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Whistler, British Columbia

Administration
Full nameResort Municipality of Whistler
Official nameResort Municipality of Whistler
Settlement typeResort Municipality
CountryCanada
ProvinceBritish Columbia
RegionSea to Sky Country
Regional DistrictSquamish-Lillooet
Settled1914 by Myrtle and Alex Philip
Incorporated as a Resort Municipality1975
Government
MayorKen Melamed
ManagerMike Furey
Governing bodyWhistler Town Council
MPJohn Weston
MLAJoan McIntyre
Geography
Total Area62.4 sq mi (161.72 km2)
Elevation2198.2 ft (670 m)
Demography
Total Population9248 (2006)
Density (pop.)55/km2 (142.5/sq mi)
Other information
Time zonePST (UTC-8)
Postal code spanV0N

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:This article is about the resort municipality. For the ski resort operation see Whistler Blackcomb.

Whistler is a Canadian resort town in the southern Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in the province of British Columbia, Canada, approximately 125 km (77.7 mi) north of Vancouver. Incorporated as the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW), it has a permanent population of approximately 9,965, plus a larger but rotating "transient" population of workers, typically younger people from beyond BC, notably from Australia and Europe.

Over two million people visit Whistler annually, primarily for alpine skiing and mountain biking at Whistler-Blackcomb. Its pedestrian village has won numerous design awards and Whistler has been voted among the top destinations in North America by major ski magazines since the mid-1990s. During the 2010 Winter Olympics, Whistler hosted most of the alpine, Nordic, luge, skeleton, and bobsled events, though freestyle skiing and all snowboarding events were hosted at Cypress Mountain near Vancouver.


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