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Golden
British Columbiatown
Demographic figures from Statistics Canada. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Golden sits in British Columbia, Canada and is identified as a town. Up-to-date population figures for this locality are not available in the open datasets we monitor. Geographically it lies in the northern hemisphere at a cool temperate latitude (51.299°, -116.964°). Climatically, locations at this latitude tend to experience long cool seasons and short, mild summers. The location receives about 1,137 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year and sunshine for roughly 45% of daylight hours. Read on for charts and tables covering demographics, climate, hazards, schools, wildlife and other open-data indicators for Golden.
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History & geography
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Earthquake history
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about Golden
Search results from Open Library.
Recent natural events nearby
- Wildfire Parker Lake, Boundary, IdahoWildfires · 2026-08-23 · 169 mi
- Wildfire Silver, Boundary, IdahoWildfires · 2026-08-23 · 185 mi
- Wildfire Skillet, Lincoln, MontanaWildfires · 2026-07-29 · 215 mi
- Wildfire HUDSPETH, Stevens, WashingtonWildfires · 2026-08-01 · 228 mi
- Wildfire Deer Creek, Lincoln, MontanaWildfires · 2026-08-20 · 232 mi
- Wildfire MITRE ROCK, Stevens, WashingtonWildfires · 2026-08-01 · 242 mi
- Wildfire AUTUMN LANE, Spokane, WashingtonWildfires · 2026-08-01 · 244 mi
- Wildfire FAIRVIEW, Spokane, WashingtonWildfires · 2026-08-01 · 246 mi
Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).
Events
Gallery
Official Identifiers
StatCan — Statistics Canada
- SGC code
- 5939007
- Wikidata
- Q1020179
Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) via Wikidata P3012
Sources
- • Wikidata
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library
- • NASA EONET
- • StatCan — Statistics Canada — Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) via Wikidata P3012