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Kelowna | |
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| City of Kelowna | |
     From top, left to right: Downtown Kelowna from Knox Mountain Park, the peaks of Central Okanagan, Mission Hill Winery and Bell Tower, the William R. Bennett Bridge on Okanagan Lake, Okanagan Lake near Rotary Beach Park | |
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| Nickname(s): | |
| Motto: "Fruitful in Unity" | |
  Kelowna Location of Kelowna | |
| Coordinates: 49°53′17″N 119°29′44″W / 49.88806°N 119.49556°W[4] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | British Columbia |
| Regional district | Central Okanagan |
| Settled | 1879 |
| Incorporated | May 5, 1905 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Elected city council |
| • Body | Kelowna City Council |
| • Mayor | Tom Dyas |
| • MP | Dan Albas (CPC) Stephen Fuhr (LPC) |
| • MLAs | Kristina Loewen (CPBC) Tara Armstrong (IND) Gavin Dew (CPBC) |
| Area (2021)[5] | |
| • Land | 211.85 km2 (81.80 sq mi) |
| • CMA | 2,902.45 km2 (1,120.64 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 344 m (1,129 ft) |
| Population (2021)[5] | |
• Total | 144,576 |
| • Density | 682.4/km2 (1,767/sq mi) |
| • CMA | 222,162 |
| • CMA density | 76.5/km2 (198/sq mi) |
| Gross Metropolitan Product | |
| • Kelowna CMA | CA$11.3 billion (2020)[6] |
| Time zone | UTC−08:00 (PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−07:00 (PDT) |
| Forward sortation area | |
| Area code(s) | 250, 778, 236, 672 |
| GNBC Code | JAFUV[7] |
| Website | kelowna |
Kelowna (/kəˈloʊnə/ ⓘ kə-LOH-nə) is a city on Okanagan Lake in the Okanagan Valley in the southern interior of British Columbia, Canada. It serves as the head office of the Regional District of Central Okanagan. The name Kelowna derives from the Okanagan word kiʔláwnaʔ, referring to a grizzly bear.[8][9]
Kelowna is the province's third-largest metropolitan area (after Vancouver and Victoria). At the same time, it is the seventh-largest municipality in BC and the largest in the Interior.[10] It is the 20th-largest metropolitan area in Canada. The city proper encompasses 211.85 km2 (81.80 sq mi), and the census metropolitan area 2,902.45 km2 (1,120.64 sq mi).[5] Kelowna's population in 2021 was 222,162 in the metropolitan area and 144,576 in the city proper.[5]
Nearby communities include the City of West Kelowna (also referred to as Westbank and Westside) to the west, across Okanagan Lake; Lake Country and Vernon to the north; Peachland to the southwest; and Summerland and Penticton to the south.
- ^ Hall, Neal (August 27, 2005). "Fruit drove Kelowna's early economy". Vancouver Sun.
- ^ Peacock, Andrea (September 28, 2017). "Bacon trial: Emails show accused shooter in Kelowna night before the murder, Crown claims". Vancouver Sun. Archived from the original on July 28, 2021. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
- ^ "Kelowna – 2014 Provincial Participant". Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
- ^ "Kelowna". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
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- ^ "Kelowna". Natural Resources Canada. October 6, 2016. Archived from the original on September 23, 2020. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
- ^ "Female grizzly bear" according to "Geographical Names of British Columbia". Nrcan.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
- ^ "Male grizzly bear" according to Mattina, Anthony (1987). Colville-Okanagan Dictionary. University of Montana.
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts, for census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations, 2011 and 2006 censuses". 12.statcan.gc.ca. Archived from the original on May 25, 2013. Retrieved November 12, 2016.