Kelowna, British Columbia

Kelowna (2005 population 105,621 metropolitan population 165, 221) is a city on Okanagan Lake in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia, Canada. It is the seat of the Regional District of the Central Okanagan, and the third-largest metropolitan area in British Columbia (aside from Vancouver and Victoria). Kelowna is one of the fastest growing cities in North America and is considered by some to be one of the most desireable cities in the world in which to reside. The appropriate management of such rapid development (and its attendant consequences) is a source of significant debate within the community. It is the fourth most expensive housing market in Canada behind Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver and Victoria.

Demographics

According to the mid-2001 census, the population estimates there were 147,739 people residing in Kelowna, located in the province of British Columbia, of whom 48.4 per cent were male and 51.6 per cent were female. Children under five accounted for approximately 4.8 per cent of the resident population of Kelowna. This compares with 5.2 per cent in British Columbia, and 5.6 per cent for Canada overall.

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British Columbia - Canada

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In mid-2001, 18.4 per cent of the resident population in Kelowna were of retirement age (65 and over for males and females) compared with 13.2 per cent in Canada, therefore, the average age is 41.1 years of age comparing to 37.6 years of age for all of Canada.

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In the five years between 1996 and 2001, the population of Kelowna grew by 8.2 per cent, compared with an increase of 4.9 per cent for British Columbia as a whole. Population density of Kelowna averaged 50.9 people per square kilometre, compared with an average of 4.2, for British Columbia altogether.

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At the time of the census in May 2001, the resident population of the Kelowna city authority had 96,288 people, but had 147,739 when encompassing the Greater Kelowna Area compared with a resident population in the province of British Columbia of 3,907,738 people.

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Ethnic Origin

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Religious Groups

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• 40.7% Protestant
• 17.9% Roman Catholic
• 6.8% other Christian
• 3.0 other religions
• 31.6% no religion