was filmed in Canadian.

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Geography

Canadian is northwest of the center of Hemphill County, 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the Canadian River, where it is joined by Red Deer Creek. U.S. Routes 60 and 83 pass through the center of town as Second Street. US 60 leads northeast 162 miles (261 km) to Enid, Oklahoma, and southwest 101 miles (163 km) to Amarillo, while US 83 leads northwest 46 miles (74 km) to Perryton and south 51 miles (82 km) to Shamrock.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Canadian has a total area of 1.3 square miles (3.4 km), all land.

The closest city of any size, Amarillo, is 100 miles (160 km) to the southwest, half that length via two lane highway, and the automobile distance to the state capital of Austin is about eight and a half hours. Of major metro areas, Canadian is three hours from Oklahoma City compared to over five to the closest Texas option, the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. Nic Garcia of the Texas Tribune characterized Canadian as having “a sense of isolation.”

Climate

Canadian has a cool semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk) that is almost wet enough to qualify as a humid subtropical climate (Cfa).

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