Map of Canadian city, Texas

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.

Canadian city overview:
Name:	Canadian city
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	Texas
County:	Hemphill County
Elevation:	2,425 ft (739 m)
Total Area:	1.30 sq mi (3.36 km²)
Land Area:	1.30 sq mi (3.36 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	2,649
Population Density:	2,079.35/sq mi (802.61/km²)
ZIP code:	79014
Area code:	806
FIPS code:	4812412
GNISfeature ID:	1372905
Website:	www.canadiantx.com

Online Interactive Map

Canadian online map. Source: Basemap layers from Google Map, Open Street Map (OSM), Arcgisonline, Wmflabs. Boundary Data from Database of Global Administrative Areas.

Canadian location map. Where is Canadian city?

Canadian location on the U.S. Map. Where is Canadian city. — Canadian location on the U.S. Map.

Canadian location on the Texas map. Where is Canadian city. — Location of Canadian in Texas.

History

In 1887 the city government began.

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

Canadian Road Map

Canadian city Satellite Map

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).