Kamloops

This article is about the city in British Columbia. For other uses, see Kamloops (disambiguation).

Kamloops
Tk'əmlúps[1]
City
City of Kamloops
Downtown Kamloops
Downtown Kamloops
Flag of Kamloops
Flag
Coat of arms of Kamloops
Coat of arms
Official logo of Kamloops
Logo
Motto(s): 
Salus et Opes (Health and Wealth)
Kamloops is located in British Columbia
Kamloops
Kamloops
Location of Kamloops in British Columbia
Kamloops is located in Canada
Kamloops
Kamloops
Kamloops (Canada)
Coordinates: 50°40′33″N 120°20′22″W / 50.67583°N 120.33944°W / 50.67583; -120.33944[2]
CountryCanada
ProvinceBritish Columbia
RegionThompson Country
Regional districtThompson–Nicola
Founded1811 (fur trading post)
Incorporated1893
Amalgamated1973
Government
 • TypeElected city council
 • MayorReid Hamer-Jackson
 • Governing bodyKamloops City Council
 • MPFrank Caputo
 • MLAsPeter Milobar
Todd Stone
Area
[3]
 • Land299.25 km2 (115.54 sq mi)
Elevation
[4][5]
345 m (1,132 ft)
Population
 (2021)[3][6]
 • City
97,902
 • Metro
114,142
DemonymKamloopsian
Time zoneUTC−08:00 (PST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−07:00 (PDT)
Forward sortation area
V1S, V2B – V2E, V2H
Area codes250, 778, 236, 672
GNBC CodeJAFNW[7]
NTS Map92I9 Kamloops[7]
Websitekamloops.ca Edit this at Wikidata

Kamloops (/ˈkæmluːps/ KAM-loops) is a city in south-central British Columbia, Canada, at the confluence of the North and South Thompson Rivers, which join to become the Thompson River in Kamloops, and east of Kamloops Lake. It is located in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District, whose district offices are based here. The surrounding region is sometimes referred to as the Thompson Country.

The city was incorporated in 1893 with about 500 residents. The Canadian Pacific Railway was completed through downtown in 1886, and the Canadian National arrived in 1912, making Kamloops an important transportation hub.

With a 2021 population of 97,902, it is the twelfth largest municipality in the province.[3] The Kamloops census agglomeration is ranked 36th among census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada with a 2021 population of 114,142.[6]

Kamloops is promoted as the Tournament Capital of Canada. It hosts more than 100 sporting tournaments each year (hockey, baseball, curling, etc) at sports facilities such as the Tournament Capital Centre, Kamloops Bike Ranch, and Tournament Capital Ranch. Logging, beef cattle, vegetable farming, transportation, viticulture, health care, tourism, and education are major contributing industries to the regional economy and have grown in recent years. Thompson Rivers University (~25,000 students) was established as Cariboo College in 1970.

  1. ^ Secwépemc, Tk’emlúps te. "Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc". Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Kamloops". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
  3. ^ a b c "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data". Statistics Canada. 20 February 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  4. ^ Elevation at the airport
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference cfs was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ a b "Population and dwelling counts, for census agglomerations, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data". Statistics Canada. 20 February 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  7. ^ a b Natural Resources Canada Mapping Services [permanent dead link‍]