Kelowna
Kelowna | |
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| City of Kelowna | |
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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 | |
| Nickname(s): Orchard City, K-Town, Sun City, the Four Seasons Playground | |
| Motto: "Fruitful in Unity" | |
| Coordinates: 49°53′17″N 119°29′44″W / 49.88806°N 119.49556°W | |
| 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 | |
| • Land | 214 km2 (83 sq mi) |
| • CMA | 2,902.45 km2 (1,120.64 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 344 m (1,129 ft) |
| Population (2025) | |
• Total | 165,907 |
| • 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) |
| 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 |
| 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.
Kelowna is the province's third-largest metropolitan area (after Vancouver and Victoria). It is the seventh-largest municipality in BC and the largest in the Interior. It is the 20th-largest metropolitan area in Canada. The city proper encompasses 214 km2 (83 sq mi), and the census metropolitan area 2,902.45 km2 (1,120.64 sq mi). Kelowna's population in 2025 is 165,907 in the city proper.
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.