Regina Population: 258.955 Area: 4,324.39 Km Climate: Regina experiences dry, humid continental winters with more than 70 percent of the average annual rainfall in the warmest six months. Regina has hot summers and cold, dry winters that are prone to extremism at all times of the year. The average annual rainfall is 389.7 mm (15.34 inches) and is the heaviest month from May to August, and June is the wettest month with an average of 75 mm (2.95 inches). The average daily temperature is 3.1 ° C (37.6 ° F). The lowest recorded temperature ever was -50.0 degrees Celsius (-58 degrees Fahrenheit) on January 1, 1885, while the highest recorded temperature was 43.9 degrees Celsius (111 degrees Fahrenheit) on July 5, 1937. Religion Protestant, 41.5%. Roman Catholic, 32.3%. Eastern Orthodox, 1.8%. Other Christian denominations (including Eastern Orthodox, Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormonism) and other religions (including Sikh, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism) combined by 2.9%. No special religious affiliation, 19%. Ethnic Origins South Asia 5.8% Chinese 2.6% Black 3% Philippines 4% Indigenous group of the first nations 6.1% Metis 3.6% Inuit 0% European 70.9% Economy Oil and natural gas, potash, kaolin, sodium sulfite and bentonite make up a large part of the Regina and regional economies. Assiniboia Saskatchewan Wheat Pool (now Vitra Company), the "World's Largest Grain Transportation Cooperative," is headquartered in Regina Dardama but is no longer the main driver. Provincially, it has fallen to eighth place overall, well behind the natural resources sector. EVRAZ is one of the leading manufacturers of steel sheets and pipes in the world. As of July 2007, the company was a wholly owned subsidiary of Swedish steel company SSAB. The company started in Regina in 1956 as a Perry Pipe Manufacturing Co., Ltd. and was embodied as IPSCO Steel. While most of its assets and customers are now in the United States and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, it has a registered office and significant manufacturing facilities in Regina. Imperial Oil (a Canadian subsidiary of Standard Oil, now ExxonMobil) has had a refinery in Regina for many years. Today, with high global oil prices making Saskatchewan exploitation of oil resources an unprecedentedly vibrant offer, federal cooperatives are upgrading a refinery to 103,000 barrels per day (16,400 cubic meters per day) and, along with the province. Preserve heavy crude oil. Transportation Regina used to have an extensive tram network but now has no trams, trains, or subways. The city's public transportation agency, Regina Transit, operates a fleet of 110 buses on 17 routes and 4 expressways. This service runs 7 days a week with access to the city center from most areas of the city. A massive fire in a tram depot on January 23, 1949, destroyed many trams and trolley buses and helped advance the Regina diesel bus revolution of 1951, although tram rails remained there until the 1970s. The center of many of the main streets is ready to be reused in the event of a change in urban transportation policy. Due to the 1949 fire, Regina's main tram was rare, although several trams remained unused in later years - a ready-to-eat tram, for example, at the Regina Theater on 12th Street and Hamilton Street, until the Hudson Bay Company He took over the site and built his department store there in the 60s and 90s.